The debate over repatriation taxes, which can shrink overseas cash hoards by some 35% if U.S. corporations try to put that money to work, has raged for years and is not going away given the trillion-plus sitting on corporate balance sheets.
If those arrested were Iraqi Chaldean Christians who frequently try to enter the U.S., claiming they face persecution in Iraq and California is home to a sizable Chaldean community, why make false statements and destroy documentation at all?