News Releases and Statements

HSI special agents initiated an investigation into allegations the two brothers were harboring illegal aliens who worked at their two restaurants.

Thomas Gard, of Nederland, Texas, was charged along with Phillip Taylor Hallmark, of Winnie, Texas, in relation to transporting at least 42 illegal aliens to cleanup an oil spill in Kalamazoo, Mich., in August 2010.

The company is also a contract supplier for ICE personnel service weapons and the first New Hampshire company to become an IMAGE partner.

Two indictments were unsealed Monday charging eight men and one woman from Long Island with conspiring to commit wire fraud, stealing identities and concealing and harboring illegal aliens employed at 7-11 Inc. franchise stores located throughout Long Island and Virginia.

Wally Nguyen of Danville, Pa., was convicted May 2 for conspiracy to commit money laundering, harboring, transporting and employing illegal aliens. The conviction is the result of an extensive investigation led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

"The HSI investigation revealed that Rama Putra engaged in a conspiracy to promote and conceal the profits of a temporary employment agency known as ""H and Y Staffing Inc.,"" operating out of a Scranton address. The business recruited, employed, and transported an illegal work force. "

A concrete company became the first employer in Yuma to partner with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in a nationwide program designed to strengthen hiring practices and combat the unlawful employment of unauthorized workers.

A Seattle-based marine transportation company, whose fleet ferries crucial supplies to Alaska, is the latest employer to be certified under a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) program designed to strengthen hiring practices and combat the unlawful employment of unauthorized workers.

"A Cleveland-area measurement device manufacturer, NOSHOK Inc., has partnered with U.S. ICE's employment compliance program IMAGE, or ""ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers."""

Two contracting companies and a specialty gourmet food retailer are the latest employers to be certified with ICE's employment compliance program, IMAGE.

The indictment alleges that Advantage Framing Systems Inc., of Spring Hill, Kan., knowingly employed illegal aliens.

GPX/GXP USA (GPX), a seismic surveying company based in Sealy, Texas, pleaded guilty Tuesday to harboring and transporting illegal aliens. The guilty plea is the result of an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Ethan Nguyen, the operator of temporary employment agencies that provided contracted services in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Pa., was sentenced Thursday to one year in prison on federal charges of harboring illegal aliens and mail fraud.

ICE's HSI has presented the MSP and HCSO with funds obtained from a criminal investigation for their assistance in the investigation and successful prosecution of a mid-Michigan dairy farm that was staffed almost exclusively with illegal aliens.

A local business is the first South Dakota member of a nationwide program by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to ensure a legal and more secure work force.

FM Solutions is a full-service architecture and design firm with 25 full-time employees.

Two San Diego-area businesses representing the steel and security industries are the latest employers to join U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) partnership program designed to strengthen hiring practices and combat the unlawful employment of unauthorized workers.

Two Northern Virginia companies are the newest members of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) nationwide program designed to encourage businesses to collaborate with ICE and use hiring best practices to ensure they are maintaining a lawful workforce.

AM and G Waterproofing is strengthening its hiring practices to ensure it is employing a legal workforce.

As part its enforcement strategy to reduce illegal employment and protect job opportunities for the nation's lawful workforce, U.S. ICE announced Tuesday that 10 employers in San Diego and Imperial counties were fined by ICE during fiscal year 2012 for various employment-related violations.

Twenty-one businesses representing the automotive, marketing, healthcare, restaurant, security, agriculture, food and telecommunications industries became the latest employers to partner with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to strengthen their hiring practices, reduce fraud and ensure they employ a legal workforce.

A Wichita-based McDonald's franchisee pleaded guilty Tuesday to knowingly accepting false documents to hire an illegal alien as a manager for one of its local restaurants after an investigation led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Husband and wife restaurant owners Michael and Tina McClellan were charged with harboring illegal aliens and mail fraud in an indictment that was unsealed Thursday in the Northern District of Indiana.

Classic Site Solutions is a general contractor specializing in site developments, site security, building restoration and green construction.

Following an investigation and audit of Form I-9 documents by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), eight Maine employers were fined a total of $78,966.50 in fiscal year (FY) 2012 for various employment violations.