Another Group Bites the Dust!

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Another group bites the dust!

25 arrested in ICE raid

Author: Ramon Bracamontes / El Paso Times
Date: April 25, 2008
Publication: El Paso Times (TX)

Acting on a search warrant, federal agents Friday morning raided two Nash Gardens businesses and the home of its owner in search of unauthorized workers, federal agents said. Several Nash Gardens employees were detained, and agents took several boxes of paper out of Mark Nash's home on the West Side.

Agents arrested 28 Mexican nationals, including 25 who face felony charges, said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

And a second group bites the dust!

May 9, 2008
Feds: Car washes hired illegal aliens

By BEN FINLEY
The Intelligencer

Five managers of area car washes owned by the Horsham-based Car Care Inc. are accused of knowingly employing illegal immigrants and providing stolen identities for them.

None of the car washes are in Bucks County.

Timothy Gibson, 36, of Thornridge Drive in Falls, one of the managers, faces up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release if convicted, officials said.

Gibson was the manager of the Super Bright Car Wash on East Germantown Pike in Norristown in 2005 and 2006, when 90 percent of its workers were found to be illegal immigrants, according to the federal indictment.

The managers employed the illegal immigrants under the names and identities of former, legitimate employees. Each stolen identity, including a Social Security number, was assigned to several illegal immigrants over time, so the managers wouldn't have to file termination papers when the workers quit, according to court documents.

The illegal immigrants were paid minimum wage or better, officials said. The stolen identities allowed the immigrants to cash or deposit their checks at local banks.

The illegal workers' wages were filed with the Internal Revenue Service under the stolen names, which will likely have some tax implications for the former, legal car wash employees, U.S. Attorney Patrick L. Meehan said Thursday at a press conference in Philadelphia.