Posted on 03/29/2006 7:04:28 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
TICONDEROGA — Ten illegal aliens from Mexico and Guatemala were taken into custody in the parking lot of the Ticonderoga Wal-Mart SuperCenter Tuesday night.
Another three men ran from police on foot and remain at large.
Ticonderoga Town Police were called to the store just after 7:30 p.m. when someone reported a vehicle being operated recklessly in the parking lot.
Police Chief Jeffrey Cooke said police saw the suspected car with four occupants and attempted to pull it over.
“They stopped the car in the back of Wal-Mart. There were men standing all around. They’re doing renovation at the store.”
The men, who were not identified, were working for the general contractor renovating sections of the store. None of them could prove they were in the U.S. legally.
As police attempted to take the workers into custody, three of them ran, Cooke said.
“We were not able to apprehend those three.”
Town Police got assistance from State Police and also called the U.S. Border Patrol, which sent agents from the Champlain station.
Border Patrol Public Affairs Officer Ross DeLacy said 10 of the men picked up were determined to be in the U.S. illegally.
“Our agents went down and ran record checks on names that came back ‘no status.’ Anyone here legally would be in a database.”
He said two Mexican nationals had been deported previously and had re-entered the United States, so they were detained in the Clinton County Jail until a deportation hearing.
Six Mexicans and two Guatemalans with no prior criminal records have been released, pending a court hearing.
Although 11 men were taken into custody, one was determined to be in the country legally and was released.
The incident wasn’t the first time illegal aliens have been found at the Ticonderoga store.
In 2003, four members of a Lithuanian cleaning group at the Ticonderoga Wal-Mart were taken into custody by the Border Patrol for deportation. The arrests were part of a nationwide roundup of 300 illegal aliens staffing Wal-Mart cleaning crews.
Wal-Mart has suspended the Ticonderoga renovation project in light of Tuesday’s incident, Wal-Mart spokesman Kevin Thornton said.
Thornton said the men worked for a subcontractor and were not Wal-Mart employees.
“The individuals taken into custody were employees of a subcontractor at the construction site. There’s a remodeling project at the store. We stopped the remodeling project until we’re satisfied it’s in full compliance with the law.”
He said Wal-Mart requires that subcontractors follow all laws. The name of the contractor at the Ticonderoga store has to be looked up, he said, and wasn’t available Wednesday.
The men were apparently living at a house in the area that had been rented for them.
It's been awhile since I saw a Walmart bash.
two were previously deported.............
They should put them in a chain gang for hard labor for several years. Without pay!
God Bless Tenn.
“We were not able to apprehend those three.”
Isn't that what firearms are for, to reach out and apprehend fleeing criminals with extreme prejudice? < /rhetorical >
And, oddly enough, they were all named Jose Gonzalez.
We need to allocate a few million more bucks for hundreds more deportation judges, then run the courts on a 24-hour a day basis. As the Illegals are apprehended, instead of taking them to jail, they go straight to their hearing, then out the back door to the waiting bus which leaves for the border every hour.
I didn't know that New York was part of the territory we won from Mexico.
stunning..I grew up near Ticonderoga. Most citizens have never confronted that word!! Fort Ticonderoga is known for its place in the American Revolution. More proof of the demise of the USA...illegal Mexicans in Fort Ticonderoga???? Unbelievable!!!
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