Immigration boss sentenced for selling passing grades

Carolyn Hileman* | January 13, 2008

A former U.S. immigration supervisor was sentenced yesterday to 3 1/2 years in prison for accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes so that dozens of ineligible aliens could receive citizenship.

Jimmie Ortega, 59, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John F. Keenan, who urged him to behave when he gets out of prison.

“It’s a shame that you did what you did,” the judge said as he also ordered Ortega to forfeit $50,000.
Ortega, of Lindenhurst, accepted bribes of up to $3,000 per person between October 2004 and April 2006 in exchange for passing grades on citizenship tests, prosecutors said.

Seven of Ortega’s 10 co-defendants have pleaded guilty to charges of unlawfully procuring naturalization while another has pleaded guilty to making a false statement. They await sentencing.

The cases against the two others are pending.

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