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McDonald's franchisee fined 1 mln dlrs for hiring illegal immigrants
Breibart.com ^ | July 16, 2008

Posted on 07/17/2008 2:24:19 AM PDT by Man50D

A company that owns 11 McDonald's restaurants in Nevada was fined one million dollars Wednesday after pleading guilty to employing 58 illegal immigrants. The company, Mack Associates Inc., knew the employees were illegal immigrants and had offered them names and social security numbers belonging to other people, the US Justice Department said.

The company pleaded guilty in federal court in Las Vegas to conspiracy to encourage and induce an alien's unlawful residence in the United States and aiding and abetting an alien to remain in the country, the department said.

The company's director of operations also pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting an alien to remain in the country.

And the former vice president of Mack Associates pleaded guilty to inducing an illegal alien to remain in the United States and faces a possible sentence of up to five years in prison and a 250,000 dollar five.

About 30 of the illegal workers have returned to their native countries while the rest were allowed to stay in the United States until the case closes.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: aliens; illegals; immigrantlist; immigration; mcdonalds
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1 posted on 07/17/2008 2:24:20 AM PDT by Man50D
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To: Man50D

YES! “Can I have another sir?”


2 posted on 07/17/2008 2:34:19 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: Man50D

They ought to check out the McDonalds restaurants here in the Chicagoland area. There is barely a restaurant left that isn’t stocked with all Hispanic employees. The one closest to me is almost 100% Hispanic run, including the Manager. And, working the window, are employees who can barely speak English. Last time I went I asked for croutons for my salad and the girl had no idea what they were. Same with asking for some butter another time. Drew a blank stare. Both had to go ask someone else what I was asking for. I’ll bet my bottom dollar a bunch of them are illegal aliens. However, my poor state of Illinois is now all Dem controlled, and our Governor wanted to give in-state tuition and drivers licenses to illegals in Illinois. So, unless the Feds raid these McDonald’s, nothing will be done on a state level at all.


3 posted on 07/17/2008 2:35:29 AM PDT by flaglady47 (Hey Obama, to quote your Preacher man, your "chickens have come home to roost")
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To: flaglady47

My husband and I would go to the same McDonald’s every morning while vacationing in CA. We ordered the exact same meals every time. They understood exactly what we wanted but the food never cost the same amount twice.


4 posted on 07/17/2008 2:41:54 AM PDT by muggs (No matter who wins, America loses)
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To: Man50D

And what did the McDonald’s corp. do?


5 posted on 07/17/2008 2:58:04 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: muggs
Anyone that would eat that garbage let alone pay good money for it deserves the treatment you received.

I learned my lesson over 50 years ago when they were 13 cents each or $1/dozen.

same garbage and the price for what you received was just as outrageous.

The only difference was it wasn't made or sold by illegal aliens.

6 posted on 07/17/2008 3:01:23 AM PDT by dalereed (both)
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To: muggs

“They understood exactly what we wanted but the food never cost the same amount twice.”

LOL! That happens here frequently too, where they get the amount wrong. Of course there are also the catalog companies now that outsource to India or the credit card companies who do the same. And they all take American names like Ralph or Violet. And you are lucky if you can understand every other word they speak when calling. But I must say they are polite, just unintelligable. So, what’s a little Balkanization of our country, eh? No big thing.... yeah, right.


7 posted on 07/17/2008 3:01:33 AM PDT by flaglady47 (Hey Obama, to quote your Preacher man, your "chickens have come home to roost")
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To: dalereed

If you’re talking about McDonalds, I’m pretty sure they started selling the hamburgers for 15 cents each, even before franchising began. The first franchise, with the golden arches, was in Phoenix, at Central and Indian School.

You remember 13 cents each? Where?


8 posted on 07/17/2008 3:09:37 AM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: savedbygrace

Glendale California on Colorado Blvd in 1952.


9 posted on 07/17/2008 3:15:40 AM PDT by dalereed (both)
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To: Man50D
And, who gets the million bucks? Will it be the local teenagers who couldn't find summer jobs? Willl it be the local hospitals who have to treat these invaders? Will it be the victims of crimes committed by these invaders?

