Thread: Texas Co. Hired Illegals to Make MREs

http://www.herald-sun.com/firstnews/37-661662.html
Oct 28, 2005 : 12:02 am ET

McALLEN, Texas -- A Texas employment agency was sentenced to five years of probation for hiring illegal immigrants to work at the nation's top producer of military battlefield rations, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

The Tollin Group was also fined $20,000 and ordered to pay $414,000 in civil penalties Wednesday. It has been barred from Department of Defense contracts for three years.

The San Antonio-based company, which does business as Remedy Intelligent Staffing, pleaded guilty in January to hiring illegal immigrants and trying to cover it up by falsifying employment eligibility forms. The workers were hired for Wornick Co., which makes MREs -- or "meals ready-to-eat."

The investigation was initiated in February 2003 after an al-Qaida operative was arrested with information pointing to McAllen and Wornick as terrorist targets. Wornick had been awarded a $47 million contract to produce more than 1.1 million MREs for U.S. forces in Iraq.

The FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force ran background checks on Wornick employees and found hundreds of temporary employees with fraudulent documentation.

No direct link to terrorism was found.

This great to hear, but what about the other companies that have had them in our Secure area. Like at Nuke Plants, military Bases, Ship Yards.
What about this big groups like Parsons, KBR. Where are the fines, where is the jail time?

The Tollin Group was also fined $20,000 and ordered to pay $414,000 in civil penalties Wednesday. It has been barred from Department of Defense contracts for three years.

What about fining the heck out of Companies that have anything to do with food. Food is a National Security issue. Just think what one Terrorist could do, in a meat packing plant. How many millions could that one, infect, poison. before It was found out that it had been done.

Great, more good news.