Burning Atlanta

We need to see a lot more of this. The number of employers being prosecuted is outrageously low.

Yeah, you stuccoed now.

The president of a Sierra Vista drywall and stucco company and 10 others face state and federal criminal charges today following a multi-agency probe into allegations the business knowingly hired illegal alien workers and conspired with counterfeit document vendors to obtain fraudulent work authorization cards for those employees.

Those charged in the case include the president and seven other employees of Sun Drywall and Stucco, Inc., as well as three individuals suspected of supplying counterfeit work authorization documents to the company’s illegal alien workers.  The charges against the Sun Drywall employees include conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens and conspiracy to knowingly hire illegal aliens.  Those accused of supplying the counterfeit documents face state charges of identity theft.

The criminal charges, the first ever brought in a worksite enforcement investigation in Arizona, were announced today at a news conference in Tucson held by the agencies involved in the 16-month probe, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol, the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division, and the Arizona Fraudulent Identity Task Force (AFIT).  The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office and the Sierra Vista Police Department assisted federal agents with today’s takedown.