No. It will be the U.S. govt. They always seem to benefit from illegals no matter which way the tide turns.

10 posted on 07/17/2008 3:18:06 AM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
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To: Man50D
"...and had offered them names and social security numbers belonging to other people,..."

I'd expect more than a little fine - these idiots ought to pay the find and spend a minimum of 10 years each behind bars.

11 posted on 07/17/2008 3:20:11 AM PDT by meyer (...by any means necessary.)
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To: dalereed

Then you might want to try to correct this Wiki entry:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_McDonald%27s


12 posted on 07/17/2008 3:24:31 AM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: dalereed

“Anyone that would eat that garbage let alone pay good money for it deserves the treatment you received. I learned my lesson over 50 years ago when they were 13 cents each or $1/dozen.

same garbage and the price for what you received was just as outrageous.”

Haven’t eaten McDonald’s in 50+ years? That’s un-American. :-0


13 posted on 07/17/2008 3:37:22 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Black dogs and bacon bombs.)
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To: savedbygrace

Wikipedia can go take a flying leap at a rolling donut.

I wouldn’t go there and read a bunch of junk excreated by viewers let alone place anything there.


14 posted on 07/17/2008 3:42:06 AM PDT by dalereed (both)
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To: Man50D
McDonald's franchisee fined 1 mln dlrs for hiring illegal immigrants

**YAWN**

This was posted in the NEWS forum…

McDonalds hiring illegals…that's no news…

15 posted on 07/17/2008 3:43:28 AM PDT by markomalley (Extra ecclesiam nulla salus)
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To: Rebelbase

Allowing them to continue overcharging the public for what should have gone down the sewer is un-american.


16 posted on 07/17/2008 3:45:10 AM PDT by dalereed (both)
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To: Rebelbase

Might be un-American, but that is a really good reason he is still around, health-wise, to tell us about it. :0 )


17 posted on 07/17/2008 3:45:22 AM PDT by geezerwheezer (get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
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To: dalereed

You’re thinking the Wiki article is an orphan? Au contraire:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050415/news_1n15mcdon.html

http://www.e-referate.ro/referate/Mcdonald%60s_corporation2005-03-18.html

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0DE7D81630F935A25754C0A96E958260


18 posted on 07/17/2008 3:48:49 AM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: Man50D

Boycott McDonald’s until they close their doors.


19 posted on 07/17/2008 3:53:08 AM PDT by bmwcyle (If God wanted us to be Socialist, Karl Marx would have been born in America.)
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To: Man50D
I guess Breitbart is running low on letters.

Only texting teens would write "mln dlrs".

20 posted on 07/17/2008 3:57:49 AM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Man50D

Giving out social security numbers...?

Do you know what would happen to you or me if we were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States?

A million bucks wouldn’t even be able to buy your stones 15 minutes in the sun...


21 posted on 07/17/2008 4:02:29 AM PDT by djf (Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can't teach get elected.)
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To: djf

Somebody should be behind bars for this. But my guess is that somebody is a very wealthy person, so I’m not holding my breath.


22 posted on 07/17/2008 4:06:55 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: raybbr
And, who gets the million bucks? Will it be the local teenagers who couldn't find summer jobs? Will it be the local hospitals who have to treat these invaders? Will it be the victims of crimes committed by these invaders? No. It will be the U.S. govt. They always seem to benefit from illegals no matter which way the tide turns.

You know, if the "government" turns a blinds eye to these invaders and forces us to educate them and medicate them and feed them and on and on, they should take this million dollars and put it into an "Immigration Reparation" fund and divide that money between all the agencies who are forced to care for illegals. That and repeat the raids a million times fold across the US - the illegals are everywhere and it's high time the employers are forced to bear the responsibility in this. If the jobs were not here - neither would the illegals.

