Posted May 7, 2008

ILLEGALS: ICE arrests 33 at Va. courthouse construction site
By The Associated Press

RICHMOND — Thirty-three workers have been arrested on immigration charges at the construction site for the new federal courthouse in downtown Richmond.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took 29 men and four women into custody Wednesday. ICE spokeswoman Ernestine Fobbs said they were charged with immigration violations and are being detained for further processing.

She said the workers’ native countries included Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Peru.

State police assisted in the raid at the seven-story building, which is expected to open this summer.

The builder is Tompkins Builders Inc., which is owned by New York-based Turner Construction Co.

Turner said in a statement that the company is cooperating in the investigation, which it said does not involve any employees of Tompkins Builders or Turner.

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