Staffing Company Officers Nabbed in Immigration Sting

Staffing Firm Rousted: Illinois staffing company have been charged with felonies for allegedly harboring illegal immigrants for financial gain and misusing Social Security numbers, according to television station WLS-TV in Chicago. The arrests stem from an eight-month-long investigation at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. Mary Gurin, 36, a corporate secretary of Ideal Staffing Solutions Inc., and Norinye Benitez, 24, an office manager, this week were arrested for allegedly providing undocumented workers with deactivated airport security badges that were listed in other names. The fraudulent badges allowed workers to bypass a security-screening system used by the airport. Also arrested were 23 other people from Mexico and Guatemala, many of whom are in the U.S. illegally and who could be deported, according to statements attributed to federal officials. The illegal workers all were employed by Ideal Staffing and were contracted to work for airlines, including United Airlines, KLM and Qantas.