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Bureau’s budget cuts cast shadow on prison project

Associated Press — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:27:12 +0000

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, [...]

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Judge approves settlement in lawsuit involving illegal immigrants

Associated Press — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:51:14 +0000

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 [...]

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Attorney asks for time in illegal immigrant-harboring case

Associated Press — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:46:11 +0000

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 [...]

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Restaurant owners, employee sentenced for hiring illegal workers

Associated Press — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:37:08 +0000

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 [...]

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Judge sets opt-out deadline for discrimination lawsuit

Associated Press — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:01:46 +0000

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 [...]

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Businessman gets prison time for work visa fraud

Associated Press — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:39:17 +0000

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 [...]

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Howard Industries settles post-raid discrimination lawsuit

Associated Press — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:21:26 +0000

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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