May 7, 2008
Prison time for man who hired illegals
A federal judge in Bangor yesterday sentenced the former owner of a cleaning company to a year in prison for employing and housing undocumented workers.
Manuel Antonio Cornejo, a 30-year-old resident of Lewiston, owned M.C. Cleaning LLC and was accused of hiring and housing at least 11 illegal aliens between July 2006 and January 2008, according to the Bangor Daily News. Cornejo, a U.S. citizen who was born in El Salvador, was working as a subcontractor for a Danvers, Mass., firm cleaning floors at eight Hannaford supermarkets in the area around Bangor, Bucksport and Belfast when it was discovered he was employing illegal aliens, the paper said.
Besides the year-and-a-day sentence, Cornejo also will pay a $3,000 fine and be subject to three years of supervised release after he gets out of jail, the Daily News said. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials believe Cornejo is the first employer to be sentenced in Bangor's U.S. District Court for hiring illegal aliens, the paper said.
Manuel Antonio Cornejo, a 30-year-old resident of Lewiston, owned M.C. Cleaning LLC and was accused of hiring and housing at least 11 illegal aliens between July 2006 and January 2008, according to the Bangor Daily News. Cornejo, a U.S. citizen who was born in El Salvador, was working as a subcontractor for a Danvers, Mass., firm cleaning floors at eight Hannaford supermarkets in the area around Bangor, Bucksport and Belfast when it was discovered he was employing illegal aliens, the paper said.
Besides the year-and-a-day sentence, Cornejo also will pay a $3,000 fine and be subject to three years of supervised release after he gets out of jail, the Daily News said. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials believe Cornejo is the first employer to be sentenced in Bangor's U.S. District Court for hiring illegal aliens, the paper said.
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