Another Raid Ping!
Well. Isn't this placating? We can all fall back to sleep now. /sarc
IFCO Systems can manage all of your pallet needs
IFCO SYSTEMS is an international logistics service provider with more than 150 locations worldwide. IFCO SYSTEMS operates a pool of more than 87 million Reusable Plastic Containers (RPCs) globally, which are used primarily to transport fresh produce from producers to leading grocery retailers. In the United States, IFCO SYSTEMS also provides a national network of pallet management services. With more than 60 million wooden pallets recycled annually, IFCO SYSTEMS is the market leader in this industry. In 2005, IFCO SYSTEMS generated revenues of $576 million. IFCO SYSTEMS is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in the Prime Standard segment (IFE1).
Similar bust in El Paso, Texas today.
http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060419/NEWS/604190314
Dems are seething - they just lost 30 votes.
So what we have here is an international company that does "shipping containers" who seem to be aiding illegals. Wonder if they are responsible for smuggling illegals into the country as well.
3 executives of the company?
I think I feel a slight ray of hope for our government!
These raids need to continue non-stop. I want to read about busts everyday in all fifty states for the next six months.
Then, just maybe, I'll think the administration might be getting serious about the problem.
Customs officials said agents made more than a thousand arrests in nearly 40 locations including Houston, Texas; Cincinnati, Ohio; Phoenix, Arizona; and Albany, New York.
A customs official said federal authorities checked a "sample" of 5,800 IFCO employee records last year and found that 53 percent had faulty Social Security numbers.
"They were using Social Security numbers of people that were dead, of children or just different individuals that did not work at IFCO," Immigration and Customs agency chief Julie Myers told CNN.
"The Social Security Administration had written IFCO over 13 times and told them, 'Listen, You have a problem. You have over a thousand employees that have faulty Social Security numbers. And we consider that to be a big problem.' And IFCO did not do anything about it," Myers said.
In total, several hundred illegals were arrested and a total of 7 past and present executives were arrested.
April 20, 2006
Immigration raids held in Indy, U.S.
Crackdown targets hiring of illegal residents
By Tania E. Lopez
tania.e.lopez@indystar.com
Federal agents raided an Indianapolis pallet factory Wednesday and detained vanloads of workers as part of a nationwide crackdown on the hiring of illegal immigrants.
DETAINED: Four men were taken Wednesday to an immigrant processing center at 950 N. Meridian St. in Indianapolis. The men were not identified, and it was unclear where they were taken. - ROBERT SCHEER / The Star
One community leader familiar with the raid said as many as 60 were detained. Authorities would not release any numbers. Witnesses reported that vans began carrying workers away from the Southside plant in the morning and continued as late as 7 p.m.
The raids were part of a nine-state sweep Wednesday that arrested seven executives and detained hundreds of employees of IFCO Systems after a yearlong criminal investigation. IFCO officials in Indianapolis could not be reached for comment.
The sweep at IFCO Systems may have been the largest in the city for more than 10 years, according to a longtime advocate for immigrants. The Rev. Thomas Fox was among the activists who rushed to the federal office building near 10th and Illinois streets where detainees were being processed.
"We're concerned mostly for the families," said Fox as he stood in front of the building. "It's causing a lot of fear and there are women and children who are afraid to come out."
Other cities?
That's the key, will they prosecute the company executives?? If not, this is 100% GWBS.