Illegal Aliens Arrested at Wal-Mart Construction Site

FRACKVILLE, Pennsylvania (ICE) -- ICE agents executed federal search warrants on trailers belonging to five subcontracting companies working at the construction site of a new Wal-Mart Distribution Center in Butler Township, Pennsylvania.

The search warrants sought evidence of possible money laundering and harboring illegal alien charges by the targeted companies. During the execution of the search warrants, ICE agents detained 125 illegal aliens shortly after they arrived to work at the construction site.

Those arrested were from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. All of those arrested were placed into removal proceedings. They will have an opportunity to have their deportation cases heard before an impartial immigration judge.

"Employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens, and those who utilize false documents to gain employment, face significant criminal and administrative charges," said John Kelleghan, acting special agent-in-charge for ICE in Pennsylvania. "ICE's goal is to restore integrity to the immigration system and keep our workplaces safe by ensuring that those who work there are who they say they are, and are not vulnerable to exploitation by unscrupulous employers."

ICE agents continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the employment of these illegal aliens.