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EARNIE GRAFTON / Union-Tribune ID badges, some with access to the 32nd Street naval station, were taken from people working in the US illegally. In what immigration officials are calling the most widespread hiring of u nauthorized workers by a local employer in years, 86 people have been fo und to be working illegally for a San Diego military contractor, more th an half the company's 167-person work force. In keeping with the recent trend in work-site enf orcement, the employer faces no immediate criminal or civil penalties, a lthough an investigation is pending. Eighteen Naval Coating employees, all in the country illegally, were arre sted in their homes early yesterday morning by agents from US Immigrat ion and Customs Enforcement. Two of them, including one who had a drug s muggling conviction, had been deported before. Thirteen undocumented imm igrants found living with the workers were also arrested. Most had clearance to enter the US Naval Station at 32nd Street, as well as shipyards th ey were sent to that contract with the military. ICE spokeswoman Lauren Mack said that while other work-site enforcement a ctions in recent years have netted more arrests 31 unauthorized employ ees of Continental Marine were arrested a year ago the Naval Coating a udit unearthed the greatest number of employees found working illegally for a local company in at least five years. All of the 86 unauthorized workers had presented counterfeit driver licen ses, state-issued identification cards, Social Security cards or green c ards. Some of the documents had spelling and punctuation errors, Mack sa id. Immigration laws require employers only to request identification from ap plicants, not to verify its authenticity. But the sheer number of unauth orized workers discovered at Naval Coating has raised a red flag, Mack s aid, warranting further investigation. "Definitely, it is quite concerning to us that this company had such a la rge number of unauthorized workers," she said, adding that most had been with the company a year or less. Yesterday afternoon, a receptionist at Naval Coating said that company pr esident and owner James Kuvelas had instructed her to say "no comment." The company was audited as part of Operation Safe Cities, a federal work- site inspection program that targets local businesses in industries deem ed sensitive to national security breaches, such as military contractors and airports. Since the program's inception in December 2003, more than 540 businesses in San Diego and Imperial counties have been audited, and more than 160 workers arrested. But none of these workers has had ties to terrorism or came from nations designated by the federal government as "special interest" countries lin ked to terrorist activities. Of the 18 arrested yesterday, 17 are from M exico and one is from Guatemala. All the detainees are expected to be re turned to their native countries. So far, none of the employers targeted under Safe Cities has been penaliz ed. According to ICE, only two employers in the city of San Diego have b een referred to the US attorney for prosecution since 2000. "The magnet continues to be there," said Joe Dassaro, president of Local 1613 of the National Border Patrol Council, which represents agents in t he San Diego area. "(The employers) go back to the same practices becaus e they are not penalized."
View Replies To: onyx Not to worry, as most were Hispanic names, so definitely no sign of terro rism. See, just good o le Hispanics coming to do the work those lazy Americans won't do.
View Replies To: onyx So far, none of the employers targeted under Safe Cities has been penaliz ed. According to ICE, only two employers in the city of San Diego have b een referred to the US attorney for prosecution since 2000. The employers are at least as guilty as the criminal aliens. This will give other employers something to think about.
View Replies To: upchuck I think anyone who hires illegals, rents to illegals or aids them in stay ing here should be made fully responsible for all costs, crimes committe d etc.
View Replies To: onyx My wife and I are sponsoring a doctor to migrate here from Russia in the fall. We had to sign some papers that make us fully responsible for her. If she commits a cri me, she gets deported and we pay whatever costs and fines are involve an d possibly face jail time. Our responsibility lasts until she acheives f ull citizenship in between 5 and 7 years. It's pretty sad that a person who comes here illegally has an easier ride than someone who does the same legally.
View Replies To: onyx It seems to me the San Diego Union-Tribune has gone out of its way to sof ten this story. Here is the headline I would have written for the story.
View Replies To: HiJinx Only 18 arrested, of 80 plus identified illegals.... That was the first thing I noticed, what about the other 62 or so? Most l ikely they were given an order to show up for a court hearing at a later date. They're probably in NY by now never to be heard from again.
View Replies To: Reaganwuzthebest Ok Reaganwuzthebest, you climb thru the hatch and down the ladder, and I' ll hand you the sandblast hose. Don't worry, if you collapse, the nozzle has a dead-man switch and will s hut off automatically.
View Replies To: Ben Ficklin Well ok then wise one, you tell me then, what happened to the other 62? I 'll be waiting patiently for your non-sensical answer. Nevermind, since you know diddly squat about what passes for immigration policy today I'l l answer it for you: it's called catch and release.
View Replies To: Reaganwuzthebest Another demonstration on how you want to operate. I made a statement the deals with the issue of jobs that Americans don't want to do. The jobs that Americans don't want to do is is the most cent ral/most important issue when it comes to illegals and guest workers. This is a subject you don't want to talk about because you know that ther e are jobs and no one here wants to them. If you don't want sandblast, How about laying asphalt in the west Texas s un? Changing sheets and cleaning toilets at the NoTell Motel?
View Replies To: onyx If you grease the hands of the right people you will be amazed at what yo u can get by with! James D Kuvelas, President, Naval Coating Incorporated gave campaign cas h to Juan Vargas... Assemblymember Juan Vargas represents the seventy-ninth assembly district in the state of California. The district consists of the southern porti on of San Diego, the western portion of Chula Vista and the cities of Co ronado, Imperial Beach and National City. Juan was born the third son of ten children on March 7, 1961, in National City, California. Tomas and Celina Vargas, Juans parents, moved to the United States from Mexico in the late 1940s and raised their children o n an egg ranch.
View Replies To: Ben Ficklin If you don't want sandblast, How about laying asphalt in the west Texas s un? I'm fully aware of what you're trying to say but the law is the law is it not? You seem to be implying illegals can do what ever they want, enter illegally, use phony documents, lie continously but because no one in t he hot sun of Texas supposedly wants to sandblast we should look the oth er way. Don't you think the proponents of a guest worker program would have a mor e legitimate claim we need these workers if the law was enforced and ill egals sent home first? It would be clear at that point with the economy collapsing and all how badly we must have them around.
All While this was going on the eight years of Clinton, as this was the time of the big buildup, not much said. With the vast amount of liberals, the left main stream news, The ACLU, an d the approx 40 some million hispanics etc. there is not a simple solution to the border situation as much as I would wish it. It is like trying to stop a speeding train and turn it around in five seconds. Also this same pressure should have been put on Clinton those eight yrs. Also we should have stopped fellow conservatives from hiring illegals. This isn't something Bush created but it is something the third party types will use next election and will result in Hillary as President. Remembe...
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