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Posted on 04/27/2005 7:16:44 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
ORLANDO, Fla. -- More than 60 illegal aliens were handcuffed and loaded onto buses Wednesday morning. Some cooperated, while others had to be hunted down, and you've been paying for them to work.
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The legal workers were back on the job Wednesday afternoon, but one-third to one-half of their workforce is gone.
Wednesday morning, with federal agents overhead and Orlando police in a perimeter on the ground, more than 60 officers swarmed the construction site, searching for illegal workers.
"We asked the contractor to call all the employees down to the work trailer. From there we started the identification process, interview process," explained Mark Garrand, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Resident Agent in Charge.
Some were arrested right away, but dozens scattered through the frame of the building.
"They were nailing themselves inside a box, hiding in rafters above two-by-fours. Our agents had to get ladders to in fact bring them down from the last floor," said Garrand.
Five teams from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) searched every inch of what will eventually be a new federal courthouse. They took away 66 illegal aliens. They have not found any terrorist ties, but that's a concern with construction of a potential target.
"They have access to the full building. Objects can be placed in any location here for future use," explained Garrand.
Agents hope to identify every worker by searching wallets and pockets. Some don't speak English. Most are believed to be from Mexico, and that's where they'll end up, provided they have no prior record.
"What we look for is suspected criminal aliens, someone who's been deported already from our country and snuck back in across our borders, or committed crimes in our country while they're here illegally. That's our priority," said Garrand.
All of the illegal workers are being questioned. Agents are hoping to trace any fake documents they found.
I certainly hope the contractor will be brought up on charges.
This is unbelievable.
"Homeland Security" my a** !!!!
Channel 9 WFTV reported they were able to get work using fake Social Security I.D.'s.
If the applicant produces a legit looking SS card, what then? Do they verify the number always?
Bogus SS cards are hard to detect. Someone can come here on a legit work or student visa and stay beyond the date and float around using a fake SS card. Homeland Security folks are running around like crazy in Florida rounding them up. There are MANY you will not hear about in the news.
Another ICE Catch and release operation.
Yet Another Border Ping
And a new batch (if not the ones they detained today) will be back to work by next week. Just doing all those construction jobs Americans won't do. (sarcasm)
I still don't get it.
I retired 10 years ago and got a part time job. I had to bring in a birth certificate or passport before I got hired and this was definitely not a job that would affect homeland security,
What changed?
"I certainly hope the contractor will be brought up on charges."
I would like to see the contract this company has with the government for this project. If there are regulations that require the contractor to pay the employees a certain hourly wage, then it would be interesting to see if this was in fact taking place.
I would bet this contractor was stuffing his/her own drawers with some extra income. This on top of our tax dollars going to illegals !!
Welcome to Free Republic!
IOW, "most of these criminal invaders will be released with our best wishes."
I wonder how much money is ever collected.
You're going about this backwards, Mark.
If you want your sting to have a real effect, lock up the contractor.
Obviously the contractor did not run these supposed legal citizens through the SAVE Program.
So report him.
Anonymously, if necessary.
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