Even US immigration hire illegal workers

A court has been told how a senior ex-official working at US immigration and customs broke rules that she had taken an oath to uphold, when she encouraged her housekeeper to deceive US immigration and stay in the country.

The lady, Lorraine Henderson, who held a very prestigious job as regional director of Homeland security, was caught after a tip off and is currently suspended from the position without pay.

She was caught after the housekeeper, Fabiana Bittencourt, tape recorded her advising ‘not to leave the country’. or otherwise she would ‘not’ be allowed back into the country.

The case stems back to 2003, when Henderson hired the cleaner, but also crucially recommended her to her neighbour and work colleague Nora Ehrlich. In December 2005 all employees at the department for homeland security were advised not to hire illegal workers outside of their sphere of work.

Ehrlich asked Bittencourt of her US immigration status and when she discovered that she was in fact working illegally she promptly released her from her duties, she advised Henderson to do the same. 2 years later when Ehrlich discovered that Henderson was still employing the cleaner she tipped off authorities who arrested Bittencourt, who then co-operated and wore a wire to glean evidence against her employer.

Hendersons lawyer, Francis J. DiMento, had told the judge in the case that his client should not face trial due to a technicality about the nature of immigrant workers, it has however been denied and she will now face trial, where one of the prosecution

Source:globalvisas.com/