Immigration Raid in Minneapolis: 1,200 Janitors Lose Jobs
November 10, 2009 – 7:47 am
According to a report from Minnesota Public Radio, about 1,200 undocumented janitors in the Twin Cities were fired from their jobs last month. The janitors worked for San Francisco-based ABM Corporation that cleans many downtown office towers. The ABM letter revealed that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had problems with workers documentation. While commenting on the development, the ABM Industries Vice President Mr. Tony Mitchell said, “Federal law prescribes specific procedures by which employers conduct employment verification. Our policy is full compliance with the law.”
According to John Keller of the Immigrant Law Center, the majority of the 1,200 fired workers are undocumented of which about 10 might have a path to citizenship under existing laws. The rest will probably try to wait it out, hoping for the laws to change so they can work legally.
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