Breakout the Tissues: Uproar Over ‘Mass Firings’ At Minn. Chipotle Restaurants (illegals, merry christmas) - Illegal Immigration - City-Data Forum

01Snake · 12-10-2010, 04:19 PM

Uproar Over ‘Mass Firings’ At Minn. Chipotle Restaurants « CBS Minnesota – News, Sports, Weather, Traffic, and the Best of Minnesota

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Brad Sigal of the Minnesota Immigration Rights Action Committeee (MIRAC) says his group confirmed that more than a dozen workers at the Chipotle store on Grand Avenue in St. Paul were let go, along with nearly dozen more at a Richfield Chipotle. He also heard from fired employees at locations in downtown Minneapolis (Skyway and Seven Corners), Golden Valley, Coon Rapids, Stillwater and Hudson, Wis.

Sigal says he suspects it’s the result of a federal immigration audit.

“It is an I-9 audit,” said Sigal. “They check the paperwork and fire anyone who can’t immediately prove they have the right to work. An action like this on a mass scale before the holidays is not consistent with the image they have cultivated.”

Merry Christmas and enjoy your long haul back to MeyHeeCo

Opyelie · 12-10-2010, 04:24 PM

GOOD! Frees up some jobs for Americans and those here LEGALLY (that's if the company has learned anything from this lesson) hopefully

Sunny-Days-in-Florida · 12-10-2010, 04:32 PM

1 group down, millions more to go.

Opyelie · 12-10-2010, 04:34 PM

Yeah poor widdle illegals got their Christmas ruined - too bad, so sad.

Shame there's no mention of an ICE follow up on the sacked employees that couldn't provide valid proof of legal status. So far the story is just a chain of outlets doing a CYA after an immigration audit.

Lariat · 12-10-2010, 04:41 PM

Yes, let's berate those who are doing their jobs, and I don't mean the illegals washing the dishes.

chicagonut · 12-10-2010, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by 01Snake

Uproar Over ‘Mass Firings’ At Minn. Chipotle Restaurants « CBS Minnesota – News, Sports, Weather, Traffic, and the Best of Minnesota

Merry Christmas and enjoy your long haul back to MeyHeeCo

At least they will be reuinted there with the relatives that they left behind.

mkfarnam · 12-10-2010, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Lariat

Yes, let's berate those who are doing their jobs, and I don't mean the illegals washing the dishes.

Then what do you mean?

mkfarnam · 12-10-2010, 05:45 PM

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Sigal says he suspects it’s the result of a federal immigration audit.

“It is an I-9 audit,” said Sigal. “They check the paperwork and fire anyone who can’t immediately prove they have the right to work.

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An action like this on a mass scale before the holidays is not consistent with the image they have cultivated

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What the hell does that have to do with the reason for the audit?

I mean....is there something we didn't know?
Like they were an exception to the rule?

Opyelie · 12-10-2010, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by chicagonut

At least they will be reuinted there with the relatives that they left behind.

Unfortunately it seems they've just been fired, not deported lol

Wonder if their "advocacy group" will file wrongful dismissal suits on their behalf? At this point, NOTHING would surprise me.

tinman01 · 12-10-2010, 09:06 PM

Imediately? I had to do the I-9. I was given over a month to produce the required documents. 45 days as a matter of fact.
Those who couldn't most likely couldn't because they were illegals. The system is working..
What is the image? That we are soft on illegals or their employers or both?