Thread: GA: Feds raid Chamblee employment agency

Feds raid Chamblee employment agency
June 3, 2010
By Marcus K. Garner

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Federal officials arrested two dozen people Thursday outside an employment agency, authorities said.

FBI and ICE agents raided the agency just off Chamblee-Dunwoody Road in Chamblee, arresting about 24 individuals and seizing several computers, FBI spokesman special agent Stephen Emmett told WSB Radio.

"ICE and FBI agents are currently conducting a targeted enforcement operation, and are executing several arrest and search warrants in the Atlanta metropolitan area," Emmett said.

It's unclear what charges will be filed.

The agency reportedly charged illegal Asian and Latino immigrants large fees -- anywhere from $250 to $500 -- to find them jobs, according to WSB.

Emmett said more arrests are coming, and more information will be made available in the near future from the U.S. Attorney's office.

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Just more window dressing by the Feds so they can claim individual state laws are unnecessary. IMO

DeKalb Shop Raided In Immigration Sting


Posted: 4:49 pm EDT June 3, 2010
Updated: 5:15 pm EDT June 3, 2010

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- Federal agents raided a Chamblee business Thursday afternoon in a sting that targeted the hiring of illegal immigrants.

Channel 2 had video of FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as they raided a store on Chamblee Dunwoody Road in DeKalb County. Police arrested at least 20 suspects, according to Channel 2’s Diana Davis.

A witness said the raid did not start quietly. “They started running toward the stairwells and the cops were coming up there, so they decided they were going to get out another way. They jumped over the side and the cops were standing there,â€