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Hundreds may face layoffs after immigration audit

By Washington Examiner
Published May 10, 2014 10:15pm ET
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Hundreds may face layoffs after immigration audit
Hector Calderon, foreground, a manager for the Crunch Pak sliced apple company, speaks to workers demonstrating outside the production warehouse in Cashmere, Wash., on Friday, May 9, 2014. They walked away from work in a protest because a number of them may be taken off the job due to an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement audit in August 2013. (AP Photo/The Wenatchee World, Don Seabrook) | Don Seabrook

CASHMERE, Wash. (AP) — Hundreds of workers at a central Washington apple packaging company could be facing layoffs after a federal immigration audit.

Crunch Pak notified its employees on Friday that they need to provide documents proving they can work in the United States legally after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement audit unveiled discrepancies in the payroll, The Wenatchee World reported Saturday (http://bit.ly/1uOgGtD ).

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