1.   The measure seeks to take the economic incentive away from employing illegal immigrants.

2.   -- In Dalton, Georgia, immigrants are employed by the booming carpet industry as rollers, menders, or sewing machine operators.

3.   Fischer said he had tried to persuade the general services agency to crack down on contractors employing illegal immigrants.

4.   Many immigrants are employed in these professions, which do not require much job training or English skills.

5.   On one side are ethnic groups that would gain more members and more political power from increased immigration, and businesses that employ immigrants, McCarthy said.

6.   Steenbakker said the investigation is continuing, concentrating on employers, who could face prosecution for knowingly employing illegal immigrants and for participating in a smuggling conspiracy.

7.   Tax authorities say employers frequently do not pay their Social Security taxes as required by law, particularly those who employ immigrants without proper papers.

8.   The five men and three women in prison face charges of harboring and transporting illegal aliens, inducing illegal immigrants to enter the U.S. and employing illegal immigrants.

9.   The five men and three women indicted yesterday face charges of harboring and transporting illegal aliens, inducing an illegal immigrants to enter the U.S. and employing illegal immigrants.