Immigration + Blogante Business Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 21, 2009
ICE audit plan for employers includes El Paso, draws criticism from rights group
A federal judge dismissed dozens of immigration charges Thursday against the former manager of a kosher slaughterhouse, at the request of prosecutors who had already won a conviction on multiple counts of financial fraud. – Postville news
November 20, 2009
ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton announces 1,000 new workplace audits to hold employers accountable for their hiring practices
Economic Blame Game: U.S. Unemployment is Not Caused by Immigration
November 18, 2009
Undocumented workers impact Mississippi’s economy
November 13, 2009
Postville Raid: Eighteen months have passed since immigration agents raided Agriprocessors Inc. meat plant, arrested nearly 400 workers, and sent the plant spiraling into bankruptcy. – On Thursday, the plant’s former vice president – Sholom Rubashkin – was found guilty of 86 of 91 counts of financial crimes. – Verdict brings closure to many in Postville
New Article from SSRN on NAFTA’s Impacts on Immigration
Employment Verification: Repairing our Broken Immigration System
November 10, 2009
One of the largest immigration crackdowns under the Obama administration to date took place in the Twin Cities last month, when 1,200 undocumented janitors were ‘quietly’ fired from their jobs
November 7, 2009
Would Mass Deportation Mean More Jobs for U.S. Workers?
November 6, 2009
Native American corporations, particularly an array of Alaska Native Corporations, have become major defense and homeland security contractors – responsible for a wide range of national security operations, including electronic surveillance on the border, running immigrant detention centers, and supplying security and other services in U.S. overseas wars and energy exploitation.
October 30, 2009
Labor Pains: How Our Broken Immigration System Hurts All Workers
October 28, 2009
American Rights at Work – Immigration Study Finds Enforcement Has Undermined Workers’ Rights
October 12, 2009
The Pecos Insurrection – How a private prison pushed immigrant inmates to the brink. (a must read)
October 9, 2009
U.S. Shifts Strategy on Illicit Work by Immigrants – (more on the American Apparel layoffs)
October 7, 2009
The Burden of Immigration Laws on Business
September 30, 2009
Immigration Crackdown With Firings, Not Raids
September 28, 2009
Principles for an Immigration Policy to Strengthen and Expand the American Middle Class: 2009 Edition
September 24, 2009
America’s Voice Launches Campaign to Air New Ad on “Lou Dobbs Tonight” – watch it here
September 17, 2009
Latino Broadcasting Company’s ‘Immigrant Archive Project’ joins forces with the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
E-Verify Seems Here to Stay: Obama’s Immigration Chief Vouches For Status Verification System
September 15, 2009
A class-action lawsuit recently filed by the undocumented employees of a local cleaning company underscores that workers who are in the country illegally have many of the same workplace rights that U.S. citizens have.
September 10, 2009
A Green Bay business is questioned for selling a photo ID card to thousands of immigrants in Green Bay and Appleton.
September 9, 2009
Laid-off Undocumented Migrants Seek End to Crackdown and E-Verify
September 6, 2009
Clothing company American Apparel said Thursday it is terminating 1,600 employees at its Los Angeles operations after a government investigation into workers’ immigration status.
September 1, 2009
It’s the Economy, Stupid! Immigration Reform as Economic Stimulus by Walter A. Ewing
August 25, 2009
NEW AMERICANS IN THE PALMETTO STATE:
Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians are an Economic Powerhouse in South Carolina
August 24, 2009
Chertoff Pumps Up Homeland Security Business – Not relying solely on its industry contracts, the Chertoff Group is also benefiting from a trail of media interviews and media events that bring the firm’s principals to the attention of prospective clients.
August 17, 2009
New Cato Report Highlights Economic Benefits of Legalizing Immigrants – Reform that Includes Legalization Would Yield a Net Benefit of $180 Billion Over 10 Years, While Enforcement Efforts Alone Would Incur $80 Billion in Losses
August 13, 2009
Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies early Thursday launched an employer’s sanctions raid at a Valley paper company and planned to detain more than 100 employees in connection with using false or stolen IDs.
July 21, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security is changing the way it tackles illegal immigration, in many cases remaking or rescinding Bush administration policies. The changes put heavier emphasis on employers, including more investigations of hiring records and fines for violations
July 20, 2009
NEW AMERICANS IN THE GREAT LAKES STATE: Michigan’s Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians are a Political and Economic Powerhouse
July 15, 2009
The decision by Bashas’ Supermarkets to close three Food City stores illustrates how much businesses that cater to the Hispanic community are suffering as the economy and immigration crackdowns have driven Latinos out of Arizona.
