This morning, the Associated Press and Minnesota Public Radio reported that 1,200 undocumented janitors had been fired from Twin Cities company ABM under pressure from the Department of Homeland Security. ICE worked with ABM, giving employees a few months to produce documentation and then firing those who couldn't in... Continue »
A former Frederick County resident is taking Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins, the county's board of commissioners, sheriff's deputy Jeffrey Openshaw and current and former immigration officials to federal court for allegedly violating her civil rights. Continue »
Police officers giving drivers $204 tickets for not speaking English? It sounds like a rejected Monty Python sketch. Except the grim reality is that it has happened at least 39 times in Dallas since January 2007, according to The Dallas Morning News. At least six officers in several different... Continue »
Yesterday, in "Warning: Talking Sanely about Immigration May Be Hazardous," we reported on Sacramento's Police Chief Rick Braziel, and his measured, rational approach to immigration and community policing. Today, we are happy to highlight another key voice on this issue. Outgoing LAPD Police Chief William J. Bratton is a... Continue »
Today, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), American Rights at Work (ARAW), and the National Employment Law Project (NELP) are releasing a report, "ICED Out: How Immigration Enforcement Has Interfered with Workers' Rights," which documents, according to the press advisory, "how the federal government's... Continue »
So, now we're ticketing people for not speaking English? No, really. Daphne Eviatar of the Washington Independent reports:"Dallas police wrongly ticketed at least 39 drivers for not speaking English over the last three years, reports the Dallas Morning News." It seems Dallas police were confused when, after pulling drivers... Continue »
The sheriff of Polk County is joining law officers from Texas and California in calling for a overhaul of the U.S. immigration system. Sheriff Bill McCarthy, who is the former Des Moines police chief, says he agrees with his counterparts that complex immigration laws and policies make it tough... Continue »
Last week Stephen Magagnini and Susan Ferriss of the Sacramento Bee first reported that Police Chief Rick Braziel had become the latest voice of a growing number of police chiefs across the nation calling for a serious immigration overhaul. These police chiefs are sick and tired of what they're... Continue »
Braziel believes that confusing immigration laws are hindering cops and helping criminals. Too many undocumented immigrants who are victims or witnesses to crimes are avoiding police for fear they'll be deported, Braziel and other cops say. Continue »
We won't know for a couple more weeks who Morristown's next mayor and at-large council members will be. But it's pretty safe to say what won't be part of departing Mayor Donald Cresitello's legacy: 287(g). Continue »