23 posted on 07/17/2008 4:08:05 AM PDT by Heartland Mom (Build the fence, secure our borders, deport illegals - Protect our sovereignty!)
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To: Man50D
Que buena noticia! If they did that here (unlikely), most fast food restaurants would die. The local, State and Fed gummints are pro-illegals and do all they can to protect the law-breakers. So does the local Catholic church that has become a haven for illegals. They even invited the Mexican Consulate here to help them obtain "documents" for the undocumented. Just compare doing what is being done here to how Mexico "controls" illegal immigration in their country. They forcibly deport their illegals daily.

Rhetorical questions: Whatever happened to respect for Federal law? Whatever happened to our national sovereinty? Now that unemployment increases daily, will more Americans gladly do the jobs no one else will do? Will the illegals then go home or go on welfare here? Is the Republic toast because of this unending open-borders crisis? Will Osama Hussein be elected and further open the borders as he has promised La Raza? Your guesses?

24 posted on 07/17/2008 5:00:11 AM PDT by Paulus Invictus
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To: dalereed

For a good read on McD, try “Fast Food Nation.” McD is rated the worst of all, closely followed by all the rest of the hamburger chains. Only one, “In and Out Burger” got a passing grade. The rest failed. It’s all unhealthy, greasy kid stuff, folks.


25 posted on 07/17/2008 5:05:04 AM PDT by Paulus Invictus
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To: Man50D

Fine them, Pull their Franchise License and why not a small vacation in jail?


26 posted on 07/17/2008 5:05:29 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Got Freedom ? Thank a Veteran...... Want to keep Freedom? Don't vote Obama)
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To: Man50D

How come no charges for identity theft?


27 posted on 07/17/2008 5:05:50 AM PDT by Roccus (I love my country...the government is another story.)
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To: dalereed

Preceded by Donnely’s Drive in on Glendale Blvd. where the hamburgers and malts were the best ever. Now we are showing our ages.


28 posted on 07/17/2008 5:07:20 AM PDT by Paulus Invictus
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To: flaglady47
And they all take American names like Ralph or Violet.

LOL, that cracks me up.

"Yeah 'Jeff'.and I'm Mahatma Gandhi"

29 posted on 07/17/2008 5:14:37 AM PDT by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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To: Man50D
Excellent!

Next, ICE should do a stakeout at the IHOP's in Arkansas.

sw

30 posted on 07/17/2008 5:19:17 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: Man50D

Good news on illegal immigrants for a change!


31 posted on 07/17/2008 5:24:44 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
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To: Man50D

[quote]Mack Associates Inc., knew the employees were illegal immigrants and had offered them names and social security numbers belonging to other people[/quote]

How does this not amount to indictments and worse for the company? How is it not a single person is doing hard time for identity theft? 1 million dollars? These illegals did more damage than that in the time they were here I’m betting and I can only imagine the damage done to the victims of the identity theft and their credit ratings, job history, and their social security... Makes you wonder how long it will be before a hard working American gets to serve time because an illegal used their identity and didn’t pay taxes.


32 posted on 07/17/2008 5:44:16 AM PDT by Lazarus Starr
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To: markomalley
McDonalds hiring illegals…that's no news…

No, but the government actually enforcing immigration law is big news.

33 posted on 07/17/2008 5:55:04 AM PDT by Stegall Tx (I didn't leave the Republicans, the Republicans left me.)
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To: Paulus Invictus
It’s all unhealthy, greasy kid stuff, folks.

Who doesn't know that?
34 posted on 07/17/2008 5:58:30 AM PDT by FreedomOfExpression (Dime: what you have left after filling the car with gasoline.)
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To: Man50D

Were they homosexual illegals?


35 posted on 07/17/2008 6:01:09 AM PDT by rrrod
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To: Man50D

If we can only have this as the norm there wouldn’t be any illegal aliens.


36 posted on 07/17/2008 6:10:11 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: raybbr

You are right about the teenagers not being able to find jobs. I think people have the misconception that teenagers don’t want to work, that is false. It is them who are competing with the illegals as well.


