U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents served arrest warrants at 16 different car wash locations in the Phoenix area on Saturday, part of a two-year federal investigation on the Danny’s Family Car Wash chain that ICE officials say was committing alleged immigration fraud, identity theft and financial violations. Federal investigators i…
A behind the scenes argument has broken out among Democrats and immigration advocates in the wake of public discussion of a so-called “Plan B” on immigration, click in which advocates would press the White House to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants via executive authority if Congress fails to act. Some have pushed the “Plan B” idea in the medi…
Federal immigration agents raided several branches of a car wash business in Phoenix, rounding up 223 workers as part of a two-year investigation into immigration fraud. Federal agents on Saturday swarmed 16 locations of Danny’s Family Car Washing and the company’s staffing service provider, HR Betty. The investigating agency, site U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the case targets the owners and leaders of the two businesses and that multiple people face charges of criminal immigration fraud, identity theft and financial violations. Fourteen people were arrested on criminal charges, four were U.S. citizens and 10 were Mexican nationals.
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Activists with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and Puente Arizona were critical of the raids and arrests. “The agency … rounded up hundreds of workers, placing some in handcuffs,” they said in a prepared statement Sunday. “Yesterday’s operation spread chaos, confusion and fear throughout the Phoenix area as family members went tem…
Las autoridades de Inmigración de EEUU realizaron ayer una redada en 13 locales de una cadena de lavados de coches en Arizona, site como parte una investigación sobre fraude e infracciones financieras, case informó la Oficina de Servicios de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE). La portavoz de ICE en Phoenix, Amber Cargile, dijo a los…
Las autoridades de Inmigración de EEUU realizaron ayer una redada en 13 locales de una cadena de lavados de coches en Arizona, see como parte una investigación sobre fraude e infracciones financieras, informó la Oficina de Servicios de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE). La portavoz de ICE en Phoenix, Amber Cargile, dijo a los…
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When Noemi Romero heard about the Deferred Action program she knew that we should have to come up with the $465 application fee on her own. At the age of 21, she went out looking for work and landed her first job as a cashier at Lam’s Supermarket in West Phoenix, Arizona. “The first thing I thought when I heard about Deferred Action was that I nee…
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