July 9, 2009
Government Rescinds “No Match” Rule – would have unlawfully used the error-ridden Social Security Administration database
Obama Administration Mandates Bush Administration E-Verify Rule For Federal Contractors
July 1, 2009
Feds begin immigration crackdown at 625 companies
June 29, 2009
The single biggest event that caused the real estate debacle was the nationwide increase in immigration raids by ICE Agents from the DHS – (interesting commentary)
June 15, 2009
Computer ‘raid’ in Vernon leaves factory workers devastated – No immigration agents descended on Overhill Farms, a major food-processing plant in Vernon. No one was arrested or deported. There were no frantic scenes of desperate workers fleeing la migra through the gritty streets of the industrial suburb southeast of downtown Los Angeles. For more than 200 Overhill workers, however, the effect was devastating: All lost steady jobs last month
April 27, 2009
Could legalizing immigrants improve U.S. economy?
March 19, 2009
As the topic of immigration and workplace raids begins to heat up again in a new administration, a new study (from the right Center for Immigration Studies) finds that wages and employment grew for legal workers after a series of 2006 raids.
March 17, 2009
Hispanic business leaders in Tulsa are pushing to ensure immigration reform legislation and education issues are not forgotten while the nation grapples with economic turmoil.
March 16, 2009
Crossover Appeal – South of the Border, Popular Ballads About the Perils of Illegal Immigration Have a Surprising Heritage: Made in — and by — the United States of America
March 15, 2009
Those who cast the nation’s projected Hispanic population boom as a roadblock should take a closer look, according to three Texas Tech scholars. It’s actually an economic boon, they say.
March 11, 2009
“E-Verify” renueva la lucha sectaria sobre inmigración ilegal
March 10, 2009
Of Milk and Mexicans – Vermont farms vexed by migrant dilemma – As many as 2,000 Mexicans work on Vermont’s 1,100 dairy farms
February 16, 2009
The Real Economics of Immigration Reform – By ignoring the role of immigration policy in our economic situation, Americans are actually hurting themselves.
February 1, 2009
Texas lawyer, university professors discuss Hispanic immigration impact – Hispanic Heresy: What is the Impact of America’s Largest Population of Immigrants?
January 28, 2009
The president of a New Bedford leather-goods factory that was raided in 2007 by immigration agents was sentenced Tuesday to 12 months in federal prison for harboring and concealing illegal immigrants.
The president of a New Bedford leather-goods factory that was raided in 2007 by immigration agents was sentenced Tuesday to 12 months in federal prison for harboring and concealing illegal immigrants.
December 17, 2008
South Carolina Immigrant Employee Law Takes Effect Next Month
Hispanic Immigrants Drop in U.S. Labor Force
December 12, 2008
Una dependencia del gobierno anunció el jueves que ha concluido un largo proceso de cambios en las visas que se otorgan a trabajadores agrícolas temporales, medida que generó el rechazo inmediato de los grupos sindicales.
November 21, 2008
Does Facebook have connections to ardently anti-immigrant group NumbersUSA? Insiders at Clarium Capital, the $5.3 billion hedge fund run by Facebook investor Peter Thiel are claiming their boss has made a $1 million donation to NumbersUSA
November 19, 2008
Immigrants play a valuable role in our economy
November 12, 2008
The Largest Business and Hispanic Civil Rights Groups In The Country Speak Out Against the Bush Administration’s Latest Attempt At No-Match Letters Which Hurt American Workers
Skilled immigrants a ‘brain waste’ in California’s workforce – About 300,000 college-educated legal immigrants in the state, and 1.3 million nationwide, are unemployed or working in low-level jobs because their credentials aren’t recognized here, a study finds.
October 27, 2008
To “Si” or not to “Si”: Should Hispanic Papers Advocate for Immigrants Rights?
Who will pick the crops? North Olympic Peninsula farmers lament lack of migrant workers
Did You Know? Hispanic immigrants contribute $842 more per resident to local revenues than they receive in local expenditures, according to the study. Latino immigrants have long settled in Long Island, but since 2000, Hispanics, especially from Central America, have made up more than one-half of the immigrants arriving there.
October 20, 2008
Immigrants contribute $10.6 billion a year to Long Island’s economy by increasing productivity, generating new business and paying taxes, according to a study to be released Monday by Adelphi University’s Center for Social Innovation.
