AKRON ‒ A federal grand jury has charged eight people who were found at a Canton manufacturing facility on Aug. 6 with immigration and identity theft-related violations.
According to court documents, four of the defendants were previously removed from the U.S. but were found in Ohio without the consent of the U.S. attorney general or the secretary for homeland security for readmission.
Seven of the defendants are from Guatemala and a one is from El Salvador, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio. They range in age from 21 to 55.
The manufacturing facility where they were found was not identified in the release. The local communities where they were living also were not included.
The charges are illegal reentry of removed alien, false claim to U.S. citizenship to engage unlawfully in employment, misuse of Social Security number, aggravated identity theft and unlawful use of identification documents.
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The investigations leading to the indictments were conducted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“These cases are part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations, and protect communities from the perpetrators of violent crime,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a press release on Sept. 2.
(This breaking news story will be updated as more infomation is available.)
This article originally appeared on The Repository: Grand jury indicts 8 Canton workers on immigration violations