LAUREL, Miss. (AP) - A day after the largest single-workplace immigration raid in U.S. history, Elizabeth Alegria was too scared to send her son to school and worried about when she'd see her husband again.
ICE (Immigrations and Customs Enforcement) increasingly relies on local government to identify and report "criminal" illegal immigrants to federal authorities.
The trouble is, of course, in the definition of "criminal." For undocumented immigrants, their very being in the USA is, under current law, "criminal." Therefore the effect of the ICE partnership is that local law enforcement can turn in any illegal immigrants to ICE, even if the infraction that brings them to local authorities' attention is as minor as jaywalking. Read More
“(AP) After the biggest immigration raid in U.S. history, hundreds of workers have been sentenced but not one company official as yet faces any charges - something critics say is typical of a federal government that is tough on employees but easy on owners.” (Source: AP on CBS News site) Read More
On Monday, May 12, Postville, a tiny town in Northeastern Iowa experienced the largest ICE raid in US history. 390 workers at North America’s largest Kosher meat processing plant were loaded into buses and taken away for a different kind of processing. Read More
Immigration arrests at homes in Berkeley and Oakland on Tuesday sent a wave of panic among parents in both cities, as authorities mistakenly believed immigration agents were raiding schools.
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Little Village organizations, city officials, and residents gathered on the first anniversary of the violent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) action of April 24, 2007 to reflect on the destructive effects of immigration enforcement in our communities. Read More
“Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is seeking permission from the federal government to expand the state's immigration enforcement powers.” (Source: Judith Davidoff in The Capital Times, 2/9/08.) Read the article and the very long list of emotional comments. Read More
Meatpackers union, representing employees of six Swift & Co. meatpacking plants where a massive illegal alien raid was conducted last year, is seeking an injunction to stop federal immigration agencies from carrying out what it described as "mass detentions" and unlawful workplace raids. Read More
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