THIS is why ICE has stepped up its investigation of work place enforcement! I guess that they suddenly discovered how to find that funding they sorely lack, and this is a good thing! We can only hope that the money is actually going back to ICE to enable them to keep it up and bolster their deportation activities as well. Now, if only we could get the border properly secured….

Restaurant Owner Arrested for Hiring, Harboring Illegal Aliens
Written by Imperial Valley News
Friday, 23 May 2008
Waukesha, Wisconsin - Special agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested the owner of an upscale Asian steakhouse on Thursday on charges that he knowingly hired illegal aliens to work at his restaurant and housed them at a Waukesha residence. The charges resulted from an ICE criminal worksite enforcement investigation.

ICE agents executed a federal search warrant May 22 at Asiana Restaurant, 1198 George Towne Drive in Pewaukee. They arrested restaurant owner Rong “Ricky” Shi, 32, of Merton, Wis. Shi, a naturalized U.S. citizen from China, who is charged with unlawfully harboring and hiring illegal aliens for financial gain.

ICE agents initiated the investigation following an April 29 arrest when they took into custody four illegal aliens from Mexico and China from a Waukesha residence. Waukesha Police Department reported receiving numerous complaints from the public regarding a residence located at 2208 Melody Lane; police requested assistance from ICE. An ICE affidavit unsealed in federal court Thursday alleges that Shi knowingly hired the four illegal aliens to work at his restaurant and harbored them at the Melody Lane residence he owns.

“ICE is committed to enforcing the nation’s immigration laws in the workplace to maintain the integrity of our legal immigration system,” said Brian Falvey, resident agent-in-charge of the ICE Office of Investigations in Milwaukee. “Criminal sanctions against employers are an effective deterrent to illegal employment schemes.”

ICE has dramatically enhanced its efforts to combat employers who unlawfully employ illegal aliens in the United States. The agency’s strategy for effective worksite enforcement is aimed at promoting national security, protecting critical infrastructure, and ensuring fair labor standards. In fiscal year 2007, ICE secured more than $30 million in criminal fines, restitutions, and civil judgments in worksite enforcement cases. ICE arrested 863 people in criminal cases and made more than 4,000 administrative arrests, which is a tenfold increase over 2002 figures.

The penalty for the felony offense of harboring illegal aliens is up to 10 years in federal prison.

Members of the public are reminded that a complaint is merely an accusation; the defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
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Easily, I should say.

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That’s right El Guapo…and that’s why everyone should have EVerify on speed dial.

Some employers have been defendants in discrimination lawsuits for being overly diligent in their screening process. You people think that only unscrupulous employers hire illegal aliens. Get a clue.

Let’s get over blaming people for heading for the lowest bidder or cost. We all do it - sometimes it’s easier or more convenient NOT to see what is behind the low price. Doesn’t make it not true.

Try some deep rooted integrity…. don’t support day laborers and don’t shop in places where they avoid full costs by buying from foreign countries that use slave labor. Stop pretending you don’t know about it or excusing yourself.

Again, you have missed the point.

Seems to me that this is the direct result of a huge oversupply of unskilled labor.

It should have said, “Bring a sledgehammer and a trashcan, then bring your hammer and nails”.

I do find it interesting that just about every illegal-alien boarding house I’ve looked at has keyed locks on all the bedroom doors. Don’t they trust each other????

Thats why Manassas had a stellar reputation in the region before the ILLEGALS showed up…

Just like their places in Mexico and El Slavador. Want to be reminded all the time of “home.”

Where in the article does it say home grown is better? I suppose you would just want the type of criminal that raped the ten year old to come to your house? Or, how about the criminal who was hired at a corner in Maryland and ended up killing the owner of the house.

Ha ha! You’re spitting in the wind. It’s the law of supply and demand that is bringing immigrant labor here. Most real americans can understand that…

“The Lie” - it looks like you’ve lost your way around the blogs again….. most of the nut cases are over on ANTI bvbl…..
Just trying to be helpful.

I see you’ve lost your way around the blogs again…..the loonies are all over on ANTIbvbl…..