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Friday, April 21, 2006
Homeland Security launches new strategy to crack down on illegal workers in US
Lisl Brunner at 11:32 AM ET

[JURIST] The US Department of Homeland Security [official website] and the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) [official website] announced a comprehensive plan to combat illegal immigration [press release] on Thursday which involves cracking down on companies that harbor illegal workers. The strategy is part of the Secure Border Initiative [fact sheet] to "revers[e] growing tolerance for the employment of illegal aliens and for illegal immigration in general," according to ICE Assistant Secretary Julie Myers [official profile].

As part of the plan, US government officials arrested over 1,100 employees of IFCO Systems [corporate website], a Dutch company that manufactures crates and pallets, at 40 locations throughout the United States for immigration violations. Immigrant rights groups contend that ICE is responding to immigrant support rallies [JURIST report] that have occurred across the US in recent weeks as the country debates immigration reform [JURIST news archive] measures.

AP has more.

"companies that harbor illegal immigrants" ... does the CIA ensure they process the immigration applications of 'persons of interest'?

Those pesky Mexicans who clean your offices, they must be really scary. I wonder how many 'illegals' have ever been involved in terrorist acts?