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A McDonald's franchise that owns 11 stores is set to pay the federal government $1 million for supplying undocumented employees with false Social Security numbers, the VOA reports.

The restaurants were in the Reno, Nev. area and 58 undocumented immigrants were arrested during an ICE sweep last year.

The case is one of the first that heavily fines employers.

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viernes, julio 18, 2008

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By Mike Lukovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Ten immigrants have filed suit against the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago for wages they say they were never paid. Some of the plaintiffs were arrested in an immigration sweep for using fake ID's to obtain their jobs at the country's busiest airport.

Some have already been charged criminally; others are still going through the legal proceedings, reports the Chicago Tribune.

From the article—
Chris Williams, executive director of the Working Hands Legal Clinic, which filed the suit, said the employment agency and the companies that worked with it are jointly responsible for unpaid wages. At a time of heightened immigration enforcement, he said, companies are using temporary employment agencies to secure cheap labor while shielding themselves from liability.

"This demonstrates why we need comprehensive immigration reform, so there is not a whole shadow industry where workers are being exploited," Williams said, adding that the lawsuit is separate from the criminal charges.

Ideal Staffing Solutions could not be reached for comment.

One former worker who attended a news conference at the Mexican consulate said he was owed about two weeks' pay and overtime wages. He said he loaded cargo for Alitalia Airlines and did not know the badges provided by the employment agency were invalid. Since being arrested in the raid, he has worked odd jobs and struggled to make ends meet.

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Un concesionario de McDonald's en Nevada tendrá que pagar $1 millón en multas por contratar a trabajadores indocumentados en 11 restaurantes en la ciudad de Reno, informó Reuters América Latina. Las autoridades migratorias detuvieron a 58 indocumentados en septiembre 2007 en los restaurantes de McDonald's que eran operadas por la empresa concesionaria Mack Associates.

El Departamento de Justicia falló que la empresa era culpable de contratar a trabajadores indocumentados y dos ejecutivos de Mack Associates también se declararon culpables en el caso.

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viernes, julio 18, 2008

Video: Los 300 mexicanos

The Latino Comedy Project presentó esta parodia de la película '300' usando la inmigración en la frontera EEUU-Mexico como tema central.

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