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Broward women brought 143 Haitian workers to US for fake jobs, feds say
The 143 workers paid as much as $3,500 each, lured to South Florida from Haiti with false promises of steady paying jobs in construction or on farms, the hope of getting permanent residency and making a life in the U.S., they said. But when they arrived,...
Tags: Port-au-Prince (Haiti), U.S. Department of Justice, Fort Lauderdale, Margate, Career and Workplace
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Saudi man jailed after pressure cooker found in bags at Detroit Metro Airport seeks bond
Associated PressDETROIT (AP) — A Saudi man arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after allegedly lying about why he was traveling with a pressure cooker asked to be released on bond Monday. Hussain Al Khawahir, 33, was arrested May 11 by federal agents at the...Tags: Interior Policy, Boston Marathon, Police Arrests, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Woman hurt in shooting admitted role in tax scheme
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — A woman targeted in a pre-dawn shooting Monday had recently admitted that she led a scheme that used bogus tax returns to defraud the government for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Gigi M. Riley, 32, was shot twice about 4:14 a.m. at...Tags: Banking, Prosecution, Interior Policy, 1st Source Corp., Shootings
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Senators press forward on immigration bill
WASHINGTON – Senators are pushing forward on changes to a sweeping immigration overhaul, preparing to vote the bill out of the Judiciary Committee before Congress adjourns for the Memorial Day recess. The bill largely has withstood the assaults of...
Tags: Jeff Sessions, Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Congress, Memorial Day, Career and Workplace
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Feds: McHenry man threatened embassy officials over visa dispute
A McHenry man is accused of threatening to kill State Department officials, including the U.S. Ambassador in Serbia, as well as Serbians in Chicago because of a visa dispute involving his wife in Serbia. Russell K. Gordon, 48, was born in the United...
Tags: Serbia, Interior Policy, U.S. Embassy, Belgrade (Serbia), U.S. Department of State
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South Bend woman hurt in early morning shooting admitted role in tax scheme
SOUTH BEND — A woman targeted in a pre-dawn shooting today had recently admitted that she led a scheme that used bogus tax returns to defraud the government of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Gigi M. Riley, 32, was shot twice about 4:14 a.m. at...
Tags: Interior Policy, 1st Source Corp., Court Preliminary, Banking, Bank of America Corp.
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Visa violators stage sit-in to stay
The Japan TimesPeople living in Japan on expired visas kicked off a five-day sit-in Monday in front of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau to protest plans to deport overstaying immigrants en masse on chartered planes this fiscal year. Reportedly as part of ways...Tags: Interior Policy, Tokyo (Japan), Deportation, Japan, Immigration
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Tamarac woman indicted on fraudulent guest worker scheme
A Tamarac woman has been indicted for her alleged involvement in a fraudulent guest workers scheme by the U.S. Department of Justice. A federal judge unsealed a three-count indictment Friday returned by a grand jury in the Southern District of Florida...
Tags: Interior Policy, Tamarac, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Justice System
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QUIRKY ASIA: Filipino student enrolls-using 41 names
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila / Asia News NetworkBAGUIO (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) -- Incoming high school senior Ratziel is enrolling this week at Urdaneta City National High School in Pangasinan, northern Philippines, and he will have to write down his full name. It consists of 40 first names-...Tags: Government, Teaching and Learning, Education, Science and Technology, Asia
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Former US customs agent accused in document fraud
El Paso Times, TexasA former U. S. Customs Service inspector accused of visa fraud is blaming a Juarez dentist for allegedly getting him involved in document fraud, according to court documents. Federico "Freddy" Garcia, 39, said in a voluntary statement May 9, the day...Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Punishment, Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, Migration
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Facial recognition technology moving toward identifying almost anyone
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe Tsarnaev brothers, like anyone in a crowd of strangers, might have expected to be anonymous. But when the FBI released blurry, off-angle images of the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, researchers with Carnegie Mellon University's...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology, Social Security, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Research
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Editorials: Tighten Link card rules to fight abuse
For state Rep. Mike Bost, R-Murphysboro, this was the last straw: A food stamp recipient in his district used her Link card to bail herself out of jail. "We are losing a couple billion dollars in fraud and we know that," Bost says of Illinois' Link...
Tags: Interior Policy, Pat Quinn, Whole Wheat Bread, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Illinois Governor
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