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Nine unauthorized workers busted at defense plant
KVOA ^ | 8/31/2004

Posted on 09/01/2004 4:05:49 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak

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Excuse the first grade level of the writing on this story, it was the only allowable source I could find.

The men were Mexican, but apparently, they could have been from anywhere.

1 posted on 09/01/2004 4:05:49 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak
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That is insane. I've been here for over 4 years and have had police and FBI background checks and I still can't work for any "Government" related jobs.

MD


2 posted on 09/01/2004 4:10:23 PM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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The men were Mexican, but apparently, they could have been from anywhere.
Regardless of where they were from, the fact is that workers like this can be easily exploited by the bad guys. This is a terrible breech of security and the "contractor" should lose their contract.
3 posted on 09/01/2004 4:10:52 PM PDT by phoenix0468 (I like Cubans. I could smoke 'em all day. Yeah, with my M-4 carbine.)
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To: JackelopeBreeder; risk; JustPiper; HiJinx; janetgreen; FITZ; gubamyster; SandRat; WRhine; ...

Ping.


4 posted on 09/01/2004 4:13:00 PM PDT by Missouri (Deport Te-rah-sa)
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Tip of the iceberg. I've worked in the defense industry for 20 years, and I have never seen it like this. Every plant you go to there are contractor people scurrying up and down the corridors babbling away in every language you can imagine. The managers duck responsibility by saying "well those are contractor people, we can't control them". But they have access and free reign. I've seen them in Mission Control Centers, launch sites, you name it. They could be saying ANYTHING ("Achmed! Attack now!") and the people in the plants wouldn't know, and they're terrified to say anything for fear of a lawsuit.

It's a goddamn circus.

5 posted on 09/01/2004 4:25:44 PM PDT by Regulator
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My company requires contractors to certify in writing that all of their employees in our facilities are U.S. persons (not the same as citizens, basically they are working legally). In my facility, they must also be citizens.

Of course, we do take their word for it, but at least we have it in writing if anything happens.


6 posted on 09/01/2004 4:27:10 PM PDT by jimtorr
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak

Just as a side note to the national security issues raised here, it really f*cks up your life when someone has been collecting income, but not paying taxes, under your social security number as these guys were.


7 posted on 09/01/2004 4:36:16 PM PDT by ibbryn (this tag intentionally left blank)
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AMERICAN AIRLINES uses ARAMARK. But they are too politically correct to ever call them on something as silly as an immigration violation. /sarc

Right in the supposedly "secure" areas and free to wander as they please.


8 posted on 09/01/2004 4:37:50 PM PDT by Indie (Ignorance of the truth is no excuse for stupidity.)
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This will continue to happen as long as we allow thousands of undocumented aliens to come across our borders. Our WOT will be worthless unless we secure these borders. I hope and pray that GW will make this happen on Nov 3rd.


9 posted on 09/01/2004 4:45:00 PM PDT by conshack
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He won't make it happen.


10 posted on 09/01/2004 4:53:28 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak (Let them eat amnesty)
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Good job on finding these guys! Nice work.


11 posted on 09/01/2004 4:54:31 PM PDT by NordP (The terrorists aren’t bullies on a playground; they’re hard core, “24” TV, head-sawing TERRORISTS!)
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Well, think of the money the company is saving./sarcasm


12 posted on 09/01/2004 4:56:54 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak (Let them eat amnesty)
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Agents say the unauthorized contract workers used fraudulent Social Security numbers and counterfeit Alien Registration cards to obtain jobs at the plant.

So, does the term, "unauthorized" refer to their immigration status or their eligibility to receive Social Security benefits?

13 posted on 09/01/2004 5:06:25 PM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker
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I still can't work for any "Government" related jobs.

Get your U.S. citizenship and that'll change.

14 posted on 09/01/2004 5:19:16 PM PDT by angkor
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To: conshack
This will continue to happen as long as we allow thousands of undocumented aliens to come across our borders. Our WOT will be worthless unless we secure these borders. I hope and pray that GW will make this happen on Nov 3rd.

I hope you're right, but my faith in GWB when it concerns the borders is nil.

15 posted on 09/01/2004 5:32:49 PM PDT by janetgreen (CALIFORNIA - ILLEGAL ALIEN HEAVEN)
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To: Regulator
>>It's a goddamn circus.<<

A well planned circus act that is almost a decade into its growth. (hint->Alamos is giving away what they have difficulty locating.)

re (Science and Technology) A report from U.S. Embassy Beijing November 1996

Summary. The State Council 'Decision on Accelerating S&T Development' outlines China's S&T development strategy for the next several decades. It decrees that S&T research must become closely tied to the market; S&T is no longer the province of the old Soviet-style institutes but the universities and private industry should do research as well. The "Decision" calls on research and institutions of higher education to create joint ventures with Chinese or foreign venture capital in order to accelerate the transfer of S&T advances to industry. State Council goals include boosting total S&T spending to 1.5 percent of GNP by the year 2000, protecting the environment, achieving sustainable development and indigenization of S&T creation capability in key areas of manufacturing technology and systems design. Additional cables in this series examine the detailed explanation of this policy in the State S&T Council report 'Science and Education for a Prosperous China' written for CPC and government officials. End summary.

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/china/doctrine/stdec2.htm

16 posted on 09/01/2004 5:51:36 PM PDT by B4Ranch (You can evade reality, but you cannot evade the consequences of evading reality - Ayn Rand)
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Well, think of the money the company is saving

That's pretty much the only concern I ever hear voiced.

Everything else is subordinate.

Odd position for companies basically doing just fine on the taxpayer dime.

17 posted on 09/01/2004 7:09:28 PM PDT by Regulator
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To: ibbryn

A neighbor kid here couldn't start college or get hired because someone was using his number.


18 posted on 09/01/2004 7:52:47 PM PDT by FITZ
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Another how the hell do they manage this in the news today!!!
Thanks for the ping!


19 posted on 09/01/2004 9:13:58 PM PDT by JustPiper (Zell " We are LIBERATOR'S NOT Obstructionists!!!" Miller)
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To: angkor

In progress ;-)


20 posted on 09/02/2004 3:42:31 PM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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