Despite the ongoing
flood of illegal aliens pouring across the Mexican border and the alarming increase in the importation of Muslim refugees into
the U.S., the Department of
Homeland Security and the Justice Department are focusing illegal immigration
enforcement efforts on Asian restaurants in State College, Pennsylvania, the
home of Penn State University.
On the very same day a Kuwaiti-born, naturalized U.S. citizen killed four U.S.
Marines and critically injured a Navy sailor, who later died of his wounds, the
Justice Department issued a press release describing federal immigration
charges against the proprietors of several Chinese restaurants in the sleepy
little college town.
As WND reported, the Department of Homeland Security and ICE
agents swept in and raided the restaurants and a karaoke bar in 2014 after receiving a tip about illegal
workers.
The Justice Department is now prosecuting eight
restaurant owners and managers, who face federal charges in an alleged
conspiracy to transport, harbor and conceal 18 illegal immigrants for
“commercial advantage and private financial gain,” according to the news
release.
“Unauthorized alien workers were hired routinely
to staff restaurant kitchen operations, thereby cutting costs and maximizing
profits,” it said.
China Dragon, College Buffet, Chen’s Mongolian
Buffet, Fuji & Jade Garden, Hunan Wok, 100 Degrees Hot Pot, My Thai and
Penang Asian Fusion Cuisine were raided by the feds.
Business owner Bill Ebken, who owns a frame shop
in the same strip mall as some of the restaurants, told the Centre
Daily Times there were at least 25 law-enforcement agents involved in the
raids.
“We have friends who travel the world and said
My Thai has some of the best food,” said Ebken. “They all seem to do really
good business and get a lot of the Asian college students who hang there.”
Jing Mei “Jimmy” Jiang, 51, of Boalsburg, was
identified in the release as the “ring leader” of the conspiracy. Jiang
and his codefendants — all members of what prosecutors dubbed the “Jiang
organization” — are charged with defrauding the United States and Pennsylvania
by under-reporting employees in audit and tax documents and making false
financial records for quarterly employee wages.
If convicted, Jiang could receive up to 10
years in prison under federal law for harboring and concealing illegal
immigrants, 20 more years for wire fraud and fines totaling $500,000.
Court documents state the defendants hired at
least 18 illegal aliens – who hail from Mexico, Guatemala, Thailand and
China – since 2013 and transported them by commercial buses, vans and
other vehicles to State College, where they would work and be housed.
Prosecutors contend the scheme began in 2005, but the total number of aliens is
not revealed in court documents. The illegal workers were
reportedly recruited through employment agencies in the Chinatown area of
New York City.
Jiang’s alleged co-conspirators face a
maximum penalty of five years in prison for their role in the
alleged scheme. However, federal prosecutors have agreed to recommend
lower sentences for the defendants if they “cooperate with and assist the
federal government,” according the newspaper.
The restaurant owners and managers separately
charged in the investigation are:
Jing Mei Jiang 51, Boalsburg
Yu Mei Chen, 50, Boalsburg
Xin Xing Jiang, 27, Boalsburg
Yan Jin Jiang, 30, Boalsburg
Xue Jiang, 36, State College
Jian Bin Chen, 39, State College
Yong Cheng Chen, 38, State College
Huan Zhen Dong, 37, State College
The government is seeking forfeiture of two
single-family homes in State College, two furnished apartments and some $65,000
in cash seized from one home and a restaurant, according to court documents.
All of those charged already have tentative
agreements to plead guilty in U.S. Middle District Court, according to
PennLive.
Comments
Next the DOJ will raid
US fruit farms to round up the workforce before the Immigration Service can
issue their H2a Temp Worker visas. Congress needs to micromanage the Agencies.
The Chinese have always been our best immigrants, legal or otherwise. They need
to concentrate on the Muslim Nut-balls and violent Drug Dealing criminal gangs
with tatoos. This is like TSA abusing grandma in the airport.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA
Tea Party Leader
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