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Article: INS Targets 487 Worksites Across Central United States
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- September 5, 1996
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Immigration and
Naturalization Service Commissioner Doris Meissner today announced
that a series of worksite enforcement operations at 487 businesses
throughout the central United States resulted in the arrest of 3,679
aliens from 12 countries.
The 13-state operation, which is part of the Clinton
Administration's ongoing crackdown on businesses that employ
unauthorized aliens, has made available more than $46 million in
annual wages for legal workers in jobs paying as much as $10 per
hour.
"We are committed to reducing the magnet of jobs attracting
illegal aliens to this country by targeting illegal practices that
undercut law-abiding businesses and ...