Illegals Busted at Military Parachute Plant

(Asheville, North Carolina) A total of 57 illegal aliens from Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador and Honduras were arrested earlier today at the local Mills Manufacturing Corporation, a Department of Defense contractor that makes parachutes for the U.S. military.

I suggest that made in the U.S.A. no longer means that a product was made by Americans, not even products for the U.S. military.

According to a press release from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),

“Protecting the integrity of our nation’s critical infrastructure is among ICE’s highest priorities,” said Delburt Richburg, assistant special agent-in-charge of the ICE Office of Investigations in Charlotte. “When individuals use fraudulent social security numbers to get jobs, they hide their true identity and history. We need to know who is working on our critical infrastructure sites.”

The press release also said: “Illegal aliens employed at sensitive facilities -- such as military bases, nuclear plants, chemical plants, airports and Department of Defense contractors -- pose a homeland security threat.”

The company has reportedly been cooperative.

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