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Jim
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> From CNN's Lou Dobbs, one of the only people in the media confronting
the
> problem of illegals on a nightly basis. Illegals working on US
Military
> installations
>
> 15 April 2005
>
>
>
> ANNOUNCER: This is LOU DOBBS, for news, debate and opinion, tonight.
>
> DOBBS: Good evening. Stock prices today plunged on Wall Street. The
Dow
> Jones industrials fell almost 200 points. That the worst single day
decline
> in nearly two years, in fact.
>
> The Dow over the past three days has fallen more than 400 points. A
new
> report today showed consumer confidence at the lowest level in a year
and a
> half. All of the major markets suffered huge losses on the week.
>
> Turning now to our nation's immigration crisis. Tonight, the Homeland
> Security Department says dozens of illegal aliens had access to one
of our
> nation's most sensitive and secure military facilities. The
department says
> 86 illegal aliens worked for a California contractor, a contractor
that
> repairs U.S. Navy ships at the naval station in San Diego.
>
> Twenty of those illegal aliens have been arrested. But the government
says
> it has no idea where the other 66 illegal aliens are.
>
> Bill Tucker reports.
>
> (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
>
> BILL TUCKER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Eighty-six illegal
aliens found
> work here, painting ships at the naval station in San Diego. That is
more
> than half of the payroll at Naval Coating, the contractor which hired
the
> illegals.
>
> Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were able to only find and
arrest
> 20, two of whom have been deported before. One after being convicted
of drug
> smuggling. The arrest part of a crackdown by ICE agents in San Diego,
home
> to three military bases.
>
> MICHAEL UNZUETA, ICE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE: We're going into these
> employers and these businesses and checking their employee records.
In San
> Diego, we've reviewed somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 or more
> companies. We've looked at about 13,000 employment records, and of
that,
> we've made 168 arrests.
>
> TUCKER: Naval Coating had no comment. But ICE showed off the false
documents
> the employees use to get hired, including false Social Security
cards.
>
> This latest group of arrests follows the arrest of illegal aliens
working on
> a nuclear reactor in Florida. Twenty-seven illegals working at
Piedmont
> Triad International Airport, 14 illegals working at Logan
International
> Airport, and three illegals with state-issued ID cards work for a
company
> servicing vendor machines in the state prison at Chino, California.
>
> JAMES CARAFANO, HERITAGE FOUNDATION: The most dangerous terrorist
attacks
> are what's called insider attacks. It's people who -- you know, most
> security systems are designed to keep people out who have bad intent
from
> getting in. But if you have an insider, somebody who has a badge who
get in,
> they can do terrible things.
>
> TUCKER: It may seem obvious, even alarmingly simple. But more
alarming is
> that the law only requires an employer find two pieces of ID
acceptable,
> such as a driver's license and a Social Security number. There is no
legal
> requirement to check Social Security numbers.
>
> (END VIDEOTAPE)
>
> TUCKER: Equally disturbing are the penalties involved. Unless a
pattern of
> willful hiring of illegals can be proved, there are no criminal
penalties. A
> first offense is a civil penalty, and you can be fined, Lou, not less
than
> $250 and not more than $2,000.
>
> DOBBS: Well, aside from the idiocy concerning all those penalties,
the fact
> that a U.S. naval shipyard is sitting there with security so lax that
this
> could occur, I mean, that's abominable.
>
> TUCKER: Well, the security requirements actually are on the
contractor. The
> contractor's supposed to do the background checks, and when they are
let in,
> they go through two checkpoints. But the background checks are the
> requirement of the contractor.
>
> DOBBS: That's a U.S. naval base -- forgive me.
>
> TUCKER: Yes, it is.
>
> DOBBS: It's on the U.S. Navy to make certain that doesn't occur.
Thank you,
> Bill Tucker. Incredible.
>
> Well, as we is reported here extensively, the millions of illegal
aliens in
> this country are enjoying many benefits designed for U.S. citizens,
> including, of course, education. Tonight, Florida is the latest state
to
> consider legislation that would allow many illegal aliens to attend
state
> colleges for largely discounted in-state tuition rates. Critics say
the bill
> will only harm students who are in fact American citizens.
Meantime, Bush ducks and crawls along with Congress.
