Tracking Illegal Immigrants

Thursday, Feb 07, 2008 - 06:00 PM Updated: 07:12 PM

By Ashley Strange

The Country Club of Jackson is in trouble for hiring more than 2 dozen illegal immigrants. According to U.S. Attorney Dunn Lampton the Country Club of Jackson knowinlgy hired and employed illegal immigrants for almost 2 years. The Country Club has entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. Basically, if the Country Club follows guidelines set by the Justice Department for the next 2 years, it won't be prosecuted on criminal immigration violations and social security laws. If the Country Club doesn't follow guidelines, it faces a fine of $3,000 for each illegal employee and another fine of more than $500,000.

According to Lampton, the Social Security Administration and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement tried multiple times to contact the Country Club of Jackson to let them know that 43 employees' social security numbers did not match records. ICE found that 37 employees had used fake ID cards. Lampton says the Country Club never responded to either agency.


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