You have cut your Bank of America credit card to shreds and closed your account. You will never again imbibe products from the Miller Brewing Company. Fruits and vegetables from Del Monte will no longer grace your dinner table. Gone are those fellows who used to do your landscaping so cheaply. So much for the activities you have to give up.

Now there is an all-American way that you can give yourself a treat. Have Dunkin’ Donuts for breakfast. The good folk at Dunkin’ Donuts are really going out of their way to comply with the “Basic Pilot” program developed by the US government.

“Basic Pilot” is an online method for performing background checks on potential employees to verify that they are in our country legally. Currently, it is a voluntary program and only 1% of businesses in the United States comply.

But not only is Dunkin’ Donuts compliant, they are vigilant. And they have just filed a lawsuit in federal court to terminate the franchises of two locations in New Jersey that knowingly hire illegal aliens. Here are the details from the New Jersey Star-Ledger:

Dunkin’ Donuts sues two N.J. stores over immigration policy
BY BRIAN DONOHUE

A bill that would require businesses to perform tougher background checks to make sure job applicants are not illegal immigrants has stalled in the U.S. Senate.

But in the meantime, the nation’s largest doughnut chain has taken matters into its own hands, requiring all franchise owners to perform the background checks and moving to fire those they accuse of accepting fake IDs commonly used by illegal immigrants to find work.

In April, Dunkin’ Donuts filed a lawsuit in federal court asking a judge to terminate the franchise agreement it has with two stores in Central Jersey, saying the owners knowingly accepted false documents, used false Social Security numbers and paid employees in cash.

The company has filed similar lawsuits seeking to sever ties with franchises in Boston, Atlanta and Florida, where it is has accused three franchises of hiring illegal immigrants.

The lawsuits come a year after Dunkin’ Donuts became the most well-known corporation to enroll in Basic Pilot, a voluntary U.S. Department of Homeland Security program that allows employers to perform electronic document checks to verify that applicants are eligible to work….

So, dear readers, go out and treat yourselves to some donuts. It’s not that often you can count some patriotic calories!

Cross-posted from ADMC.