One-third of American Apparel's workforce might be illegal aliens; used "suspect and not valid" work documents

From this:

A U.S. federal probe has found that about a third of American Apparel's factory workers in the Los Angeles area had supplied suspect or invalid records and were not authorized to work in the United States...

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency found that some 1,600 current employees at American Apparel's Los Angeles factories appeared to have gained employment due to "suspect and not valid" eligibility documentation, the company said in a filing...

"ICE's notification provided no indication that the company knowingly or intentionally hired unauthorized aliens and no criminal charges have been filed against the Company or any current employees," it added...

Will there be criminal charges filed against past employees? Will AA be fined? What explanation do they have for such a large percentage of those hired having "suspect and not valid" identification?

Note also that shortly after the start of the probe, Fabian Nunez joined with past/current company lawyer Peter Schey - someone with a series of links to the Mexican government - to oppose immigration raids in general and to oppose raiding AA in particular.

Wed, 07/01/2009 - 10:41 · · Importance: 4