Posted on 08/19/2005 3:07:00 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- An anonymous tip triggered an investigation of undocumented workers at Camp Lejeune, resulting in 40 people being detained and a federal investigation, a base spokesman said.
Camp Lejeune officials detained 27 people at base gates during security checks Wednesday and another 12 at various construction sites Monday, 1st Lt. Clark Carpenter said Thursday.
Military investigators went to the site of the new primary school at 10:30 a.m. Monday and apprehended five undocumented workers, Carpenter said. Checks at other construction sites that same day found another seven.
That caused the base to step up inspections at a number of gates Wednesday and the additional arrests.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Wilmington is handling the investigation now, Carpenter said.
Details on where the workers are from, how they got on base and what will happen to them now were not immediately made available.
Sue Brown, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security office in Atlanta, said Immigration and Customs Enforcement is not commenting now because the investigation is ongoing. Carpenter declined to mention any contractors by name, saying only that investigators were "looking into the practices of several contractors right now." Work on base projects will continue, he added.
According to the Defense Department, Tyler, Texas-based C Construction Co., Inc., was awarded $23.6 million last year to perform construction and demolition of the mainside primary and mainside intermediate schools at Camp Lejeune, including the new Carla Johnson Primary School.
Company officials declined to comment on whether their workers were arrested.
The arrests mark the second time this year that undocumented workers have been apprehended on a North Carolina military installation. In July, about 50 people were arrested at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro.
Does this phone number work if you are living next door to illegals?
Works especially good for reporting companies that hire illegals also!
Check out their website at:
http://www.ice.gov
Report Suspicious Activity:
1-866-DHS-2ICE
Ding, ding, ding, we've got a winner!
Sounds painful!! LOL
And you are merely the Queen..
Alia,
Pinging you to NC News.
Kit,
IF C Construction is the culprit and knowingly useed illegal labor costs as a factor in underbidding the other contractors, under NC construction law and federal immigration code, EACH of the other unsuccessful bidding contractors are allowed to file suit against C Construction for EACH illegal and for TRIPLE the difference in their bids.
If applied properly, that could effectively end C Construction's career.
Thank you, dear. TaxRelief also pinged me in post #68.
Yep! I see that now...it had scrolled off my screen from the other pings.
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