Ex-Howard HR manager faces sentencing
Sentencing has been postponed for a man who hired hundreds of illegal immigrants for one of Mississippi’s most successful private companies, the site of the nation’s biggest workplace raid. U.S....
View ArticleEx-Howard official gets house arrest for hiring illegals
LAUREL — The former human resources manager of a Mississippi company was sentenced today to six months house arrest for hiring hundreds of illegal immigrants who were rounded up in the largest...
View ArticleWeitzel facing forfeiture for using illegal workers
GULFPORT — Federal prosecutors want a South Mississippi businessman to forfeit $475,000 in an illegal immigration case. Randy Weitzel of Gulfport allegedly earned the money by employing illegal...
View ArticleJudge delays trial of couple accused of using illegal immigrants
RIDGELAND — A federal judge has pushed back until May the trial of a couple charged with knowingly using illegal immigrants at their irrigation company in central Mississippi. The trial had been...
View ArticleChurch leaders to ask Bryant to keep sponsoring program for children of refugees
JACKSON — Catholic, Methodist and Episcopal leaders are scheduled to meet this morning with Gov. Phil Bryant, asking Mississippi to keep sponsoring a 34-year-old program that resettles children with...
View ArticlePleasant surprise: Businesses unaware of MDES’ E-Verify service
Businesses unaware of MDES’ E-Verify service The business community had serious concerns back in 2008 when the Mississippi Employment Protection Act was signed into law. The legislation requires...
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