As ICE cracks down on workplaces, ID scams crank up
"He went by the name Chilango – Spanish slang for a resident of Mexico City.
For a price, he could provide "pantalones," or pants, for men and "faldas," or skirts, for women – his codes names for the all-important work documents that illegal immigrants needed to land a job at the rural East Texas plants of Pilgrim's Pride, the nation's largest poultry processor.
Now, "Chilango," or Daniel Totosaus Rodriguez, along with nearly two dozen others, is facing criminal charges of selling or using stolen or freshly fabricated work documents, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Texarkana Division, in December."
DIANNE SOLíS in the Dallas Morning News.