Immigration Agents Target 7-Eleven Stores in Push to Punish Employers
According to ICE, federal agents served inspection notices to 7-Eleven franchises in California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana,
Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington state and Washington, D. C.
Employees at two 7-Eleven stores on Staten Island said that immigration agents visited the stores on Wednesday.
In a statement, 7-Eleven Inc., based in Irving, Tex., distanced itself from the situation, saying
that the individual stores are franchises that belong to independent business owners, who “are solely responsible for their employees, including deciding who to hire and verifying their eligibility to work in the United States.”
“7-Eleven takes compliance with immigration laws seriously
and has terminated the franchise agreements of franchisees convicted of violating these laws,” the company said.
Federal immigration agents descended on dozens of 7-Eleven convenience stores across the country before daybreak on Wednesday, arresting undocumented workers
and demanding paperwork from managers, in what the Trump administration described as its largest enforcement operation against employers so far.
“Today’s actions send a strong message to U. S. businesses
that hire and employ an illegal work force: ICE will enforce the law, and if you are found to be breaking the law, you will be held accountable,” Thomas D. Homan, the acting director of the agency, said in a statement.
ICE called its Wednesday sweep a “follow-up” of a 2013 investigation
that resulted in the arrests of nine 7-Eleven franchise owners and managers on Long Island and in Virginia on charges of employing undocumented workers.

A women’s basketball team were forced to push their bus out of snow in Philadelphia as the Nor’Easter storm battered the city.

This video shows members of the Northeastern University Women’s Basketball Team gathering together at the back of the bus before pushing it forward. On their third attempt, the bus begins to slowly move forward, and members of the team can subsequently be heard cheering.

The incident occurred shortly after the team left a training session at Saint Joseph’s University, according to NBC Philadelphia. They eventually made it back to their hotel ahead of their match against Delaware in the 2018 Women’s CAA tournament, it was reported. Credit: Northeastern WBB via Storyful