Turning Migrants into Criminals | Human Rights Watch
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Missing the Detention Deportation Forest for the Immigration Reform Tree | Politic365
Seemingly lost in much of the congratulatory messaging surrounding the “Gang of 8? immigration reform bill passing by a bipartisan vote of 13-5 from the Senate Judiciary Committee to the Senate floor is the continued emphasis, in both the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act and other policy actions, on imm…
CT News Junkie | TRUST Act Clears Hurdle
A bill that would prohibit, under some circumstances, any law enforcement officer in the state from telling U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that they detained an undocumented immigrant cleared another legislative hurdle Tuesday when it passed the Public Safety Committee 13 to 7. Supporters of the measure standing outside the House chamber…
Her job: Stopping wage theft – baltimoresun.com
Julie Su doesn’t back down from fights when she thinks employers are cheating their workers. In her two years as California’s top labor law enforcer, Su has taken on scores of unscrupulous businesses. As state labor commissioner, she inherited an understaffed state agency that she recalled was overwhelmed with complaints of worker abuse, unpaid overtime and management retaliation. "I set out to make the promise of a just day’s pay for a hard day’s work a reality in every workplace in California," Su said in a status report to Gov. Jerry Brown being released Wednesday. Marshaling limited resources, Su has focused much of her enforcement efforts on working conditions for the often immigrant and first-generation Americans who pick crops, sew garments, build houses, clean buildings, wash cars, bus tables and perform other back-breaking tasks. Su has filed criminal charges and civil lawsuits and issued citations that identified more than $185 million in unpaid wages and other compensa…
El Hielo – La Santa Cecilia
El Hielo – La Santa Cecilia
Are Democrats Missing Out on Immigration Reform? – Salon
My friend John Fugelsang likes to say that the Democratic Party is like an S&M submissive who forgot his safety word. After the lame performance of Democrats in the immigration reform markup, I would say Fugelsang is being generous. Republicans are incredibly skilled at holding no actual power but nonetheless making wildly effective threats….
House Appropriations for 2014 Homeland Security Budget Exposes Beltway Hypocrisy
House Appropriations for 2014 Homeland Security Budget Exposes Beltway Hypocrisy As Congress Seeks Immigration Reform, DHS Budgets for Increased Detention 05.22.2013 – Washington, DC The day after the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the “Gang of 8” immigration reform proposal to move to the Senate floor, the House Appropriations Committee approved the Department of Homeland…
Jose Maria Islas loses deportation appeal- The New Haven Register – Serving New Haven, Connecticut
Immigration and Custom Enforcement officials handcuffed and took away Jose Maria Islas Monday after he lost his appeal and was ordered deported to Mexico. Islas was taken to a deportation center in Massachusetts, said activist Megan Fountain of Unidad Latina en Accion. More than 800 people had signed a petition asking that ICE grant his stay of…
Where Individuals Enter ICE Custody: State-by-State Details
On a typical work day Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took 1, clinic 509 individuals…