Sabrosa victoria – laopinion.com

La victoria que Heriberto Zamora obtuvo la semana pasada, luego de un año de haber puesto una demanda en contra de su patrón ante la Oficina del Comisionado Laboral de California, le sabe al más exquisito rollo de sushi que preparan en el restaurante Urasawa de Beverly Hills. Ese restaurante es el segundo más caro del país y donde Zamora trabajó durante casi seis años sin recibir el pago correspondiente de horas extra. El famoso chef Hiroyuki Urasawa, dueño del restaurante, lo despidió el 21 de junio de 2012 luego de que Zamora le pidiera retirarse a casa porque estaba enfermo. El joven de 24 años, inmigrante de Oaxaca, México, acudió a la Alianza de Trabajadores Inmigrantes de Koreatown (KIWA) al considerar que se trataba de un despido injustificado y donde le recomendaron poner una demanda ante la Oficina del Comisionado Laboral, también conocida como Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE).

County attorney: Feds can’t require longer immigrant detentions – Miami-Dade – MiamiHerald.com

The Miami-Dade County attorney has ruled that a petition by federal immigration authorities to keep a foreign national in detention longer than local officials require is not an order, and but merely a request. “This detainer, or ‘hold request’ is no more than a request from the Department of Homeland Security that a detainee be held for up to 48 hours…

Families – some in deportation proceedings – rally and use art to call for immigration reform

Families from as far as Arizona or Illinois, many whom are undocumented immigrants in deportation proceedings, gathered in Freedom Plaza near the Capitol to push Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform before the fall recess. “Most people here are either facing or threatened with deportation,” says B. Loewe, a spokeman for the National Da…

Families – some in deportation proceedings – rally and use art to call for immigration reform

Families from as far as Arizona or Illinois, many whom are undocumented immigrants in deportation proceedings, gathered in Freedom Plaza near the Capitol to push Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform before the fall recess. “Most people here are either facing or threatened with deportation,” says B. Loewe, a spokeman for the National Da…