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01-25-2003, 09:45 PM
Illegals found working at naval station
By Paul Pinkham and Rachel Davis
Times-Union staff writers
Immigration officials have discovered dozens of illegal aliens working on the USS John F. Kennedy as the aircraft carrier undergoes renovations at Mayport Naval Station.
Eleven men, all from Mexico, were arrested and charged yesterday with possessing false documentation. The others are still at large.
"We responded to a military concern," said Barbara Gonzalez, spokeswoman for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
The investigation began this month after the Navy started a routine review of the status of foreign-born workers hired by the contractors and subcontractors renovating the carrier, said Lt. Leslie Hull-Ryde, a Kennedy spokeswoman.
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service asked for help from INS, which identified 65 workers ineligible to work in the United States, according to a court affidavit filed yesterday by INS Special Agent Christopher Note.
The rest of the story is quite interesting. I knew we had a number of illegals but never thought they would be working on one of our aircraft carriers.
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By Paul Pinkham and Rachel Davis
Times-Union staff writers
Immigration officials have discovered dozens of illegal aliens working on the USS John F. Kennedy as the aircraft carrier undergoes renovations at Mayport Naval Station.
Eleven men, all from Mexico, were arrested and charged yesterday with possessing false documentation. The others are still at large.
"We responded to a military concern," said Barbara Gonzalez, spokeswoman for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
The investigation began this month after the Navy started a routine review of the status of foreign-born workers hired by the contractors and subcontractors renovating the carrier, said Lt. Leslie Hull-Ryde, a Kennedy spokeswoman.
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service asked for help from INS, which identified 65 workers ineligible to work in the United States, according to a court affidavit filed yesterday by INS Special Agent Christopher Note.
The rest of the story is quite interesting. I knew we had a number of illegals but never thought they would be working on one of our aircraft carriers.
http://www.jacksonville.com /tu-onli....4.shtml (http://www.jacksonville.com /tu-online/stories/012303/met_11548344.shtml)
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