Thread: FL construction workers charged with using fake documents

I.C.E. News Release

May 6, 2011
Tallahassee, FL

Florida construction workers charged with using fake work documents

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Three Tallahassee construction workers were arraigned in federal court Thursday on charges of possessing and using a fraudulent document as evidence of work authorization in the United States, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

In indictments filed earlier this week, Oscar Fuentes, 25, Jaime Antonio DeLarca, 24, and Saul Rivas-Dubon, 32, were separately charged with using a fraudulent document as evidence of work authorization in the United States, based upon their presentation of documents such as counterfeit permanent resident cards or counterfeit social security cards to their employer, Nelson & Associates, Inc.

Fuentes was also charged with transfer of a fraudulent identification document.

If convicted of using fraudulent documents, each defendant faces a maximum of 10 years in prison. If convicted of transferring a fraudulent document, Fuentes faces a maximum of 15 years' imprisonment.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Winifred Acosta NeSmith.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security.

ICE is a 21st century law enforcement agency with broad responsibilities for a number of key homeland security priorities. For more information, visit www.ICE.gov. To report suspicious activity, call 1-866-347-2423.

U.S. Dept of Homeland Security

http://www.ice.gov/news/releases/1105/1 ... hassee.htm

ICE should be conducting daily raids on construction sites all over the country.
The construction boom is what brought so many illegals here in the first place and they are the ones who still have jobs.

Ice and local law enforcement needs to do daily checks on any site where construction is being done. Detain and arrest any and all illegals and ICE needs to set them up for deportation. Streamline the process so that there is little waiting time for them to be deported.