In surprise raids, INS arrests over 100 undocumented Korean immigrants
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In surprise raids, INS arrests over 100 undocumented Korean immigrants
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Jonghoon Kim
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Over the last two weeks, the Immigration and Naturalization Service arrested more than 100 illegal Korean immigrants in New York and New Jersey.
According to Korean immigration lawyers, INS investigators in New York and New Jersey began raiding Korean residences and businesses in late July, arresting those who are undocumented or possess illegally issued Social Security cards.
INS investigated a Bergen County, N.J. couples green card application last week; the police and five INS investigators unexpectedly paid a visit early one morning. After questioning the couple, they arrested the husband and informed the wife that she would be called in for further questioning in two weeks.
On Aug. 2, around 6:00 a.m., INS investigators raided yet another Korean residence and arrested one couple, leaving their two children in the hands of the grandmother.
In a nail salon in uptown Manhattan, INS investigators checked the identities of the employer and the 10 employees and arrested two undocumented Korean immigrants. The Social Security Administration recently notified the nail salon that some of the employees Social Security numbers were false. Another nail salon in the Bronx is in a similar situation.
Furthermore, the INS is investigating undocumented immigrants who acquired Social Security numbers by paying $1,000 to driving schools.
The INS is holding most of the recently arrested Korean immigrants in INS detention centers located in Middlesex and Hudson Counties in New Jersey.
We cannot inform you of the exact number of Korean immigrants who are detained, but they are only a minority compared to the number of all arrested, said the INS on Aug. 9, in a reference to the large-scale raids taking place in New York and New Jersey.
Dong-kyu Park, an immigration lawyer, said that he received more than 10 cases of INS arrests in the past week, and that the illegal green card application scandal in Virginia involving a lawyer named Samuel Kruzky may have something to do with it. Park predicted that, Since there are hundreds of Koreans across the United States who applied for green cards through Kruzky, the number of Koreans arrested will continue to increase.
Soo-eun Nam, another immigration lawyer, commented, A group of Korean immigrants who illegally attained visas in Korea through immigration brokers has recently been discovered. The surprise raids are directed at eliminating such methods of acquiring visas.
According to Korean immigration lawyers, INS investigators in New York and New Jersey began raiding Korean residences and businesses in late July, arresting those who are undocumented or possess illegally issued Social Security cards.
INS investigated a Bergen County, N.J. couples green card application last week; the police and five INS investigators unexpectedly paid a visit early one morning. After questioning the couple, they arrested the husband and informed the wife that she would be called in for further questioning in two weeks.
On Aug. 2, around 6:00 a.m., INS investigators raided yet another Korean residence and arrested one couple, leaving their two children in the hands of the grandmother.
In a nail salon in uptown Manhattan, INS investigators checked the identities of the employer and the 10 employees and arrested two undocumented Korean immigrants. The Social Security Administration recently notified the nail salon that some of the employees Social Security numbers were false. Another nail salon in the Bronx is in a similar situation.
Furthermore, the INS is investigating undocumented immigrants who acquired Social Security numbers by paying $1,000 to driving schools.
The INS is holding most of the recently arrested Korean immigrants in INS detention centers located in Middlesex and Hudson Counties in New Jersey.
We cannot inform you of the exact number of Korean immigrants who are detained, but they are only a minority compared to the number of all arrested, said the INS on Aug. 9, in a reference to the large-scale raids taking place in New York and New Jersey.
Dong-kyu Park, an immigration lawyer, said that he received more than 10 cases of INS arrests in the past week, and that the illegal green card application scandal in Virginia involving a lawyer named Samuel Kruzky may have something to do with it. Park predicted that, Since there are hundreds of Koreans across the United States who applied for green cards through Kruzky, the number of Koreans arrested will continue to increase.
Soo-eun Nam, another immigration lawyer, commented, A group of Korean immigrants who illegally attained visas in Korea through immigration brokers has recently been discovered. The surprise raids are directed at eliminating such methods of acquiring visas.
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2002-08-12
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Korea Daily News
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In surprise raids, INS arrests over 100 undocumented Korean immigrants
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“In surprise raids, INS arrests over 100 undocumented Korean immigrants,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 1, 2026, https://911.dev.chnm.gmu.edu/items/1552/.