9th worker charged after Laurel immigration raid
The Associated Press • September 18, 2008

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A ninth suspected illegal immigrant has been charged with identity theft as part of an ongoing federal investigation in the aftermath of the nation’s largest raid on undocumented workers.



Nearly 600 workers at Howard Industries’ transformer factory in Laurel were rounded up by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Aug. 25. Eight of those detained were quickly charged with identity theft. Most of the others were transported to a facility in Louisiana and face deportation.

The latest person charged with identity theft in the case, Tomas Juarez-Perez of Mexico, is accused of using the name and Social Security number of another man, whose information had been reported stolen, according to court records.

“Eight of them have been indicted. I anticipate this last fellow to face the same charges,â€