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Title: 125 Illegal Workers Found at Wal-Mart Site
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Yahoo News
URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051119 ... u=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-
Published: Nov 18, 2005
Author: MICHAEL RUBINKAM, Associated Press Write
Post Date: 2005-11-18 23:44:01 by Zipporah
Keywords: Wal-Mart, Illegal, Workers
Views: 134
Comments: 5
SCRANTON, Pa. - An immigration raid at a Wal-Mart distribution center under construction led to the arrests of 125 illegal workers, all of whom will be deported, federal officials said Friday. he workers from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico were detained Thursday at the construction site in eastern Pennsylvania, according to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. Some of the 125 used fake documents to obtain employment with subcontractors, officials said. The arrests came after search warrants were executed for six companies at the site outside Pottsville, about 80 miles northwest of Philadelphia. "Employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens, and those who utilize false documents to gain employment, face significant criminal and administrative charges," John Kelleghan, acting special agent-in-charge for ICE in Pennsylvania, said in a statement. Agents obtained the search warrants after learning that 10 workers employed by Destin Drywall & Paint were using Social Security numbers that did not match their names. Another three used Social Security numbers that were never issued by the government, according to an affidavit unsealed Friday at U.S. District Court in Scranton. Houston-based Destin has worked on Wal-Mart projects around the country, according to office manager Cindy Wyman. She said the company verifies that employees are permitted to work in the United States. "As far as I know, their Social Security numbers are good," Wyman said of the Pennsylvania workers. A Wal-Mart spokesman has said the detained workers were not employed by Wal-Mart but by the subcontractors. Wal-Mart's contracts with the companies require that they follow local, state and federal employment laws, the company said. The Pennsylvania job site remains shut down, Wal-Mart spokesman Marty Heires said Friday. He did not know when construction would resume. Last month, Wal-Mart shut down work on seven stores under construction in North Dakota to check for illegal aliens after two illegal immigrants working on Wal-Mart projects in Bismarck were charged with molesting two 13-year-old girls. Charges against one of the suspects were dropped after authorities found out he was a juvenile. In 2003, a raid of 60 Wal-Mart stores in 21 states led to the arrests of 245 illegal workers. An affidavit claimed a pair of senior Wal-Mart executives knew cleaning contractors were hiring illegal immigrants. The retailer agreed to pay $11 million in March to settle the case but denied senior executives knew of the hirings. Poster Comment: What % of illegals is this?
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#1. To: Zipporah (#0)
Lowes hires the same types to work on their stores. I took pictures of them once. You should see them run for cover. The guy in charge came up and tried to bully me away.
As does Home Depot and probably every restaurant you frequent.. i
In NH, it seems that the INS is TOO BUSY (with what I might ask) to be bothered so illegals can do as they please (because everyone knows that ONLY MUSLIMS CAN BE TERRORISTS) unless the local chiefs decide to arrest them for criminal trespass again... a waste of time really since NO ONE backs them up when push comes to shove... I'm amazed at how our leaders scream for MORE PATRIOT ACT LOSSES OF OUR FREEDOM in the name of security, yet they ignore obvious areas that SHOULD CONCERN THEM... and we, the American people, pay them for their ineptness...
Don't force feed me your views... talk to me so I can hear you...
Yeah, my brother has a small brick/block laying company and he used to get the bid on most of the Lowe's, Walmart, and CVS Pharmacy jobs. Now, the larger companies who hire illegals underbid my brother and of course, THEY get the jobs. This crap has almost put my brother's company out of business but my brother WILL NOT hire ILLEGALS. He says too many legal Americans need jobs. I hope Walmart gets huge fines over this and I hope they learn a lesson!
Secure our borders, save our nation!
Is WM the store where you can't say "Merry Christman"?
#2. To: A K A Stone (#1)
Lowes hires the same types to work on their stores. I took pictures of them once. You should see them run for cover. The guy in charge came up and tried to bully me away.
#3. To: Zipporah, all (#2)
#4. To: Zipporah (#2)
Lowes hires the same types to work on their stores
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