Agriprocessors

It has been nearly four years since the May 2008 ICE raid at the Agriprocessors kosher meat packing facility in Postville, Iowa. The raid, which was the largest worksite enforcement raid in U.S. history, resulted in the conviction and deportation of more than 300 undocumented immigrants, the majority of... Continue »

Yesterday, the Obama Administration's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Labor Department finally agreed to work together to make sure the government's zeal to enforce immigration laws doesn't hurt labor enforcement efforts. Continue »

Rep. King's bogus claims about immigrants have served as talking points for the extreme anti-immigrant movement. King has not only stood side by side with anti-immigrant extremists, he has also been a financial beneficiary of their political action committees. Continue »

Comprehensive immigration reform would ensure that all workers are here legally, punish unscrupulous employers who undercut their honest competitors, and restore fairness to the labor market.

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27/10/09 a 4:09pm Washington, D.C. – Un nuevo reporte presentado hoy por organizaciones sindicales demuestra cómo las iniciativas gubernamentales de centrarse en la aplicación de leyes migratorias en los lugares de trabajo ha atentado contra las protecciones laborales de trabajadores estadounidenses e inmigrantes por igual, y ha permitido que los empleadores... Continue »

A new report cataloging the pervasive mistreatment of American workers at the lowest rungs of the economic ladder bolsters the case for stronger labor law enforcement and comprehensive immigration reform. The study from the Center for Urban Economic Development, National Employment Law Project, and U.C.L.A. Institute for Research on... Continue »

Here's the latest blatant example of the system's decadence, from a piece in the New York Times on immigration detention, entitled, "Piecing Together an Immigrant's Life the U.S. Refused to See." It details the untimely death of Tanveer Ahmad in a substandard immigration jail: "When the 43-year-old man died... Continue »

Nearly four hundred immigrant workers were corralled into the National Cattle Congress in Waterloo, Iowa as a part of the now-infamous immigration raid that took place in Postville, Iowa, last year. Bloggers covered the story of communities that donned red ribbons and rang church bells in remembrance of the... Continue »

Rep. Steve King: Carrying the Banner for Anti-Immigrant Extremists

"We could also electrify this wire with the kind of current that would not kill somebody, but it would be a discouragement for them to be fooling around with it. We do that with livestock all the time." ¹ ... Continue »