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Audits force illegal immigrants to find underground work

By Luke Johnson | 08.15.11 | 10:51 am

Miriam Jordan of The Wall Street Journal reports on a pseudonymous couple who illegally entered the U.S. from Mexico to settle in Minneapolis. They held jobs paying well over the minimum wage, plus benefits, before the Obama Administration began cracking down on employers. Both of them now work lower-paid jobs, and worked for less than the minimum wage.

E-Verify vendor vows to sue state, MPR

By Chris Steller | 12.14.09 | 1:50 pm

logoThe Texas firm hired by the State of Minnesota to vet new hires for legal work status says the state and Minnesota Public Radio can expect a lawsuit, after MPR reported that Lookout Services made