"Ex-border official convicted by jury; Was accused of trying to help flout immigration laws" by Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff | March 23, 2010
A former Department of Homeland Security official once in charge of keeping some of New England’s key ports secure from illegal immigration was found guilty yesterday of deliberately encouraging her Brazilian housekeeper to illegally stay in the country.
“I’m stunned,’’ said Lorraine Henderson, 52, of Salem, who could face up to five years in prison for her conviction. She declined to comment further and was consoled by about 10 relatives and friends, some of whom cried as they embraced her.
Yeah, because these people think they are above the law.
Henderson, who rose through the ranks of the US Customs Service after starting as a clerk at age 17, testified during the six-day trial that she did nothing wrong. She was suspended without pay from her $140,000-a-year job as Boston area port director for Customs and Border Protection after her arrest 15 months ago....
All over that damn 9/11 lie, folks.
At the time, in her job as Boston area port director, Henderson oversaw the inspection and admission of foreign nationals at sites such as Logan International Airport, T.F. Green International Airport in Rhode Island, and Bradley International Airport in Connecticut....
But she didn't know the laws.
Her lawyer, Francis J. DiMento, who had urged the judge to dismiss the one-count indictment for lack of evidence, shook his head after the jury of nine women and three men filed solemnly out of the courtroom after announcing the verdict....
Another clueless f***.
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I've got some of my own housekeeping to look after, dear readers.
