1,600 American Apparel workers let go over legal status
Clothing company American Apparel said Thursday it is terminating 1,600 employees at its Los Angeles operations after a government investigation into workers' immigration status.
The federal government has recently shifted its attention in immigration probes to make employers the primary target of immigration raids. In July, Homeland Security released a list of 652 businesses nationwide that will receive audits of their work force.
After an audit of American Apparel's (APP) employee records, the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement informed the company that documents for about 1,800 current workers — representing about one-third of its Los Angeles-based work force — indicated they either were illegally working in the U.S. or potentially illegal to work.
The workers were given 30 days to 60 days to produce additional documents proving their eligibility. Of the 1,800 workers identified, 1,600 were deemed to be unauthorized to work. The agency wasn't able to verify the status of 200 others.
1,600 American Apparel workers let go over legal status - USATODAY.com
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1600 jobs can be filled by American's...people should be deported which is cutting down on health care cost if they haven't got ins.
Isn't this an easy way to get some unemployed people back to work!
btw. I hope the company will get a huge fine for not employing people who are eligible to work and instead taking illegals...Stating "I didn't know" doesn't seem right in the case of 1600 illegals!
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