Are Illegal Immigrants Taking West Virginia Jobs?
Posted Friday, August 25, 2006 ; 05:16 PM

Union members stage protest.
Story by Ben Thompson

Protestors paraded down a popular street in Charleston Friday. Members of local labors union were protesting the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, otherwise known as "ICE". They held signs reading "slow as ICE", "ICE, protect our state", and "ICE do you job."

They gathered outside the Charleston Immigration and Citizenship office on Kanawha Boulevard. The protestors say that some West Virginia companies are hiring illegal workers, and that the immigration officers aren't doing anything about it. The result they say is fewer jobs at lower wages.

"We've seen an increase in illegal or suspected illegal workers in the state, and nothing's being done about it," said Steve White with the Affiliated Construction Trades Foundation.

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