[StBernard] Affidavit:Border official hired illegal immigrants

[Westley Annis]

BOSTON (AP) -- A top Homeland Security official in Boston has been accused
of repeatedly hiring illegal immigrants to clean her home.

Lorraine Henderson, the regional director of Homeland Security, Customs, and
Border Protection, was arrested Friday at her home in Salem. She was
expected to appear in federal court later Friday.

Henderson is responsible for stopping illegal aliens from entering the
country through the Port of Boston.

But according to an affidavit, for several years Henderson employed a
Brazilian housekeeper who was an illegal immigrant. She also allegedly hired
two other illegal immigrants, even after fellow agents warned her it was
against the law.

Henderson was arrested after one of the women wore a wire and recorded
Henderson telling the woman to "be careful" because once you're deported,
"you will never be back."