Raid nets 20 suspected illegals

By Nathaniel Lukefahr
The Facts

Published July 19, 2008

CLUTE — Twenty men were in the Clute jail Friday awaiting deportation to Mexico after police say they were using the identities of others to gain employment in the United States.

A team of Clute, Freeport and Angleton police officers and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers walked into a hotel in the 1100 block of Highway 332 with search warrants in hand at 6 a.m., Clute Detective Scotty Harris said. They then visited a meeting room where 43 employees of Quantum Geophysical Inc. were discussing the day’s work and asked for all applications and documents showing proof of citizenship, Harris said.

“They were illegal, using other people’s names, Social Securities, date of births,â€