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| 49 Illegal Aliens Arrested at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Yesterday |
| 2005-07-07 |
| Lightly edited WRAL has learned they were working on the base when it was discovered that they did not have the proper paperwork. Agents believe the men were able to elude base security using counterfeit documentation, such as Social Security cards green cards and driver's licenses. The investigation, which started about two months ago with a complaint about the type of paperwork the men were using to get on the base, was conducted with the cooperation of the Defense Criminal Investigation Service, Bureau of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, the Social Security Administration, U.S. Marshals Service, Goldsboro Police Department and 4th Security Forces Squadron. WRAL has learned that some of the workers were employed by subcontractors to Parsons Evergreene, LLC, based in Salt Lake City. The company, which has contracts at 19 Air Force bases, building homes, infrastructure and security systems, told WRAL that only 16 of the workers are connected to them through five different subcontractors. Parsons Evergreene said none of them was a direct employee. Because the illegal immigrants were working on a military base, investigators said the situation poses serious security questions. Investigators said none of the men pose a terrorism threat, but they say that it is very likely that undocumented workers are able to get on other military bases and this is why they are focusing on this operation. Investigators said the case at Seymour Johnson is the largest arrest of its kind at a military base in North Carolina, but they said they do not believe it is an isolated case and that it is probably a problem at other bases across the state. Wednesday's arrests were not the first time a local group of illegal immigrants have been arrested in North Carolina this year. In March, 11 illegal immigrants were removed from a plane at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. The men allegedly used driver's licenses or Mexican voter registration cards to board a flight in Chicago. The men were eventually deported. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 I agree with BAR, that it's only the tip of the iceberg. Add to this medical records being sent out of country to be "dictated", even active duty guys charts. We need to tighten up all around, and keep jobs here in America, especially some of our more sensitive stuff. |
| Posted by: Jan 2005-07-07 13:13 |
| #4 What ever happened to the Roswell, NM type of aliens? Ah, for the good old days. |
| Posted by: John Q. Citizen 2005-07-07 12:38 |
| #3 Headline Writin Tip 11# When headling a story about illegal aliens at an aerospace facility it is sometimes use to lose the word "illegal". Consider the impact of your headline ifn it wuz..... 49 Aliens Captured At Guarded and Fenced North Carolina Air Force Base Aliens arrested looked like humans and had "paperwork". Evidently EXTRA hands were needed. Just a suggestion. |
| Posted by: Lanta Tom Shiipman 2005-07-07 12:36 |
| #2 This is just the tip of the iceberg. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-07-07 10:18 |
| #1 Obviously contractor personnel. So, was the contract terminated cause government contract boilerplate says if you break the law in executing the contract you break the contract? Has the contractor been notified that he/she will be placed on a 'banned' list prohibiting future bids for contracts? That when after due process the ban in placed in effect, the information will be provided throughout the federal contracting system? Or is this a Chicago based contract? |
| Posted by: Hupavising Slomosing7791 2005-07-07 09:33 |