Posted by austinbri (anonymous) on July 2, 2009 at 12:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Isn't this like the 3rd story in the past two weeks regarding some kind of forgery/fraud related to hiring practices at both QPP and Hormel...hmmm...seems to me their hiring practices as it relates to employment verification and immigration status needs some fine tuning....

Posted by cowboy (anonymous) on July 3, 2009 at 1:21 a.m.

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Posted by Aletheia_Kratos (anonymous) on July 5, 2009 at 1:39 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Nope - the story has really very little to do with QPP and Hormel. It has everything to do with solid law enforcement and the fact that the illegal workers here have very good fake documentation.

Posted by lilme (anonymous) on July 7, 2009 at 3:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Part of the problem is that QPP looks the other way. Even when it is right in their face, they choose to play dumb. They do all sorts of things at that plant that are unethical and illegal. But unfortunately no one does anything because they are so well protected by Hormel. If ICE were to pay a good visit to the QPP plant and actually look into things, the whole place would be shut down and many memebers of management would be fined and some possibly sent to jail. Everything from hiring practices, safety issues, employee treatment, discrimination and on and on it goes. But when things get too hot they trot out Dale Wicks to say some blurb about how wonderful they are or how much they are committed to following the letter of the law. He him self knows how many illegal aliens there are at the plant but he will not do anything about it. If this really was a fair and free country all of the folks who have been mistreated by QPP would actually stand a chance at having the curtain pulled back and all the horrid truth be revealed at what they have been doing for years and are doing right now. We can all bitch here all we want. Nothing will happen until they decide to be ethical, honest and good. But we all know that the ones who profit most will never let that happen because they don't really care about Austin, they care about their pocketbooks. Bottom line is that we will always have immigration issues until those who facilitate the prosperity of illegal aliens are held accountable just as much, if not more, than the illegal aliens themselves. It's a ridiculous thing to see an illegal alien put in jail, deported and then back in town within a matter of weeks. Trust me, we have all seen it. There is so much more to fixing this problem than just cleaning house in the meat packing plants. It is true the comment that was made earlier about housing. What about government and non profit agencies that serve these people as well? This is a large scale issue that cannot be fixed by merely putting the focus on one area. And some other food for thought. The reason that the ID's get past companies that use government verifcation programs is because the documents are not fake. They are real. They may have been stolen, purchased or even given by a cousin or another family member. Those people should also be held responsible for knowingly assisting another person to live, work and receive assistance as a citizen under another identity as well. So many parts, so few willing to make the hard choices to fix the problem.