Mo. gov nixes contracts over immigrants |
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Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:04
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Gov. Matt Blunt announced Tuesday night that dozens of suspected illegal immigrants working with falsified documents for a state janitorial contractor have been detained, and the state has canceled the contract of the company that hired them.Blunt said the employees worked for Sam's Janitorial Services, an Oklahoma-based company that had nine contracts to perform custodial work in Jefferson City, Columbia and Kansas City. All of the workers detained Tuesday were in Jefferson City, the governor's office said.The governor said he has barred the company from doing any further business with the state.Blunt also said he signed an executive order Tuesday night directing state agencies to audit all contractors to ensure their employees are legally eligible to work in the United States, and to cancel contracts with any other companies found to be using illegal immigrants.'We cannot tolerate employers who are unlawfully employing workers at the expense of honest hard-working citizens,' Blunt said at a Capitol news conference.A phone call to a Jefferson City number listed for Sam's Janitorial Services was not immediately returned Tuesday night.Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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