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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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Governor joins lawsuit against White House over immigration plan

Associated Press — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:43:09 +0000

JACKSON — Gov. Phi Bryant has joined in a lawsuit against the Obama administration over its plan to stop deporting many young illegal immigrants and grant them work permits. Bryant’s action drew swift criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi. The lawsuit was filed in August in federal court in Dallas on behalf [...]

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Police in legal minefield on Ariz. immigration law

Associated Press — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 06:01:16 +0000

More than two years after it was signed into law, the most contentious part of Arizona’s landmark immigration legislation is expected to go into effect following a federal court ruling issue late last Wednesday. But the U.S. Supreme Court laid a legal minefield that Arizona now must navigate when the critical provision takes effect. The [...]

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Bryant orders agencies to not provide benefits to certain immigrants

Associated Press — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:30:02 +0000

JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant is ordering state agencies not to provide public benefits to immigrants who recently received deferred deportation status from the federal government. Republican Bryant issued an executive order today, hours before a GOP-led state House committee was to meet about immigration issues. He has received support from tea party groups for [...]

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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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Economic study touts virtues of offshoring

Ted Carter — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 06:01:11 +0000

Here’s a little something that might not go down easy for workers in Mississippi and elsewhere in the United States: Offshoring of jobs and the influx of immigrant labor into the country do not — on the whole — damage the U.S. labor force, says a new paper from the London School of Economics Center [...]

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Coast businesses sign illegal immigrant pact with Customs

Associated Press — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:48:12 +0000

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Three Gulf Coast businesses have completed training to strengthen hiring practices regarding illegal immigrants. Raymond R. Parmer Jr. with the U.S. Customs and Enforcement in New Orleans tells The Sun Herald the businesses signed agreements to protect the integrity of their workforce by participating in the IMAGE program and using E-Verify [...]

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House chairman abandons attempt to revive immigration-enforcement bill

Associated Press — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:14:36 +0000

JACKSON — A Mississippi House chairman today abandoned his effort to revive tougher immigration enforcement provisions that included requiring local police to report suspected illegal immigrants to federal authorities. The bill, which was killed earlier this week by a Senate chairman, now appears to be dead this legislative session. House Judiciary B Committee Chairman Andy [...]

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