@ October 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Michael Bianco, Inc., a New Bedford , Massachusetts leather-goods factory that makes backpacks for the military, saw first-hand what happens when you hire illegal labor. Two managers from the factory pleaded guilty to federal charges; the plea deals do not include jail time.
ICE radied the factory in early 2007 and detained 361 allegedly illegal workers.
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@ 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 [...]
@ October 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Senators Teddy Kennedy (D-MA) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) have introduced a bill aimed at adding extra protections for legal and illegal workers in the face of increased enforcement raids by ICE. ICE has arrested more than 2000 people in raids in NJ this year alone. Introduced on 9/25/08, and drafted with help from the ACLU, [...]