Detention center workers seeking repayment by ICE
1,234 views · Published 6 December 2011 · 1:47 · Indexed 26 October 2026
Channel: CBS Rio Grande Valley · 2011 · News & Politics
This woman who we'll call Jane is one of more than 17-hundred people on edge this holiday season.
Jane says she and her husband have been waiting years for some 40-thousand dollars owed to them in backpay from when they used to work at the former Willacy County Immigrant Detention Center in Raymondville.
Willacy County Judge John Gonzales Jr. says a settlement agreement with U.S. Immigration and customs enforcement ot ICE stems from 2006-2008 when guards weren't being paid federal wages as required.
ICE is supposed to repay current and former guards more than 23 Million Dollars in back wages and benefits by Monday at 11:59 PM.
Jane was paid 8:50 an hour, she says she should have revieved 12 to 13 dollars plus benefits. In all totaling about $17 an hour. She worries ICE may drag out the payments past the December 5th deadline.
Judge Gonzales hopes it won't be the case, and vows to ensure wokers in Willacy won't be mistreated again.
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