Tom
http://www.fairus.org/
> From CNN's Lou Dobbs, one of the only people in the media confronting
the
> problem of illegals on a nightly basis. Illegals working on US
Military
> installations
>
> 15 April 2005
>
>
>
> ANNOUNCER: This is LOU DOBBS, for news, debate and opinion, tonight.
>
> DOBBS: Good evening. Stock prices today plunged on Wall Street. The
Dow
> Jones industrials fell almost 200 points. That the worst single day
decline
> in nearly two years, in fact.
>
> The Dow over the past three days has fallen more than 400 points. A
new
> report today showed consumer confidence at the lowest level in a year
and a
> half. All of the major markets suffered huge losses on the week.
>
> Turning now to our nation's immigration crisis. Tonight, the Homeland
> Security Department says dozens of illegal aliens had access to one
of our
> nation's most sensitive and secure military facilities. The
department says
> 86 illegal aliens worked for a California contractor, a contractor
that
> repairs U.S. Navy ships at the naval station in San Diego.
>
> Twenty of those illegal aliens have been arrested. But the government
says
> it has no idea where the other 66 illegal aliens are.
>
> Bill Tucker reports.
>
> (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
>
> BILL TUCKER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Eighty-six illegal
aliens found
> work here, painting ships at the naval station in San Diego. That is
more
> than half of the payroll at Naval Coating, the contractor which hired
the
> illegals.
>
> Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were able to only find and
arrest
> 20, two of whom have been deported before. One after being convicted
of drug
> smuggling. The arrest part of a crackdown by ICE agents in San Diego,
home
> to three military bases.
>
> MICHAEL UNZUETA, ICE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE: We're going into these
> employers and these businesses and checking their employee records.
In San
> Diego, we've reviewed somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 or more
> companies. We've looked at about 13,000 employment records, and of
that,
> we've made 168 arrests.
>
> TUCKER: Naval Coating had no comment. But ICE showed off the false
documents
> the employees use to get hired, including false Social Security
cards.
>
> This latest group of arrests follows the arrest of illegal aliens
working on
> a nuclear reactor in Florida. Twenty-seven illegals working at
Piedmont
> Triad International Airport, 14 illegals working at Logan
International
> Airport, and three illegals with state-issued ID cards work for a
company
> servicing vendor machines in the state prison at Chino, California.
>
> JAMES CARAFANO, HERITAGE FOUNDATION: The most dangerous terrorist
attacks
> are what's called insider attacks. It's people who -- you know, most
> security systems are designed to keep people out who have bad intent
from
> getting in. But if you have an insider, somebody who has a badge who
get in,
> they can do terrible things.
>
> TUCKER: It may seem obvious, even alarmingly simple. But more
alarming is
> that the law only requires an employer find two pieces of ID
acceptable,
> such as a driver's license and a Social Security number. There is no
legal
> requirement to check Social Security numbers.
>
> (END VIDEOTAPE)
>
> TUCKER: Equally disturbing are the penalties involved. Unless a
pattern of
> willful hiring of illegals can be proved, there are no criminal
penalties. A
> first offense is a civil penalty, and you can be fined, Lou, not less
than
> $250 and not more than $2,000.
>
> DOBBS: Well, aside from the idiocy concerning all those penalties,
the fact
> that a U.S. naval shipyard is sitting there with security so lax that
this
> could occur, I mean, that's abominable.
>
> TUCKER: Well, the security requirements actually are on the
contractor. The
> contractor's supposed to do the background checks, and when they are
let in,
> they go through two checkpoints. But the background checks are the
> requirement of the contractor.
>
> DOBBS: That's a U.S. naval base -- forgive me.
>
> TUCKER: Yes, it is.
>
> DOBBS: It's on the U.S. Navy to make certain that doesn't occur.
Thank you,
> Bill Tucker. Incredible.
>
> Well, as we is reported here extensively, the millions of illegal
aliens in
> this country are enjoying many benefits designed for U.S. citizens,
> including, of course, education. Tonight, Florida is the latest state
to
> consider legislation that would allow many illegal aliens to attend
state
> colleges for largely discounted in-state tuition rates. Critics say
the bill
> will only harm students who are in fact American citizens.
Meantime, Bush ducks and crawls along with Congress.
Tom
http://www.fairus.org/