Tucsoncitizen.com
An investigation by immigration officials led to the arrest yesterday of nine illegal immigrants performing janitorial work for a national defense subcontractor, Pacific Maintenance Co., in Tucson.
It was the first crackdown in the Tucson area since the Department of Homeland Security started targeting employees who are illegal immigrants at sensitive national security sites such as airports, nuclear power plants and oil refineries. Across the country, the crackdown has led to the arrest of at least 1,300 workers.
The nine arrested in Tucson were identified as Mexican nationals, and they worked for Pacific Maintenance Co., which cleans facilities at Honeywell, IBM and Texas Instruments.
Posted by Suzanne at March 23, 2005