by Associated Press Published: February 14,2012
Tags: agreement, discrimination, employees, illegal workers, immigrants, immigration, investigation, lawsuit, manufacturing, race, raid, settlement, workers
LAUREL — Court records say a Mississippi company that was the target of the largest U.S. workplace raid on illegal immigrants has reached a tentative settlement in a discrimination lawsuit by four black women who claimed the company gave preferential treatment to Latinos. The lawsuit claimed one of the plaintiffs applied for a job at [...] [...]
CHOCTAW — The chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians says he’s confident in tribal casinos’ management and has told casino officials to cooperate fully with the FBI. A statement from Bradley Denson says the nature of the investigation is still unclear. The Hattiesburg American reports that his statement July 15 says he is [...] [...]
BILOXI — An Alabama business was raided this month as part of a federal probe that stems from suspected illegal immigrants working construction jobs at Keesler Air Force Base. Federal immigration officials confirmed the March 17 raid on Hernandez Stucco in Alabaster, Ala., a suburb of Birmingham. It’s at least the third business targeted as [...] [...]