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Home Front: Culture Wars
Fired Illegals Demand Jobs Back
2006-06-02
CHICAGO Dozens of undocumented immigrants demanded their jobs back Thursday after being fired during an immigration raid here in Chicago. Twenty-four workers were let go from IFCO Systems of North America after customs agents raided the plant during a sweep last April. IFCO is a container company located off Damen and the Stevenson Expressway. It's accused of harboring and transporting illegal workers.

The workers rallied outside the federal immigration court on East Monroe Street. Inside, they begged a judge not to deport them. "Last night was a very scary time for these families. They didn't know. The kids didn't go to school because they wanted to be here because they didn't know if their parents were gonna come home," said Ema Lozano with Center Without Borders.

The workers will have to wait several months to find out if they'll get their jobs back. The judge granted a continuance until Oct. 12.
Posted by:Fred

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Anybody besides me not have a warm fuzzy feeling about IFCO and their industrial access?
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-06-02 11:38  

#6  our government is so f*cking stupid. Send these losers packing.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2006-06-02 09:49  

#5  The workers will have to wait several months to find out if they'll get their jobs back.

Huh? Bagged cold and no rocket ride back to the old country?
I think I might be able to see where the problem is in the system. But I'm sure the legislation currently up for debate will just fix this all right up...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-06-02 09:43  

#4  Why do I have NO sympathy? Have I become a heartless person? Why is my initial instinct one of fury and outrage? Hmmm. Self examination's a bitch.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-06-02 09:22  

#3  Â“The workersÂ…they beggedÂ…a very scary timeÂ…familiesÂ…The kidsÂ…they didn't know if their parents were gonna come home.”

OhhhhhÂ…the horrors!
Posted by: DepotGuy   2006-06-02 09:00  

#2  while in line at the DMV yesterday, very little english was spoken. I heard one ask another if they were getting legal ID, and the other jokingly answered why start now being legal and laughed.
What will these guys be doing here in America until October if they aren't working? It's hard for me to hear about illegals getting caught, but nothing is done. Instead they are filling up our legal system, and probably getting benefits.
Posted by: Jan   2006-06-02 04:30  

#1  YJCMTSU.
Posted by: Sniting Chereck4226   2006-06-02 00:13  

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