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DHS: Cleaning company 'deceived' Chertoff

 
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Workers of a company that hired illegal immigrants cleaned the home of top U.S. immigration official Michael Chertoff, and the Department of Homeland Security has accused the company's owner of deceiving the department chief. "Every contractor in the United States has the responsibility of ensuring their workers are legal," DHS spokesman Russ Knocke [...] (link)

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