Workers of Wal-Mart subcontractors arrested

[rpannier]

More than 100 suspected illegal workers arrested in Pennsylvania

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Federal immigration agents detained more than 100 workers at a construction site for a new Wal-Mart distribution center, authorities said.

The workers, who Wal-Mart said were employed by a subcontractor and not by the retailing giant, were detained Thursday on suspected immigration violations, said Department of Homeland Security spokesman Marc Raimondi. They were being taken to Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers for processing, he said.

But of course, walmart claims they knew nothing about it and doesn't condone the practice. This isn't the first time this has happened.

The full article can be found at:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10089328

[leftstreet]

1. Why don't they ever arrest the Corps that hire them?

I'm so sick and tired of the blame-the-victim meme.

Start enforcing laws against employers!

[U4ikLefty]

2. Have you seen the Wal-Mart movie yet???

For those who haven't, its called "Wal-Mart the High Cost of Low Price" It's very good.

[Eugene]

3. ICE is making an example... of the workers. All 125 will be deported.

12:59 AM PST, November 19, 2005

Illegal Workers at Wal-Mart Site Deported
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM, Associated Press Writer

SCRANTON, Pa. -- Federal officials say the arrest of 125 workers at a
construction site for a new Wal-Mart distribution center should serve
as a warning to employers who hire illegal immigrants.

All 125 workers arrested in the raid will be deported, Immigrations and
Customs Enforcement officials said Friday. The workers from Mexico and
Central America were detained Thursday 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," said John Kelleghan, acting special
agent-in-charge for the immigration agency in Pennsylvania.

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Houston-based Destin has worked on Wal-Mart projects around the
country, said 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.

<snip>

(Even though 13 SSN's were obviously fake.)

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/ats-ap_top18nov19,0,5162753.story

Wal-Mart knows full well what its contractors do.
It has been caught in too many scandals to claim ignorance.
Wal-Mart deserves to be punished for this, but it probably won't.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

4. Isn't there a law or something that would make it a company's

responsibility to be aware of just who is on their premises and working, especially if that person is taking work away from the very Americans whom said company professes to care so much for?

[sandnsea]

5. union workers wouldn't be illegals

If Walmart cares about the nation's security, they'll hire union workers to make sure they aren't hiring terrorists. And they'll only subcontract with contractors who do the same.

That could really force Walmart's hand.