VA. restaurant owner arrested for harboring illegal aliens
I.C.E. News Release
September 8, 2010
Owner of 3 Virginia restaurants arrested for harboring illegal aliens
Fairfax, Va. - Kiet Boc Bui, a resident of Centerville, Va. and the owner of three Viet House restaurants in Virginia, was arrested yesterday on charges of knowingly employing and harboring illegal aliens after an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
"ICE aggressively targets employers who violate immigration laws by knowingly employing an illegal alien workforce," said John P. Torres, special agent in charge of the ICE Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Washington, D.C. "No industry is immune to following the law. Businesses that use illegal alien workers must understand that they will be held accountable for those unlawful practices."
According to court documents, between approximately April 5, 2005, and April 20, 2010, Bui allegedly knowingly employed and harbored illegal aliens not authorized to work in the United States. He allegedly employed at least seven illegal aliens and paid the workers in cash. In addition, he is alleged to have not kept payroll records for those employees and allegedly did not report the workers to the Virginia Employment Commission.
According to court documents, Bui allegedly had not filed an I-9 form for any of the employees who were paid in cash. Employers are required to complete this employment eligibility verification form within three business days after an employee is hired.
The case is being prosecuted by Special Assistant U. S. Attorney Joseph V. Moreno and Assistant U. S. Attorney Gordon Kromberg. ICE has developed a comprehensive worksite enforcement strategy that promotes national security, protects critical infrastructure and ensures fair labor standards. ICE's worksite enforcement investigations focus on egregious employers involved in criminal activity or worker exploitation.
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Last Modified: Thursday, September 9, 2010
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/1009/100908fairfax.htm
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"ICE aggressively targets employers who violate immigration laws by knowingly employing an illegal alien workforce," said John P. Torres, special agent in charge of the ICE Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Washington, D.C.
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Is this a joke?
How many THOUSANDS of (just) restaurants could ICE raid THIS MORNING and arrests HUNDREDS of thousands of illegal aliens?
What about construction companies? Companies that pander to illegal alien businesses?
EMPLOYERS? Tyson? Wal Mart? Sanctuary Cities?
What about the hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens that openly protest and DEMAND CITIZENSHIP?
Example: The thousands of rioting illegal aliens in Los Angeles in the past two days WITH FULL IMMUNITY FROM ARREST and DEPORTATION!!
What a J-O-K-E!
Election year EYE WASH!
I dont don'tknow whos who'sid their useing!
Its sad when the gov won't enforce the laws unless it affects their pocket books. What are they going to do the people have to enfoce it for them! Lock us all up?
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Originally Posted by moptop
Its sad when the gov won't enforce the laws unless it affects their pocket books. What are they going to do the people have to enfoce it for them! Lock us all up?
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One thing is certain, the government is MALINGERING in historic proportions when it comes to ENFORCING CURRENT IMMIGRATION LAW(s).
One has to simply watch the illegals publicly picket and riot to confirm this dastardly fact.
If the government were serious (and not lying through their teeth) about enforcing immigration laws, they would begin arresting the many brazenly open protesting illegal aliens and deport them.
They would also begin jailing their employers, and those who harbor them.
Have they? Will they?
