Friday, September 01, 2006
Buffalo Farm Workers to Be Deported
A government crackdown on illegal aliens targeted a hydroponic tomato
greenhouse in North Tonawanda on Wednesday, as federal agents made 34
arrests.
Authorities said they expect that most of the men and women arrested
at the Fortistar tomato facility on Shawnee Road will be deported to
Mexico within a week.
They also were required to plead guilty to misdemeanor criminal
charges, under a tougher government policy on illegal immigration. In
the past, government attorneys in Buffalo deported thousands of
illegal aliens but rarely prosecuted them criminally.
“Illegal immigration poses an increasing threat to our security,
public safety and economy, and hard-hitting interior enforcement will
reinforce the strong stance we already take at the border,” U.S.
Attorney Terrance P. Flynn said after the arrests.
Buffalo News 8/31/06