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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 744378" data-attributes="member: 12952">Hiring ILLEGALS is a ‘minor offense’ Says JudgeJudge criticizes prosecution of Homeland&nbsp; Security official and postpones sentencingBy Jonathan SaltzmanA federal judge rebuked the government today for prosecuting a&nbsp; Department of Homeland Security official who employed an illegal&nbsp; immigrant as her housekeeper, saying prosecutors had been “overreaching”&nbsp; and “crushed” the defendant for what he characterized as a minor&nbsp; offense.After unusually harsh criticism of prosecutors, US District Court&nbsp; Judge Douglas P. Woodlock postponed the sentencing of Lorraine Henderson&nbsp; until he decides whether to grant a motion by her lawyers to set aside&nbsp; the verdict and acquit her. Henderson was convicted in March of&nbsp; deliberately encouraging her Brazilian housekeeper to stay in the&nbsp; country illegally.Lorraine Henderson is the Director of&nbsp; Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for the Port of Boston.&nbsp; She has served in a variety of customs&nbsp; roles since 1975.&nbsp; Most recently she was the Branch Chief in the Commissioner&#039;s&nbsp; Situation Room at CBP Headquarters.&nbsp; Prior to this she was Customs&#039; Port Director at Washington-Dulles Airport.&nbsp;&nbsp; During her tenure at Customs, she&nbsp; has also served as an inspector and enforcement aide.But having a good cheap house cleaner is more important.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 744378, member: 12952"] [B]Hiring ILLEGALS is a ‘minor offense’ Says Judge[/B] [B]Judge criticizes prosecution of Homeland Security official and postpones sentencing By Jonathan Saltzman[/B] A federal judge rebuked the government today for prosecuting a Department of Homeland Security official who employed an illegal immigrant as her housekeeper, saying prosecutors had been “overreaching” and “crushed” the defendant for what he characterized as a minor offense. After unusually harsh criticism of prosecutors, US District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock postponed the sentencing of Lorraine Henderson until he decides whether to grant a motion by her lawyers to set aside the verdict and acquit her. Henderson was convicted in March of deliberately encouraging her Brazilian housekeeper to stay in the country illegally. [FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=2]Lorraine Henderson is the Director of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for the Port of Boston. She has served in a variety of customs roles since 1975. Most recently she was the Branch Chief in the Commissioner's Situation Room at CBP Headquarters. Prior to this she was Customs' Port Director at Washington-Dulles Airport. During her tenure at Customs, she has also served as an inspector and enforcement aide.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=2]But having a good cheap house cleaner is more important. [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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