Former ICE deportation agent convicted of harboring illegal alien, accepting bribesA former federal deportation officer was convicted in court on Thursday for
accepting cash bribes and sex in exchange for providing employment authorization documents as well as secretly employing an illegal alien at a hair salon he ran on the side, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The Newark federal court trial lasted one week and the
jury deliberated for one day before convicting Arnaldo Echevarria on six bribery charges, each of which carries a maximum of 15 years in prison and $250,000 fines. He was also convicted of
making false statements and harboring an illegal alien, which each carry up to five years in prison.
Echevarria, 39, had worked for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE, where he identified, located, arrested and removed illegal immigrants in the U.S. Some illegal aliens are permitted to work in the U.S. leading up to their deportation.
As the supervisor of those waiting to be removed from the country, Echevarria took advantage of his position from 2012 to 2014 and offered to request one-year work documents for people slated to be deported in return for bribes. The Somerset, N.J., resident
collected approximately $75,000 in bribes and demanded sex from one person.
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