Inside ICE: Volume 2, Issue 12

ICE Arrests 26 Illegal Workers at Shipyard

PASCAGOULA, Miss. — ICE special agents arrested 26 illegal aliens working at the Northrop Grumman Shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., June 1.

ICE agents, assisted by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, used a civil search warrant to search the facility for suspected undocumented workers identified through examination of records maintained by the Northrop Grumman security office.

The 26 illegal workers were identified as having had access to or have attempted to access the Northrop Grumman Shipyard. They will be presented for prosecution in the Southern District of Mississippi for using fraudulent documents to gain employment, falsely claiming to be U.S. citizens or illegal re-entry to the United States after deportation. No evidence has been found implicating either the subcontractors or Northrop Grumman in any criminal or administrative violations.

This investigation is part of an ongoing post-9/11 ICE enforcement initiative that focuses on businesses with sensitive sites and critical infrastructure facilities such as airports, defense installations and bio-agriculture industries. Since the initiative began, more than 1,100 illegal workers have been arrested at airports alone.

“Protecting the integrity of the ship building industry in Mississippi is a crucial part of ICE’s interior enforcement strategy," said Michael A. Holt, Special Agent-in-Charge for ICE investigations in New Orleans. "When an individual uses fraudulent or false documents to get a job, they hide their identity and possible criminal history. We need to know the identities of the people are that are working on our critical infrastructure programs.”

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