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Massachusetts factory managers plead guilty to immigration violations

@ October 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Michael Bianco, Inc., a New Bedford , Massachusetts leather-goods factory that makes backpacks for the military, saw first-hand what happens when you hire illegal labor. Two managers from the factory pleaded guilty to federal charges; the plea deals do not include jail time.
ICE radied the factory in early 2007 and detained 361 allegedly illegal workers.
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Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Raids and Detention Act

@ October 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Senators Teddy Kennedy (D-MA) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) have introduced a bill aimed at adding extra protections for legal and illegal workers in the face of increased enforcement raids by ICE. ICE has arrested more than 2000 people in raids in NJ this year alone. Introduced on 9/25/08, and drafted with help from the ACLU, [...]

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