Immigration official is expected to plead guilty

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A Department of Homeland Security supervisor is expected to plead guilty today nearly two months after he was indicted on charges that he took millions in bribes to sell phony visas and citizenships to illegal aliens.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Robert T. Schofield, 57, was arrested and charged with taking more than $8.1 million in bribes to sell phony green cards. A clerk for U.S. District Court Judge James Cacheris in Alexandria said Wednesday that a plea hearing was scheduled for today. The clerk said he was not allowed to be identified. Schofield’s alleged accomplice, Qiming Ye, of Washington, D.C., a Chinese citizen who federal authorities say acted as Schofield’s broker, pleaded guilty in October.

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