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.
YES! “Can I have another sir?”
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.
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.
And what did the McDonald’s corp. do?
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.
“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.
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?
Glendale California on Colorado Blvd in 1952.
No. It will be the U.S. govt. They always seem to benefit from illegals no matter which way the tide turns.
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.
Then you might want to try to correct this Wiki entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_McDonald%27s
“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
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.
**YAWN**
This was posted in the NEWS forum…
McDonalds hiring illegals…that's no news…
Allowing them to continue overcharging the public for what should have gone down the sewer is un-american.
Might be un-American, but that is a really good reason he is still around, health-wise, to tell us about it. :0 )
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
Boycott McDonald’s until they close their doors.
Only texting teens would write "mln dlrs".
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...
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.
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.
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?
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.
Fine them, Pull their Franchise License and why not a small vacation in jail?
How come no charges for identity theft?
Preceded by Donnely’s Drive in on Glendale Blvd. where the hamburgers and malts were the best ever. Now we are showing our ages.
LOL, that cracks me up.
"Yeah 'Jeff'.and I'm Mahatma Gandhi"
Next, ICE should do a stakeout at the IHOP's in Arkansas.
sw
Good news on illegal immigrants for a change!
[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.
No, but the government actually enforcing immigration law is big news.
Were they homosexual illegals?
If we can only have this as the norm there wouldn’t be any illegal aliens.
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.
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.
Millions of morons that eat there every day.
McDonald’s franchisee fined 1 mln dlrs for hiring illegal immigrants
I’M LOVIN’IT !!!!!!!
Leni
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.
Maybe it isn't what I would fix at home but when on vacation you can't usually keep the same diet.
Si Se Puede!
ping
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.
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.
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.
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.
Woah, back up here. You ordered a salad at McDonalds?
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