Ex-federal official facing immigration charges

Sunday, March 14, 2010 - Added 3h ago


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BOSTON — A former top Homeland Security official from Boston is set to go on trial for allegedly encouraging her housekeeper to remain in the United States illegally.

Lorraine Henderson, the former regional director of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, was suspended after her arrest in December 2008.

She is scheduled to go on trial Monday in U.S. District Court.

Prosecutors say the Salem resident continued to employ a Brazilian housekeeper and encouraged her not to leave, even after a fellow agent warned her about the woman’s status. An affidavit also alleges Henderson employed two other illegal immigrants.

Henderson was responsible for stopping illegal aliens from entering the country through Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

The charge carries a maximum 10-year prison sentence.

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