October 17, 2008
Crackdown on illegal immigration boosts food prices
A federal lawsuit accuses a financially ailing Tennessee cheese company of mistreating 12 illegal immigrant employees and having them wrongly arrested at their jobs in Manchester when they demanded back pay.
October 15, 2008
Immigrants integral to Nebraska state economy, UNO study finds – If immigrants vanished and weren’t replaced in three of its key industries, Nebraska would lose 78,000 jobs, including some filled by U.S.-born workers. Production throughout the state would drop nearly 9 percent, or by $13.5 billion.
October 8, 2008
Federal agents detained more than 300 suspected illegal immigrants Tuesday in a raid at a chicken processing plant that has been under investigation for months. – Greenville, South Carolina
September 22, 2008
Tennessee’s Hamblen County considers blocking construction jobs from undocumented workers
September 8, 2008
Minority Owned Law Firm of Adorno & Yoss Launches Global Immigration Practice – MarketWatch
August 26, 2008
Howard Industries is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of electronic transformers and transportation equipment. Early Monday morning, the Laurel facility was swarming with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. After hours of interviewing all the employees on site, 350 illegal immigrants were identified. – Mississippi
August 18, 2008
The largest single-site workplace raid in U.S. history may have cost a kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa nearly half its employees, but it’s been a boon to labor recruiters around the country.
August 11, 2008
On Immigration, It’s the Economy, Stupid
A new study by the nonpartisan Employee Research Institute (EBRI) indicates that the uninsured population in the United States is becoming increasingly dominated by immigrants. In fact, over a 12-year period ending in 2006, immigrants accounted for 55% of the increase in the uninsured population.
August 4, 2008
For more than four years, Verizon has been installing its fiber optic, or Fios, network throughout the region and in a dozen other states. The company is attempting to gain a competitive edge against Cox Communications and other cable, Internet and phone-service providers. A Virginian-Pilot investigation over the past six months has found that many workers on the Verizon project are in the country illegally, performing back-breaking work that most Americans simply won’t do.
August 3, 2008
For some ill migrants, free care has a price – Some hospitals eventually send them out of U.S.
July 30, 2008
The president of a Kansas City roofing company pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to conspiring to hire illegal immigrants. Tony Evans, 49, of Stilwell in Johnson County, was president of Mid-Continent Specialists and later Metro Roofing Services. His co-defendant, Luis Hernandez-Bautista, pleaded guilty last week.
July 28, 2008
The Immigration Fight Gets Ugly – A law making it a felony to be an undocumented worker is sowing conflict in Mississippi, as states take action in the absence of federal immigration reform
July 24, 2008
U.S. immigration agents raided eight Mexican restaurants in northern Ohio on Wednesday and arrested 58 employees as part of a criminal operation against illegal immigrants, federal authorities said.
July 21, 2008
In Immigration Cases, Employers Feel the Pressure – But Critics Fault Laws as Ineffective
States balk at checking farm workers’ documents
Jobs For Day Laborers Are Dwindling – Florida
July 17, 2008
McDonald’s franchisee fined $1 million for hiring illegal immigrants – Nevada
July 14, 2008
Immigrant Workers Vital, Virginia Firms Say
July 13, 2008
We think: Businesses are having to bear brunt of immigration mess
Immigrants may shift to new jobs – Officials say new law, weak economy aren’t driving illegal aliens from state – South Carolina
July 10, 2008
Employers Fight Tough Measures on Immigration
Report: Immigration no-match policy could (really, really) hurt state economy – Oregon
Greenville poultry plant manager charged in immigration probe – House of Raeford Farms – South Carolina
June 24, 2008
Border farmers seek change on guest workers
June 19, 2008
South Carolina’s new immigration law has local businesses worried about enforcement
5th poultry supervisor arrested on immigration charges – House of Raeford Farms – South Carolina
June 17, 2008
Immigrant case puts hospital in a bind – A woman seriously injured in a fall several months ago is illegally in the U.S., which means she is not eligible for Medicaid or Medicare. – Wichita
June 12, 2008
Hospital complains about illegal immigrants – Florida (on video)
Immigration Bust Forces Restaurants to Close – Tallahassee
June 10, 2008
Boeing awarded contract on border fence: Chertoff
June 9, 2008
Latino Store Adds Diversity in the Aisles – Entrepreneur Alters Dumfries Plan After Prince William County Cracks Down on Illegal Immigrants
June 5, 2008
A look at South Carolina’s new illegal immigration law
Gov. Sanford Signs Illegal Immigration Bill; Farmers Concerned – South Carolina
June 3, 2008
Immigration raid spurs calls for action vs. owners
Did You Know? 297 illegal immigrants arrested in the raid on an Iowa meatpacking plant were sentenced to five months in prison for using false documents – but not one company official as yet faces any charges. – Postville
June 2, 2008
Federal agents target poultry processor – House of Raeford Farms – South Carolina
May 27, 2008
Miles away, Postville raid’s impact is still acute
May 22, 2008
U.S. to ease visa restrictions for seasonal jobs – definition of “temporary” jumps to 3 years from 10 months!
