Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Law firm lied for foreign workers
The Salt Lake Tribune ^ | 07/30/09 | Pamela Manson

Posted on 07/31/2009 10:26:18 AM PDT by DFG

Lance Starr says he and other immigration attorneys in Utah had heard complaints about The Alcala Law Firm but didn't have evidence until recently of any possible illegalities in how it handled cases.

But then two former employees of the Glendale firm asked him last year to review their applications to legalize their presence in the United States, which had been prepared by principle attorney James Hector Alcala but rejected by the government. Starr spotted what appeared to be forged letters verifying that one of them had worked for Mexican employers.

The American Fork attorney -- who had worked for the Alcala firm for less than a year beginning in 2006 and now has his own practice -- knew his former colleague had been living in Utah during the time he supposedly worked in Mexico. Starr felt ethically obligated to report his suspicions to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

(Excerpt) Read more at sltrib.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alcala; aliens; amnesty; fraud; h2b; immigrantlist; immigration; utah

1 posted on 07/31/2009 10:26:19 AM PDT by DFG
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: DFG
Is this a real newspaper? Does it have a real editor? Does it even have a proofreader?

If so, why "principle" when they mean "principal"?

2 posted on 07/31/2009 10:28:48 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: AnAmericanMother
If so, why "principle" when they mean "principal"?

Because it was "proofread" with spellcheck and both those words are in the dictionary.

3 posted on 07/31/2009 10:40:03 AM PDT by thulldud (It HAS happened here!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..

ping


4 posted on 07/31/2009 10:51:39 AM PDT by gubamyster
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: AnAmericanMother

The spell checker is their pal, not the princi-pal


5 posted on 07/31/2009 11:07:55 AM PDT by dennisw (Free Republic is an island in a sea of zombies)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson