We saw this article on MyWay.com
100 Suspected Illegal Workers Arrested
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By MARCUS KABELSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Federal immigration agents raided a poultry plant Tuesday morning and arrested more than 100 workers who are believed to be illegal immigrants.
Most of those arrested at the George’s processing plant in rural Butterfield were from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, said Pete Baird, an agent in charge of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigations office in Kansas City.
The arrests were part of a probe into identity theft and false documents, including stolen Social Security numbers, allegedly used by illegal immigrants, Baird said.
Three people pleaded guilty this year to Social Security fraud as part of the same investigation, and one person has been indicted, Baird said.
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Corra has been advising its clients for some time now that the Federal government as well as certain State and local governments are cracking down hard on employers who hire undocumented workers. When caught, employers are subject to fines, imprisonment and even the loss of their businesses.
Social Security Numbers are available on the black market, and after a recent slip up by the Department of Agriculture, to name a few, social security numbers were even accessible on the Internet. Any employer today should run a Social Security Trace as as part of its pre-employment screening package. If someone is driving for you in any capacity, then you should be running the Motor Vehicle Report as well as a Criminal Report.
It’s a lot cheaper to run these searches than to pay fines and endure the embarrassment. Check them out before you hire.
