From WBEZ Public Radio
Former Red Roof Inn housekeeper María Cervantes and her attorney, Christopher Williams, file her complaint at the Illinois Department of Labor. (Chip Mitchell/WBEZ)
Produced by Chip Mitchell on Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Immigrants fired by two suburban Chicago businesses are testing an Illinois law that sets the nation’s toughest limits on verifying eligibility for employment.
Systems like E-Verify tap companies into federal databases to check an employee’s eligibility to work in the United States. The systems have become key immigration-enforcement tools during President Barack Obama’s administration.
But some business groups and labor unions say the results are inaccurate too often.
Six Latin American immigrants Tuesday afternoon filed the first complaints under a new Illinois law that restricts the verification to new hires only. One of the six worked in Bolingbrook for a staffing firm until September.
The others, all women, worked at a Red Roof Inn in Hoffman Estates until this spring. They include María Cervantes, a single mother of four in Carpentersville.
CISNEROS: Ya después de años…
From the Daily Herald
Police: Elgin woman used fake IDs to get job
By Jameel Naqvi | Daily Herald Staff
Police say an Elgin woman used fraudulent ID cards to get a job with a Carpentersville business that specializes in pork processing.
Carpentersville police on Monday arrested Leticia Murillo, 26, of the 1100 block of Ash Drive, charging her with identity theft, a felony that typically nets four to 15 years in prison.
Murillo, police say, used a fake Social Security card and a fake resident card to get a job at Trim-Rite Foods, 801 Commerce Parkway.
Since 2007, Murillo gave her employer a phony name – the name of a woman who lives Pasco, Wash., according to police.
1 Comment
October 23, 2009 at 9:00 am
It’s too bad the Democrats in Washington keep dragging their feet on doing something about these illegals.
The article below is a perfect example of why Obama needs to step up enforcement, but of course his administration has decided to back off on enforcement. just so scum bags like this can rape some more children.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=331050&src=22