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November 5, 2007

Michael Bianco sells plant, site of immigration raid

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- Michael Bianco Inc. has sold its New Bedford plant, the site of a controversial immigration raid last March, according to Elizabeth Treadup, spokeswoman for New Bedford Mayor Scott W. Lang.

The March 6 raid resulted in the arrest of 361 illegal immigrants and jeopardized the company’s contracts to produce leather goods for the military.

Bianco's president and several top managers were indicted over the summer on charges of conspiring to harbor and hire illegal immigrants.

-- Journal staff writer Benjamin N. Gedan

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 11:31 AM | Permalink

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