One Market Basket in Massachusetts suspended 47 immigrant employees after conducting an audit of their job applications.

Market Basket confirmed on Friday that it has suspended employees at its New Bedford location as a result of an investigation by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A spokesperson for the Massachusetts-based grocery chain would not say how many employees were suspended or if the suspensions were limited to New Bedford,

An immigrant rights group says 47 undocumented workers were suspended from New Bedford Market Basket stores this week, leaving families scrambling as the company awaits updated paperwork.

Activists in a Massachusetts city are calling on protection after 47 employees were suspended from a Market Basket.

In a statement, Market Basket board of directors said the terminations came as a result of a recent internal investigation that found the two supervisors engaged in “insubordination, making false and derogatory remarks about the company and people associated with it, and inappropriate communications with colleagues.”

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