[4.1O dana super trac pak]

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.

[MD_Willington_1976]

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

[phoenix0468]

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.

[Missouri]

Ping.

[Regulator]

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.

[jimtorr]

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.

[ibbryn]

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.

[Indie]

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.

[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.

[NordP]

Good job on finding these guys! Nice work.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

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?