Policy

South  Carolina poultry plant raidIt was the largest immigration raid ever conducted in the Carolinas. It came after authorities determined that 777 of 825 workers at the plant had apparently submitted false documents to get their jobs.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say they'll continue their long-running investigation to determine who allowed illegal immigrants to work at the plant, known locally as Columbia Farms. Investigating the employers, they said, is as large a priority as identifying illegal workers.

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“Some of the CDC officials who supported a recommendation for young women in the U.S. to receive the human papillomavirus vaccine said they did not intend for it to lead to an immigration policy requiring young immigrant women to receive the vaccine, the Wall Street Journal reports (Jordan, Wall Street Journal, 10/1).” (Source: Kaisernetwork.org)

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Sep. 17 upheld the
constitutionality of an Arizona law that requires employers to verify
the employment status of their workers and penalizes those who
knowingly hire illegal aliens. Read More at the New America Media Web site

A week before a new civics test is introduced as part of the naturalization process, a senior immigration official sought to calm critics who say it will be harder than the current one. Read More at the New York Times Immigration and Refugees Web site

Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people of Mexican descent were subjected to unreasonable and arbitrary demands to prove that they are citizens of the United States before getting a passport. Read More at the New America Media Web site

On Citizenship Day, September 17, the Immigration Policy Center offers this fact sheet showing that immigrants are integrating into the U.S. by seeking U.S. citizenship. Download the pdf file.

The arrest of six undocumented immigrants at a private home in San Francisco last week calls into question how protected undocumented immigrants in this "sanctuary city" really are. Read More at the New America Media Web site

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