immigration....

[Razbre]

LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury indicted two Hong Kong brothers Friday for allegedly plotting a scheme in which 17 Chinese immigrants were smuggled into port inside a 40-foot-long shipping container.

 

 

 

Yau-Hang Chan and Yau-Hung Chan were being held by Hong Kong authorities on Chinese immigration charges and U.S. authorities plan to seek their extradition, said Virginia Kice, spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

 

 

Officers acting on a tip found the smuggled immigrants Feb. 24 in a shipping container at the Port of Los Angeles. They had spent about 25 days inside the box with little more than water, dried noodles, battery-powered fans and makeshift toilets fashioned from water bottles, officials said.

 

 

A 10-inch hole in the container provided ventilation, officials said.

 

 

The immigrants from China's Fujian Province said they were charged $40,000 each for the trip. The container arrived aboard a Cypriot-flagged vessel called the Ningbo.

 

 

The brothers face charges of conspiracy to bring aliens into the country illegally and doing so for financial gain, Kice said.

 

 

The Chan brothers masterminded the plot, obtained the container and recruited the immigrants, authorities allege.

 

 

Two men who acted as enforcers and traveled inside the container with the immigrants were convicted of smuggling charges in May.

 

 

Jian Rong Tan and Wen Hsue could face three to 85 years in prison when they are sentenced next month.

[johnxiaoying]

Here's an article which appeared on the Drudgereport today about illegal immigration. Double standards.

 

http://www.drudgereport.com/flash1.htm

[Razbre]

I can not get over the $40,000/per!!!!!

[natrigon]

I can not get over the $40,000/per!!!!!

RMB or USD??