@ October 30, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The son of Agriprocessors’s owner, who was a former manager at the kosher meat processing facility, was arrested for identity theft and allegedly helping many of Agriprocessors’s illegal employees obtain fake documents. He is also accused of sheltering the undocumented workers for financial gain. Authorities say a witness reported that Sholom Rubashkin gave him money [...]
@ October 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates helped create Special Order 40 in 1979; this order limits when LAPD officers can ask a victim or suspect about his or her immigration status.
Some Los Angeles City Council members are seeking to amend the order claiming that it prevents police from dealing with illegal immigrant gang members. The shooting [...]
@ October 14, 2008 # No Comment Yet
In May 2008, immigration officers from ICE raided Agriprocessors, a kosher meat processing facility in Postville, Iowa. ICE rounded up 400 illegal immigrant workers in the raid. Another 300 families left on their own for fear of being caught in the net.
Now, the town officials and citizens are angry at ICE. The raid turned the [...]