American Apparel, a clothing maker "with a vast garment factory in downtown Los Angeles is firing about 1,800 immigrant employees in the coming days — more than a quarter of its work force — after a federal investigation turned up irregularities in the identity documents the workers presented when they were hired."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/us/30factory.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=americ...