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Illegal migrant faked US citizenship to work at military contractor for 30 years
New York Post ^ | September 18, 2026 | Ben Chapman

Posted on 09/19/2026 8:00:28 AM PDT by TheDon

Federal authorities arrested an illegal migrant Friday for repeatedly lying about her citizenship to land a job at an aerospace manufacturer and US military contractor where she worked for three decades.

Mexican national Alma Patricia Contreras Villafana, 54, of South Los Angeles, was taken into custody by Homeland Security officers after a standoff at the Torrance factory operated by Howmet Aerospace, where she worked as a machinist.

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Court papers say Contreras Villafana first secured employment at a Howmet subsidiary in 1996 by attesting on her Form I-9 that she was a US citizen. In fact, she had been ordered to leave the country by an immigration judge in 2003.

Contreras Villafana submitted another I-9 this year falsely stating she was a US citizen to keep her job at Howmet, providing a certificate of naturalization number that belonged to another person, according to court papers.

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If convicted, Contreras Villafana faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison for each wire fraud count, up to 10 years in prison for use of a false and forged certificate of naturalization, up to three years for falsely claiming US citizenship, and a mandatory two-year consecutive prison sentence for aggravated identity theft.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: 1996; 2003; forgedcertificate; forgery; fraud; fraudtruth; howmetaerospace; i9; identitytheft; illegalimmigration; illegals; illegaltruth; machinist

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“It’s also a sign of how lax things were in terms of enforcing immigration laws that Congress passed decades ago. Those days are over. We will not allow our national security to be jeopardized in this manner again.”
1 posted on 09/19/2026 8:00:28 AM PDT by TheDon
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To: TheDon

Well, I read an article something like twenty years ago that the LA. police department was full of Illegal Aliens.


2 posted on 09/19/2026 8:08:52 AM PDT by unread (One of the largest cities in America has fallen to the communist... Think about that...)
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To: TheDon

When I was a Federal contractor I had to pass a background check. I guess it was not a good background check.


3 posted on 09/19/2026 8:09:34 AM PDT by vaskypilot
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To: TheDon

When I was a Federal contractor I had to pass a background check. I guess it was not a good background check.


4 posted on 09/19/2026 8:09:36 AM PDT by vaskypilot
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To: TheDon
After 30 years, she deserves a good retirement.

In prison.

5 posted on 09/19/2026 8:16:13 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: TheDon

The Willie Jeff Klintoon Don’t ask Don’t tell apparently extended beyond the sexual orientation.

I certainly hope that her Roths and other financials don’t disappear.


6 posted on 09/19/2026 8:21:45 AM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The dawn cracks hard like a bull whip and it ain't takin' no lip from the night before" Tom Waits)
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To: Responsibility2nd

So do the people who enabled this nonsense


7 posted on 09/19/2026 8:23:17 AM PDT by stanne
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To: TheDon

Just doing the government contractor jobs Americans won’t do...


8 posted on 09/19/2026 8:26:47 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (There is no gravity. The earth just sucks. )
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To: Responsibility2nd

Victim of circumstances, clearly.


9 posted on 09/19/2026 8:31:15 AM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The dawn cracks hard like a bull whip and it ain't takin' no lip from the night before" Tom Waits)
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To: unread

Sneak into Mexico


10 posted on 09/19/2026 8:35:07 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (Don't shoot until you see the whites of their lies)
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Mexican national Alma Patricia Contreras Villafana, 54, of South Los Angeles, first secured employment at a Howmet subsidiary in 1996 by attesting on a US official Form I-9 that she was a US citizen. In fact, she had been ordered to leave the country by an immigration judge in 2003.

Contreras Villafana submitted another Official Form I-9 this year falsely stating she was a US citizen to keep her job at Howmet. She brazenly provided a certificate of naturalization number that belonged to another person, according to court papers.

Contreras Villafana faces a maximum sentence of
<>20 years in federal prison for each wire fraud count,
<>up to 10 years in prison for use of a false and forged certificate of naturalization,
<>up to three years for falsely claiming US citizenship,
<>and a mandatory two-year consecutive prison sentence for aggravated identity theft.

11 posted on 09/19/2026 8:38:48 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of Gd; the skies the work of His hands.to " (Psalm 19:1))
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To: vaskypilot

Background checks were defeated by wokies in HR. Their position was that overall rules in corporations were overruled by their feelings about things like affirmative action. So, as soon as they identified any APPROVED checkbox the background check/hiring process stopped.

Typical commie trash process.


12 posted on 09/19/2026 8:40:26 AM PDT by bobbo666
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Since 9/11/2001 we’re all terrorist suspects in need of flock cameras and friskings while THIS is going on!


13 posted on 09/19/2026 8:46:34 AM PDT by Theophilus (I'm all out of attention to this matter...)
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To: TheDon

She could have transferred to Mexico...

Howmet...”Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the company operates 27 facilities across the United States, Canada, Mexico, France, the United Kingdom, China, Brazil, Hungary, and Japan”


14 posted on 09/19/2026 8:48:27 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Most Congress Critters should be referred to as what they are....LOOTERS)
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To: Responsibility2nd

She did so when Bill Clinton was in office.


15 posted on 09/19/2026 8:51:40 AM PDT by KeyLargo (I)
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To: vaskypilot

in the late 70s the FBI did background checks, that changed in the 90s when OPM was given the job.


16 posted on 09/19/2026 8:55:11 AM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: TheDon

“After a standoff.” What?????????? How is it that she and whoever assisted her in the standoff are still alive? This stuff has to be brought to a complete, shocking, horrifying, slap your grandma stop.


17 posted on 09/19/2026 9:03:20 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: TheDon

My conclusion. Someone knew and wanted her there.


18 posted on 09/19/2026 9:13:14 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: lastchance

Was she a good machinist? They can be hard to come by.


19 posted on 09/19/2026 9:43:15 AM PDT by Mogger ( 7th generation Vermonter, refugee in New Hampshire hoping NH remains sane.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

No retirement or pension given, all assets seized and auctioned off to repay America. Hard labor imprisonment for 50 years and then make her family pay to have her returned to them.


20 posted on 09/19/2026 9:51:08 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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