Report: Over 160 hired at Massachusetts Market Basket location are unauthorized workers

A new report this week sheds more light on suspended employees at a Massachusetts Market Basket.

According to MassLive, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, through its Homeland Security Investigations unit, conducted an audit at the Market Basket located on Sawyer Street in New Bedford, identifying 167 employees as unauthorized to work in the United States.

This audit involved reviewing I-9 employment eligibility verification forms, and on June 25, 2025, HSI served Market Basket with a Notice of Suspect Documents, highlighting discrepancies in the workers’ paperwork…

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