Thread: Immigration agents bust Norfolk document mill

Immigration agents bust Norfolk document mill



By Tim McGlone
The Virginian-Pilot
© March 29, 2010

NORFOLK

Federal immigration agents say they have uncovered another document mill capable of producing hundreds of counterfeit identification papers for illegal immigrants.

This is at least the fourth such case in recent months that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has busted.

After a two-month investigation, ICE agents on Sunday raided a Norfolk residence and arrested Fernando Alvarado-Uribe. A second suspect, his cousin Melesio Munoz-Uribe, disappeared before agents arrived. The exact location of the raid was not disclosed.

Alvarado-Uribe admitted to the agents that he sold counterfeit identification documents such as Social Security cards, driver’s licenses and green cards, according to an affidavit filed today in U.S. District Court by ICE special agent Peter T. Joseph.

In the raid, the agents said they seized a computer, printers, a laminating machine, clippings from recent document productions, fingerprint cards and a tool that Joseph described as “unusualâ€

Originally Posted by OneNationUnderGod

Agents said they believe Alvarado-Uribe is in the country illegally.

Ya think?

Most all of them work with fake social security numbers and are "on the books", which means employers will be giving these criminals health care benefits when the government mandates coverage for employees.