An investigation by the Arizona Republic, part of the USA TODAY Network, found that a small handful of companies have exploited a loophole by hiring prisoners who have ICE detainers, and would otherwise be ineligible to work in the U.S.
The companies and the Department of Corrections benefit, but should the state be employing undocumented foreign nationals?Despite an Arizona law that requires private companies to verify that their employees are legally able to work in the United States, an investigation by the Arizona Republic, part of the USA TODAY Network, found that a small handful of companies have exploited a loophole by hiring prisoners who have ICE detainers, and would otherwise be ineligible to work in the U.S.
The Republic found an additional eight people classified with ICE detainers who had worked directly for Arizona Correctional Industries, a for-profit business run by the Department of Corrections. ACI uses prisoners and pays them sub-minimum wages to do forced labor for companies. The majority of the workers maintain the prisons, installing drywall, cleaning floors, or assisting in the preparation of food. They make anywhere from 15 cents an hour to upward of $1.
Though the use of unauthorized immigrant labor may be hypocritical, considering the state’s tough-on-immigration rhetoric and history of passing laws to make it harder for people to work here if they’re living here illegally, what the corrections department is doing is not illegal. This loophole in Arizona’s prison labor law is a ripe area for lawyers eager to challenge the state’s labor practices, said Selmi. He said there should be concern that private companies, including privately owned prisons, have been able to use so many undocumented workers in Arizona without oversight from the labor department. The findings are part of The Republic’s and KJZZ Radio’s investigative series on prison labor released earlier this year.
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