Posted on 09/10/2008 5:20:39 PM PDT by machogirl
A candle company in south Chandler was raided Wednesday by Maricopa County Sheriffs deputies acting on a tip that illegal immigrants were working there using stolen Social Security numbers.
One of the victims of the identity theft is a member of President Bushs White House staff, according to Sheriff Joe Arpaio. While the man was not identified, the sheriff said a woman was working at the Gold Canyon Candle Co., 6205 S. Arizona Avenue, using his Social Security number.
The investigation began with a tip last July to the sheriffs office that illegal immigrants were working at the candle factory, according to an agency news release.
The source knew fairly well what was going on inside, Arpaio said. You can figure that out.
He would not elaborate.
A total of 65 people were arrested when the search warrant was served on the business about 9:30 a.m. 23 on charges of identity theft; five on criminal warrants; and 37 who are suspected of being illegal immigrants, according to sheriffs reports.
The case is being investigated as a possible violation of the states employer sanctions law, which has sanctions against employers who are caught knowingly employing illegal immigrants.
Sheriffs reports say that several employees and at least one manager had devised an escape plan in case the business was raided.
Sheriff Joe for US Attorney General!
Oh the Irony
since the feds don’t appear to care about enforcement, we passed an employer sanctions law in az. to try to deal with some of it.
i can’t understand why the ss administration doesn’t (maybe they do and no one cares at these companies) send a memo to the companies that the ss doesn’t match, is stolen, etc.
the fed govt has left this mess to the states and we are sick of it.
interesting, isn’t it?
it was a woman using a man’s id.
now why didn’t the company catch on to that? (rhetorical)
Premeditated. No defense there.
you wouldn’t believe all the heat he is taking from the “pro illegal” forces.
az central.com is full of them.
these employers are also dumbing down the wages, and then using the taxpayers to provide medical care and education costs for the “illegally documented” and their “illegally documented” families.
The company is denying this. (of course)
The SS guys do send letters to employers. However, they are forbidden by law from disclosing this info to ICE or law enforcement, so it's toothless if the employer knows and doesn't care.
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why do they bother to post penalties for using fraudulent ss#’s and false document to obtain ss#’s if they are not going to enforce the law as posted? (rhetorical)
oh, that’s only for us citizens. (sarcasm, but sadly true)
what this current administration and others desire is to give those committing fraud (if illegal) a get-out-of-jail free pass and a quick path to citizenship.
what would you and i get? a quick pass to jail and penalties of up to 5 years and 50K (i believe). this is a felony.
but they will not charge illegals with this.
violation of the equal protection clause of the constitution.
Ping (since this appears to be in your neck of the woods)
I certainly hope that whomever did this in the company is charged. They make really nice candles, but at a cost of americans working? Won’t buy one.
Because the illegal purchases a SS card with their name (real or made up) and a 9 digit number. When the sheriffs department ran the number they discovered to whom the number actually belongs.
should have been at the cost of americans NOT WORKING
They have been busting a lot of fake-id entrepreneurs lately in phx area.
Yes, Felipe Calderon or Vicente Fox may have lifted it in one of their White House visits when Bush said, “We are one nation”.
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