On its own initiative, Wal-Mart is cracking down on building contractors using illegal immigrants:
Wal-Mart officials say they're making sure all their workers are legal.UPDATE: No illegals were found. Again, this doesn't mean there are no illegals anywhere constructing Wal-Mart stores; one data point (or 8 points) does not represent the entire population.The mega-retailer says it halted construction of all seven stores the under construction in North Dakota yesterday to make sure no illegal aliens were working at the sites.
Company spokesman says [sic] Marty Heires says the shut-downs were done by Wal-Mart. He says authorities did NOT ask for the checks....
Heires says yesterday's shut-downs may have been the first time Wal-Mart had stopped construction statewide anywhere in the United States for internal compliance checks.
Posted by Kevin on October, 25 2005 at 12:17 PM
