butterbean
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 Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:45 pm Post subject: Prisoners' sale of ID papers to immigrants investigated |
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WASHINGTON – Jose Esteban Aleman was among more than 1,000 undocumented workers arrested in December during highly publicized immigration raids at Swift & Co. meatpacking plants around the country.
Like many of those arrested, Aleman wasn't cited on immigration charges. He was arrested for carrying fake documents that identified him as a U.S. citizen.
Most of the fake identification confiscated during the raids was traced to taxpaying Americans whose Social Security numbers had been stolen, said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.
Aleman's case was different. His ID was traced to a murder suspect in Chicago who might have sold his identification papers while in custody years earlier, authorities said.
“There are some people in prisons and homeless and others who are selling their identities to be used by (illegal immigrants),” said Julie Myers, assistant secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “We are just beginning to see this.”
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20070218-9999-1n18idtheft.html |
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