Record $11 Million Settlement

March 18, 2005 - The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. agreed to pay $11 million to settle a worksite enforcement investigation into the alleged hiring of illegal aliens by independent contractors that provided contract janitorial services to Wal-Mart stores throughout the U.S. from 1998 through 2003. The 12 companies that provided these services also agreed to pay $4 million.