Thread: Invaders busted at nuke plant

Originally Posted by LegalUSCitizen

Guys, please don't forget the Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant in Florida.
This happened in March 2005.

http://lonewacko.com/blog/archives/002908.html

March 14, 2005
"Illegals at power plant prompt call for legislation"
Via Drudge comes this WashTimes report:

Illegal aliens using false Social Security numbers were able to enter and work as contract painters at a power plant in Florida, including work near one nuclear reactor.
Officials at Progress Energy, which runs the Crystal River Energy Complex in Citrus County, say they followed federal regulations and that the contractor should have better vetted its employees...

[...Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, Florida Republican calls for law changes to prevent this happening again...]

...The individuals worked for Brock Specialty Services, a Texas-based company that was hired to do maintenance at the facility...


See similar reports starting in "Yet another arrest of illegal aliens at facilities building U.S. Navy ships".

Well, Legal including the one you just mentioned. Here is some more

On March 18, 2005, ICE agents arrested an illegal alien who was performing contract pipe insulation work at the Duane Arnold Energy Center Nuclear Power Plant in Palo, Iowa. A federal grand jury later indicted the illegal alien on criminal charges of using and possessing fraudulent documents, as well as making false statements to federal agents. Duane Arnold Energy Center uncovered discrepancies in documents presented by the alien and alerted authorities.


During a two-week period in March 2005, ICE agents arrested six illegal aliens performing contract maintenance work at the Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant in Citrus, Florida. All were employees of a specialty services company that is now cooperating in an ongoing ICE investigation. One of the illegal aliens was indicted on criminal charges of re-entering the country after deportation, while the others have been placed in immigration removal proceedings.


On November 7, 2004, ICE agents arrested 44 illegal aliens at the Marley Cooling Technologies factory in Olathe, Kansas, where cooling towers for nuclear plants are manufactured. The illegal aliens had used fraudulent documents and had made false statements to gain employment at the facility. The aliens were placed into immigration removal proceedings. Marley Cooling Technologies cooperated in the investigation.


http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsre ... lair_2.htm

http://nyjtimes.com/cover/09-28-05/Ille ... ePlant.htm

Illegal Aliens Nabbed at Nuclear Plant

BLAIR, Nebraska (ICE) -- In the latest in a series of arrests involving illegal aliens at nuclear facilities, ICE special agents arrested three illegal aliens in Blair, Nebraska when they attempted to enter the outer secure area of the Omaha Public Power District’s Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station to perform contract work at the plant for the first time.

The three men, all citizens of Mexico, had been hired by an independent contractor to perform maintenance work at the nuclear facility. As they attempted to enter a secure area of the plant, the men presented identification documents that raised the suspicions of Omaha Public Power District employees. They contacted ICE special agents for assistance, who responded and arrested the men after determining that they were illegally present in the United States.

All three men have been placed in immigration removal proceedings. ICE agents are investigating the circumstances under which the private contractor hired the illegal aliens. ICE agents have determined that the illegal aliens were not engaged in any terrorist activity.

“America’s security depends on controlling access to sensitive facilities like nuclear power plants,� said Michael Wardy, Resident Agent-in-Charge of the ICE office in Omaha.

“ICE works closely,� Wardy said “with these industries across the nation to identify vulnerabilities that pose a potential security threat, then we aggressively act to remove that threat. In this case, the system worked exactly the way it was supposed to because the nuclear plant detected the illegal aliens before they could enter.�

The enforcement action in Nebraska is the latest in a series of ICE arrests involving illegal aliens performing contract work at nuclear plants and other nuclear-related facilities around the country.

To date, there have been 56 investigations of nuclear power plants and 1,005 related employers, and 64,835 employee audits have been completed.