Irish couple on peace dividend visa dobbed in by employer for terror arrest

international | rights, freedoms and repression | other press Thursday April 13, 2006 09:00 by anon

Detained and threatened for a week with deportion while employer kept stum

Here's a story about a Irish couple detained for a week on the back of a disgruntled employers claims

In January 2002, Murray and Gould asked Northrop Grumman if they could change jobs because the school owner did not pay them and demanded they clean his home.

After they complained, the school owner called Northrop Grumman and said the pair had never worked for him and Murray was getting his pilot's license so he could open a business in Yemen, the appeals court said. They were deemed to no longer have legal residency status under the work program.

The school owner also claimed that the couple opposed U.S. policy and believed that as long as the United States supports Israel terrorism will only worsen, the court said.

Northrop Grumman notified the Department of State and U.S. immigration authorities of the claims. Days later, the government took the couple into custody and began deportation proceedings.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny...wyork

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