Former Homeland Security Official Convicted in Immigration Case

Boston Globe: A former official for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was convicted today of encouraging her illegal immigrant housekeeper to remain in the country. The verdict came more than a year after Lorraine Henderson, 52, was arrested on a federal charge and suspended without pay from her $140,000-a-year job as Boston port director for Customs and Border Protection. After the verdict, Henderson left the courthouse in the company of about 10 family and friends. "I'm stunned,"' she said, before declining further comment. Her attorney, Francis J. DiMento, was equally succinct. "I'm sick," he said. On the stand last week, Henderson told jurors that she did not believe she had done anything wrong.