Illegal immigrants employed at O'Hare

Twenty-three illegal immigrants were arrested Wednesday after allegedly using fake security badges to work in critical areas at O'Hare International Airport, including the tarmac, authorities said Wednesday.

The workers were all employed by Ideal Staffing Solutions, Inc., of Bensenville, and were contracted out to work for carriers that included United Airlines, KLM and Qantas, said Elissa A. Brown, special agent in charge for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office of investigations in Chicago.

The eight-month investigation, which involved federal, state and Chicago authorities, also resulted in the arrest of Ideal Staffing's corporate secretary and office manager. Mary Gurin, 36, of Carpentersville, and Norinye Benitez, 24, of Franklin Park, were each charged with one federal count of harboring illegal aliens for gain and one federal count of misuse of Social Security numbers.

The workers face state criminal charges and deportation, Brown said.

• Facebook Comments
• Site Comments

Be the first to comment on this article!

Add comment


I am not posting spam. I understand posting spam or other comments that are unrelated to this article will cause my comment to be flagged for deletion and possibly cause my IP address to be permanently banned from this server.

Enter the characters in the image above:

log out