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http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/0808/080813santaana.htm
ICE dismantles Orange County counterfeit document mill
Anaheim Police Department aids in bust netting variety of counterfeit documents
SANTA ANA, Calif. - Five Orange County men made their initial appearance in federal court here this afternoon to face federal charges stemming from their role in a scheme to produce and sell counterfeit identity and immigration documents out of an Anaheim video store.
The five suspects were arrested yesterday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and officers from the Anaheim Police Department. The arrests follow a far-reaching undercover probe by ICE with substantial assistance provided by investigators from the Social Security Administration’s Office of the Inspector General. In addition to the arrests, investigators also executed search warrants yesterday at DJ’s Video, located at 632 W. La Palma Ave. in Anaheim, Calif., and at an Anaheim residence at 921 N. Clementine St.
The defendants, all Mexican nationals who are in the United States illegally, are: Luis Rosas, 32, of Anaheim; Guillermo Ramirez-Yanez, 43, of Anaheim; Geraldo Reyes-Reyes, 40, of Fullerton; his son, Jose Albert Reyes-Garcia, 19, also of Fullerton; and Marcelo Macias-Alejo, 37, hometown unknown. The men are each charged with producing false identity documents, a violation that carries a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in prison.
According to the affidavit filed in the case, the defendants met their clients at DJ’s Video to determine the clients’ needs and collect payment. The defendants would then send a “runner” - or, in this case, a bicyclist — to the Clementine Street residence to deliver the clients’ information to the document makers who would create the counterfeit documents. Investigators say the ring was charging customers up to $70 each for a “set” of documents that included a counterfeit Social Security card and counterfeit permanent residence or “green card.”
At the residence and video store, ICE agents seized counterfeit documents, as well as computers, printers, digital cameras, a laminating machine, and $1,000 in cash.
“Targeting counterfeit document schemes like this is an enforcement priority for ICE,” said Robert Schoch, Special Agent in Charge for ICE investigations in Los Angeles. “Those who sell phony documents are putting the security of our communities and even our country at risk. Documents like these could be exploited by dangerous criminals and even potential terrorists to obscure their identities and cover their tracks.”
ICE agents have previously targeted document vendors operating in and around the strip mall where the video store is located. A former investigation in 2005 resulted in the arrest and conviction of three document vendors operating out of a business in the same shopping center.
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http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/0808/080814seattle.htm
ICE repatriates 106 immigration violators to Southeast Asia on Seattle charter flight
Charter is only second ICE removal flight to Indonesia
SEATTLE - In a chartered flight that originated here Tuesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) returned a total of 106 immigration violators to Indonesia and two other Southeast Asian nations, marking only the second time the agency has carried out a such a flight to Indonesia.
ICE Detention and Removal Operations (DRO) coordinated the flight that returned 49 Filipinos, 44 Indonesians and 13 Cambodians to their respective countries. The group included 98 males and eight females. These individuals came into ICE custody from locations throughout the United States and were housed at various detention facilities across the country before being transported to the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash., shortly before the flight.
Forty-six of those removed had been convicted of criminal offenses while living in the United States. The convictions included felony drug trafficking and possession, child abuse, sex crimes, aggravated assault, weapons possession, identity theft, stalking and burglary.
“This year ICE expects to remove a record number of immigration violators from the country and charter flights like this are helping us to achieve those gains,” said Jim Hayes, acting director of ICE detention and removal operations. “The United States welcomes law-abiding immigrants, but foreign nationals who violate our laws and commit crimes in our communities should be on notice that ICE is going to use all of the tools and resources at its disposal to find you and send you home.”
ICE officers and medical staff with the Division of Immigration Health Services accompanied aliens on the flight along with consular officials from the destination countries.
ICE routinely uses special air charters to transport aliens who have removal orders. Staffed by DRO officers, these air charters enable the agency to repatriate large groups of deportees in an efficient, expeditious, and humane manner.
During the first 10 months of fiscal year 2008, ICE removed more than 235,000 individuals from the United States, including more than 74,000 who had criminal histories.
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Reporters, these goons aren't " of Fullerton ", they're "of some hellhole " in Mexico !