Illegal aliens arrested at another construction site in PA
Illegal aliens arrested at another construction site in Pennsylvania
Dave Gibson
Immigration Reform Examiner
August 18, 2011
On Thursday morning, several illegal aliens were taken into custody at the Wegman’s construction site in Highridge Business Park.
Schuylkill County Sheriff Joseph G. Groody told reporters that those arrested would be processed and turned over to federal immigration authorities.
Only a day earlier, Wegmans announced that they will be adding 500,000 square feet of space to its existing 415,000-square-foot distribution center in Cass Township, which will reportedly create 217 new jobs.
According to a press release from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Wegmans has received a great deal of taxpayer funding to complete the expansion, including a $731,650 funding offer: a $200,000 opportunity grant, $97,650 in job training assistance and $434,000 in job creation tax credits.
This is only the latest discovery of illegal laborers in the Keystone state.
-In December 2010, state troopers pulled over a van with a broken windshield on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and discovered 10 illegal aliens inside the vehicle. According to Pennsylvania State Police Sgt. Anthony Deluca, three of the illegal aliens escaped during the traffic stop but were captured a short time later.
The nine Salvadoran nationals and one Honduran were all turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The illegal aliens were on their way from Maryland to work on a taxpayer-funded housing project in Jeannette, PA.
The federal project is being built by Homes Build Hope, a subsidiary of AdelphoiUSA.
-In June 2010, several illegal aliens were discovered working on another construction site in Abington, PA, where a senior living facility was being built (see video at left).
Of course, it is not only Pennsylvania where the construction industry seems to have been inundated with illegal labor.
In November 2010, a total of 14 illegal aliens were arrested in Panama City, Florida, all of whom had been working on a federally-funded construction project, where U.S. workers had actually been turned away. Read that story here: http://www.examiner.com/immigration-ref ... urned-away
In 2007, the Fiscal Policy Institute released a study which found that illegal aliens are filling certain jobs in New York City in the following numbers:
-Construction workers…17,000 (32 percent of workforce)
-Carpenters…9,000 (26 percent of workforce)
-Painters, construction & maintenance…7,000 (34 percent of workforce)
With 1 in 5 Americans out of work, we simply cannot afford to allow one job go to an illegal alien. The issue of illegal immigration is now a fight for the survival of the American family.
As I always say…For every illegal alien with a job, there is an American without one.
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