37 posted on 07/17/2008 6:30:41 AM PDT by panthermom
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To: Paulus Invictus

I always thought that Bobs was better.

Of course we used to street race out of there when it was 5 stools and an outside takeout counter.

Then he built the drive in and later the second drive in next to it and tor that one down,

Since Mariott boughtn him out it’s all downhill and there isn’t even a Bobs left in Glendale.


38 posted on 07/17/2008 6:52:14 AM PDT by dalereed (both)
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To: FreedomOfExpression

Millions of morons that eat there every day.


39 posted on 07/17/2008 7:10:23 AM PDT by Paulus Invictus
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To: Man50D

McDonald’s franchisee fined 1 mln dlrs for hiring illegal immigrants

I’M LOVIN’IT !!!!!!!


40 posted on 07/17/2008 7:34:45 AM PDT by fairtrader
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To: Man50D
I'm waiting to see their big sign read, "Over 100 Thousand Deported".

Leni

41 posted on 07/17/2008 7:44:02 AM PDT by MinuteGal (Stay Home or vote Barr for Obamination, more Taxation, Regulation, Litigation and Ginzburgization)
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To: dalereed
Anyone that would eat that garbage let alone pay good money for it deserves the treatment you received.

Couldn't agree with you more. I never did eat there regularly but about ten years ago I stpopped completely. The food just kept getting worse. Some people can be pleased with just about anything being passed out as fast food.

42 posted on 07/17/2008 8:04:22 AM PDT by Ron H. (If you don't stand for conservatism then you'll end up with socialism.)
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To: dalereed
You are right. Most of there food isn't fit to eat. But if you are careful, you can get a plain scrambled egg, skim milk and Cheerios

Maybe it isn't what I would fix at home but when on vacation you can't usually keep the same diet.

43 posted on 07/17/2008 8:48:45 AM PDT by muggs (No matter who wins, America loses)
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To: Man50D

Si Se Puede!


44 posted on 07/17/2008 9:45:14 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..

ping


45 posted on 07/17/2008 11:18:36 AM PDT by gubamyster
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To: savedbygrace
You remember 13 cents each? Where?

I never recall seeing a 15 cent McDonald but I think Florida Krystals were once 12 cents with another penny tax. I recall their coffe and donuts were six cents each.

Also, maybe the burger at Carrolls Hanmburgers in upstate NY. was 12 or 13 cents.
I'm sure there are some Freepers who remember Carrolls before they got steamrollered by Mickey D.s. They had a better burger but Mickey D's had deeper pockets and more pervasive marketing.

46 posted on 07/17/2008 11:33:10 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.)
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To: Iron Munro
Correction:

I never recall seeing a 15 cent McDonald

I never recall seeing a 13 cent McDonald

But recently someone told me they recall them being 11 cents at one time.

47 posted on 07/17/2008 11:40:09 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.)
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To: Rebelbase
Haven’t eaten McDonald’s in 50+ years? That’s un-American

At least 5 years for us. I find their restaurants disgusting and their food terrible. Then some years ago they started putting up giant glo-painted gawdy hamster tubes for the fat kids, and the help couldn't even speak English.

After that, I never went back.

48 posted on 07/17/2008 11:45:34 AM PDT by dragnet2
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To: raybbr
And, who gets the million bucks? Will it be the local teenagers who couldn't find summer jobs? Willl it be the local hospitals who have to treat these invaders? Will it be the victims of crimes committed by these invaders?

Of course the Feds will get the money. To me, THE question is... who will pay the $1,000,000? McDonald's? ANNNNNT, wrong answer.

49 posted on 07/17/2008 12:02:47 PM PDT by upchuck (As we doggedly march towards dystopia, my poor country is losing it's mind. God help us!)
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To: flaglady47
Last time I went I asked for croutons for my salad and the girl had no idea what they were.

Woah, back up here. You ordered a salad at McDonalds?

50 posted on 07/17/2008 12:09:28 PM PDT by dan1123 (If you want to find a person's true religion, ask them what makes them a "good person".)
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