by Associated Press Published: March 15,2013
Tags: appropriation, budget, budget cut, crime, funding, illegal immigrant, Illegal immigration, incarcerate, incarceration, jail, law enforcement, prison
GREENWOOD — Budget cuts at the Bureau of Prisons have put choosing a location for a 1,600-bed minimum-security prison for illegal immigrants on the back burner, according to Mississippi corrections officials. Management and Training Corporation, based in Centerville, Utah, submitted a bid to the federal government last summer to use the former Delta Correctional Facility, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 14,2013
Tags: bench, court, illegal immigrant, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, racial discrimination
LAUREL — A federal judge has given final approval to a settlement by Howard Industries, a Laurel-based electric transformer company, to pay $1.3 million and hire at least 70 workers to end a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by four black women who accused the company of discrimination for allegedly hiring only Hispanic [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 5,2013
Tags: attorney, bench, case, citizenship, court, crime, employee, employer, foreign worker, harboring, illegal immigrant, immigration, justice, law, lawyer, legal, money laundering, trial, worker
ABERDEEN — An attorney wants to delay the trial of a man charged with money laundering and harboring illegal immigrants. James Massey Jr. and A-1 Homes, LLC are accused of trying to conceal payments to an illegal immigrant who worked for the company. The Mississippi Secretary of State’s office shows the company with a Horn [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 10,2013
Tags: bench, court, employee, food, illegal immigrant, immigration, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, owner, probation, restaurnat, sentence
PEARL RIVER COUNTY — Three business associates of Mexican restaurants in Pearl River County have received probation on guilty pleas to a misdemeanor charge of hiring illegal immigrants. The three and an employee had been indicted on felonies in federal court after raids shut down their restaurants in Picayune and Poplarville on Feb. 23. The [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 20,2012
Tags: crime, criminal, discrimination, employee, employer, employment, hire, hiring, illegal immigrant, immigration, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, work, worker
LAUREL — A federal judge has set an opt-out deadline of Nov. 29 for those eligible for part of a proposed, $1.3-million class-action settlement alleging discriminatory hiring practices at Howard Industries, which was the target of the largest U.S. workplace raid on illegal immigrants. The discrimination was filed by four black women who claimed the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 22,2012
Tags: bench, courts, employee, employment, fine, illegal immigrant, illegals, immigrants, immigration, jail, judge, prison, restitution, sentence, sentencing, visa, work visa, worker
GULFPORT — A 41-year-old South Florida businessman has been sentenced to prison, fined and ordered to pay $197,000 to 29 victims of visa fraud. The Sun Herald reports Michael V. Lombardi received a prison term of four years and three months, was fined $10,000 and given three years of probation after he serves his full [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 21,2012
Tags: bench, courts, discrimination, employee, employment, federal agency, federal government, illegal immigrant, illegal worker, job, judge, judicial, judiciary, lawsuit, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, raid, settlement, trasformer, work, worker
LAUREL — Federal court records show a Mississippi company that was the target of the largest U.S. workplace raid on illegal immigrants has settled a discrimination lawsuit by four black women who claimed the company gave preferential treatment to Latinos. A tentative settlement was announced in February. Details were released in court documents filed this [...] [...]
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