See below. It would be interesting to see what the "notices" provided to employer actually said….Unfortunately, the only real way of determining employment eligibility is to have a uniform national system which actually links all individuals (whether foreign or U.S.) with immigration and social security records (can you say "national ID card"…)
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
News Releases
December 12, 2008
Former employees of Idaho Truss face criminal charges
BOISE, Idaho - Sixteen former employees of Idaho Truss in Nampa, Idaho, have been indicted by a
federal grand jury on federal charges, including possession of counterfeit alien registration receipt cards,
misuse of Social Security numbers, and illegal entry or re-entry after deportation.
The indictments, which were handed down late Tuesday, are the result of a worksite enforcement
investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). All of those charged in the case are
Mexican nationals. The defendants are: Rafael Castillo-Tellez, 28; Antonio M. Garcia-Gomez, 32;
Hilario Leyva-Guzman, 31; Juan Sergio Juarez-Contreras, 25; Juan Vidal Lopez-Zaragosa, 36; Juan
Martinez-Gonzalez, 39; Juan Manuel Miramontes-Garcia, 25; Rafael Quezada Bejar, 30; Humberto
Quinteros, 24; Hubaldo Gorgonio Rojas, 22; Rodrigo Salinas-Cervantes, 33; Julio Vargas-Ortiz, 27;
Santos Lopez-Serratos, 36; Miguel Zamora-Urena, 40; Juan Manuel Diaz-Juarez, 36; and Gregorio
Villareal Ruiz, 36.
Of those indicted, 12 have already entered guilty pleas. They include: Castillo-Tellez, Garcia-Gomez,
Leyva-Guzman, Juarez-Contreras, Lopez-Zaragosa, Miramontes-Garcia, Bejar, Quinteros, Rojas,
Salinas-Cervantes, Vargas-Ortiz, and Lopez-Serratos. They all immediately pleaded guilty to illegal
reentry, were sentenced to time served and returned to ICE custody for removal from the United States.
Three defendants, Zamora-Urena, Diaz-Juarez, and Ruiz are scheduled to go on trial February 10, 2009.
Martinez-Gonzalez has not yet entered a plea.
"Identifying and documenting the use of fraudulent Social Security numbers and other fake identity
documents is a key piece of any worksite enforcement investigation," said Leigh Winchell, special agent
in charge of the ICE Office of Investigations that oversees Idaho. "In this case, ICE had previously
notified the employer that some of its workers had provided counterfeit Social Security numbers to gain
employment at Idaho Truss."
-- ICE --
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