7 Pilots Charged With Immigration Offenses
Seven airline pilots and two airport ramp workers were charged with immigration-related offenses, prosecutors said Saturday.
Four pilots and two ramp workers were charged with possession of fake immigration documents, U.S. Atty. Guy Lewis said in a news release. One of the four and an additional pilot also were charged with making false statements to obtain a Social Security card, Lewis said.
An additional pilot was detained in Dallas and another in Miami on unspecified immigration charges, Lewis said. The charges were not connected to the Sept. 11 attacks, he said.
Marty Heires, a spokesman for American Eagle and American Airlines, said Saturday that two American Eagle pilots were among pilots arrested by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. He said no further information was available.
“We fully cooperated in the investigations,” Heires said.
No pilots for American Airlines were arrested, he said.
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