Mississippi Business Journal » immigrant workers http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 17:49:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Cochran cosponsoring resolution of disapproval over proposed H-2B changes http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/22/cochran-cosponsoring-resolution-of-disapproval-over-proposed-h-2b-changes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cochran-cosponsoring-resolution-of-disapproval-over-proposed-h-2b-changes http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/22/cochran-cosponsoring-resolution-of-disapproval-over-proposed-h-2b-changes/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:09:11 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=54436 WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) will support legislation to stop the implementation of new federal regulations governing a temporary foreign worker visa program, saying the regulatory changes are flawed and detrimental to seasonal industries like shrimping on the Gulf Coast. Cochran announced that he would cosponsor a joint resolution of disapproval challenging the [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/22/cochran-cosponsoring-resolution-of-disapproval-over-proposed-h-2b-changes/feed/ 0 Farm leaders vow resistance to new immigration legislation http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/23/farm-leaders-vow-resistance-to-new-immigration-legislation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=farm-leaders-vow-resistance-to-new-immigration-legislation http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/23/farm-leaders-vow-resistance-to-new-immigration-legislation/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:00:44 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=47577 With Southern governors and legislatures in a hurry to enact strict immigration enforcement measures, worries have arisen across the region that farm crops will wither in the fields without enough migrant workers to harvest them. That prospect has set up a potential fight in Mississippi between legislators who… >>> SEE FULL STORY<<<

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/23/farm-leaders-vow-resistance-to-new-immigration-legislation/feed/ 0 Local workers suing Howard Industries for hiring illegals http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/10/local-workers-suing-howard-industries-for-hiring-illegals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=local-workers-suing-howard-industries-for-hiring-illegals http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/10/local-workers-suing-howard-industries-for-hiring-illegals/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:51:51 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=47067 LAUREL — A Mississippi company that pleaded guilty to conspiracy related to the nation’s largest workplace raid on illegal immigrants is now facing a second lawsuit accusing it of discriminating against non-immigrants who applied for jobs. In February, a discrimination lawsuit was filed in federal court against Howard Industries on behalf of four black women [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/10/local-workers-suing-howard-industries-for-hiring-illegals/feed/ 0 Illegal immigrant to plead guilty to fake ID charges http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/13/illegal-immigrant-to-plead-guilty-to-fake-id-charges/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=illegal-immigrant-to-plead-guilty-to-fake-id-charges http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/13/illegal-immigrant-to-plead-guilty-to-fake-id-charges/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:39:05 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=46019 HATTIESBURG — An illegal immigrant from Mexico plans to plead guilty to participating in a group that allegedly created and distributed fake identification documents, according to federal court records in Mississippi. Pastor Quihua-Gonzalez is one of 11 people charged in an alleged scheme to make fake Social Security cards, driver’s licenses and state identification cards. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/13/illegal-immigrant-to-plead-guilty-to-fake-id-charges/feed/ 2 EEOC suing Signal over treatment of immigrant workers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/04/25/eeoc-suing-signal-over-treatment-of-immigrant-workers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eeoc-suing-signal-over-treatment-of-immigrant-workers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/04/25/eeoc-suing-signal-over-treatment-of-immigrant-workers/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:48:40 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=40142 PASCAGOULA — A federal agency has filed a lawsuit against an oil rig construction company over treatment of hundreds of immigrant workers recruited in India to work in Mississippi and Texas. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges numerous allegations of discriminatory conduct by Signal International against the workers, including forcing them to live in crowded [...]

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