could make things better there for the workers?
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Feds Warn Companies Using Illegal Workershttp://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5769516,00.html"Messages left with IFCO officials were not immediately returned Thursday.
In a statement Wednesday, the company pledged to cooperate with the investigation
and comply with state and federal requirements.
The Netherlands-based company describes itself as the leading pallet services
company in America.
It reported $116 million in profits last year on sales of $576 million.
More than half of the company's roughly 5,800 employees during 2005
had invalid or mismatched Social Security numbers, the government alleges.
The case began after officials got a tip that IFCO workers in Guilderland, N.Y.
were seen ripping up their W-2 forms because they did not intend to file tax returns,
Chertoff said.Six of seven current and former IFCO managers charged with felony conspiracy
to harbor illegal aliens were released on bond and are to appear May 4 in Albany, N.Y.,
where the criminal complaint was filed and the investigation began at a suburban IFCO facility.
The managers could face up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each alien involved,
as well as forfeitures.
"Just a small fine or a slap on the wrist is not a deterrent," Myers said.
Most of the 1,187 illegal immigrants arrested are being processed for deportation,
said Assistant U.S. Attorney Tina Sciocchetti in Albany.
"They were getting cheated on their overtime," she said.
"There were 10 to 20 people living in a house sleeping on air mattresses.
They weren't the greatest employment conditions."~~~~~~~~~~~~
Does that mean the company was also providing housing?
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