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  • Mi Pueblo supermarket chain chief criticized for using E-Verify

    09/07/2012 9:52:25 AM PDT · by SmithL · 22 replies
    San Jose Mercury News ^ | 9/6/12 | Matt O'Brien
    His rags-to-riches immigrant journey and good business sense crowned Juvenal Chavez the king of Latino supermarkets in the Bay Area, but now the CEO is fighting a harsh attack on the reputation of his 21-store Mi Pueblo Foods grocery chain. Mi Pueblo stunned some of its more than 3,000 employees last month when it told them it had joined E-Verify, a Department of Homeland Security program that screens the immigration status of new hires. Now, with union activists accusing Chavez of betraying his own undocumented immigrant roots and threatening a consumer boycott if he doesn't pull out of E-Verify by...