A Little Red Beacon for Immigrant Laborers Shines On in Bensonhurst – NYTimes.com

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First, look 8 by 12: the width and length, in feet, of the wooden structure that housed the center. Then, 5,000: the approximate number of day laborers who have found work through the organization since its creation in 2001. And finally, 120: the estimated number of feet the shack traveled on Oct. 29, when Hurricane Sandy sent it hurtling into a nearby parking lot, battering the already sagging, tired structure. In the post-Hurricane Sandy period, New York’s immigrant day laborers have emerged as a vital resource. The mold and detritus might not have been cleared away without them, and the rebuilding process has once again sent residents clamoring for their muscle power. Few realize, however, that one of the most established day labor resources in the region was nearly toppled by the storm, at the moment when it would be needed the most.

FOIA Docs Released to USA Today Reveal Deportation Quota Driving Immigration Policy

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Advocates Release Briefing Guide Exposing Decision to Enlist Local Police About Meeting Numbers Not About Safety

 

 

February 18, 2013 – Atlanta, GA

Following the USA Today story outlining ICE tactics to boost deportation numbers, the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, the ACLU Foundation of Georgia, and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network released a briefing guide exposing ICE headquarters directives to Georgia and North Carolina field offices to disregard public safety concerns in order to meet self-imposed deportation quota requirements.

 

Superstorm Sandy: Months Later, Undocumented Immigrants Try to Get Back On Their Feet | Fox News Latino

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Vanessa Ramos does her homework in the bathroom. Family dinner is served on a folded table, story a checkered green cloth adding a homely feel. She jostles with eight others for television time, though adults have first-dibs because telenovelas rule. No more than two at a time are allowed in the kitchen. This is the new reality for nine undocumented

ICE says it never acted on plan to mine driver records

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Federal agents never carried out some of the controversial tactics approved as part of a push to boost criminal deportations last year, including a plan to troll state driver’s license records for lists of foreign-born applicants, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency official said Friday. USA TODAY reported Friday that senior immigration officials in Washington had approved several tactics to make sure the government would not fall short of its target of deporting 210,000 convicted criminals in the fiscal year that ended in September. Among the steps agents proposed were mining state driver’s license databases, participating in local police checkpoints, and dispatching more agents to county jails. Records suggest the tactics would have ratcheted up deportations of people who had been convicted only of minor offenses.