Can you believe this illegal immigrant, accused of hiring illegal immigrants?

A Pittsburgh-area business owner, who himself is an illegal immigrant, was accused of hiring illegal immigrants for his food-supply business.Federal prosecutors on Friday charged Bao Ping Zheng, 39, of Ohio Township, with harboring illegal aliens.Zheng has been in federal custody since September on immigration violations, according to his attorney, Martin Dietz.

Zheng is accused of knowingly hiring seven Chinese workers through a New York employment agency for his Stowe Township-based business, New Chinatown/NBT Trucking, which delivers food to Chinese restaurants throughout western Pennsylvania.



Zheng's business was legal, even if he was in the United States illegally, Dietz said.



The Chinese workers were either in the United States illegally or could not legally work in the U.S., prosecutors said.



Zheng told investigators he was forced to hire the workers because he couldn't find eZheng said some of the workers lived in one of his business' warehouses until he bought houses in nearby McKees Rocks, according to the government.



In the warehouse, investigators say they found an old office that had been converted into living quarters for four people.



One worker living there told investigators he was in the U.S. illegally, had worked at Zheng's businesses for five years and had been paid in cash, according to the ICE affidavit.



Zheng also owns New Chinatown LLC, New Chinatown Realty and New Chinatown Trading, the government said.



Zheng, who arrived illegally in the U.S. through John F. Kennedy Airport in New York in 1993, was held in the Allegheny County Jail.



nough legal workers to satisfy the needs of his business





http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/1鈥?/a>Can you believe this illegal immigrant, accused of hiring illegal immigrants?
How the heck can businesses owned and run by someone here illegally be legal themselves??? "Zheng's business was legal, even if he was in the United States illegally, Dietz said."
The northeast has a big problem with Chinese illegals. They come in the holds of ships hundreds at a time. I guess that is why Philly has more Chinese restaurants than anyplace I've been to.Can you believe this illegal immigrant, accused of hiring illegal immigrants?
who gives a ***, i love chinese food
This is nothing more than Slavery! People are talked, caught, exploited into coming to the United States! Once here, they have no papers, no support other than the scum that brought them..Afraid they stay in servitude until someone finds out! I say hang em high!
I can believe it, but I can't stand illegal immigrants, no matter which nationality they are. God Bless you.
this sounds not quite right

how can an illegal immigrant own a business in the US

thats impossible

i think any foreigner who wants to start a business in the US must have proper documents to own a business

Which idiot wrote the article ?
Yes...I believe it....it is wrong....they all need to be deported.
I say send 'em all back.
We know that Chinese are very good, hard workers. They are an asset to any country



What is your question ? I don't see any
and you wonder why your country has problems?



all those workers AND the employer should be deported immediately.



ANY employer who hires illegals must either be deported or shut down.