May 21, 2008
They may be illegal but we still need them
May 20, 2008
Illegal immigration bill would require Social Security verification for all jobs
Five months after Tennessee’s “Illegal Alien Employment Act” became law and threatened to penalize business owners found more than once to have knowingly employed illegal workers, no company has been fined or lost its business license.
Monty Partners Helps Businesses Prepare with Mock Immigration Audits – In 2007, the company reported revenues of more than $6.2 million.
May 19, 2008
Immigration enforcement in California turns focus to the workplace – sacbee.com
May 14, 2008
Prosecutors want hefty fine against saddle maker over illegal immigrants – Oklahoma
May 13, 2008
New York Farmers fear they’ll be short of workers
Immigration raid: Town’s Hispanics shutter businesses, scatter – Postville, Iowa
Hundreds arrested in immigration raid at Postville plant – Iowa (largest in the history of state)
May 6, 2008
Ski towns struggle with labor crunch as immigrant crackdown continues
May 1, 2008
South Carolina House members want employer hiring penalties
Census: Fewer young workers – (even with immigration)
April 30, 2008
Rhode Island House OKs immigration bill
April 29, 2008
Arizona Lawmakers approve changes to employer sanctions law
April 28, 2008
Work is Criminal for Mississippi Undocumented
April 27, 2008
Civil Rights, Immigration Policy And Workers’ Rights Groups Present New Evidence On Devastating Impact Of “No Match” Rule
April 24, 2008
Facing South: How Mississippi passed the country’s biggest crackdown on immigrant workers
Labor leaders meet to discuss Mexican immigrant workers’ rights – Dallas
April 22, 2008
U.S. immigration laws sapping trade, businesses say – in Washington state
April 21, 2008
Immigration sweeps underscore the extent businesses fear not complying with new rules (Latina Lista)
ICE Agents Investigate Pilgrim’s Pride in Chattanooga, Tennessee
April 16, 2008
Our view on illegal immigrants: New immigration laws expose downside of getting tough
April 8, 2008
Electronic Dragnet for Undocumented Immigrants Nets Citizens
April 7, 2008
Business owners notice drop in immigrant population – Deleon, Florida
April 2, 2008
Immigration Issues End a Pennsylvania Grower’s Season
April 1, 2008
Arizona guest-worker program hits snag
March 26, 2008
Did You Know? A new study estimates that Oklahoma’s anti-illegal immigration law will cause $1.8 billion in economic losses as foreign-born workers flee the state.
March 24, 2008
Labor shortage grows desperate for area farmers; Relief sought in state measure, but say U.S. reform needed – Colorado
March 20, 2008
No penalties for Tucson Panda Express with illegal workers, investigators say
February 28, 2008
Fewer workers, fewer summer festivals – Amusement companies can’t get workers, who can’t get visas
February 19, 2008
Local company at center of illegal immigration investigation – Hampton, Virginia
Feared Sweeps for Illegal Workers Found Just One – Suffolk County
February 18, 2008
Senator vows to target New Jersey businesses hiring illegal immigrants
Winston-Salem wants illegal immigrants off private payrolls – North Carolina
February 14, 2008
US judge throws out immigration lawsuit filed against Tyson Foods
Immigrant labor vital to area businesses – Wisconsin
February 12, 2008
Arizona Senate Bill Drafts Temporary Worker Program
Migratory visa measure taken for wild ride
February 11, 2008
Apple demand increasing, guestworker program needed
New immigration law bars citizen complaints – Tennessee
Swift raid aftermath: Success or human tragedy – Utah
Businesses need immigrant workers but extremists ‘are stirring the pots of hatred’ – Utah
February 6, 2008
Rich illegal immigrants in U.S. hide in shadows – up to 20,000 illegal immigrants earning upward of $100,000 a year as entrepreneurs
New guest-worker rules intended to ease farm industry worries
February 5, 2008
Can I sue rivals for hiring illegal immigrants? – Fortune Small Business question
February 4, 2008
“There’s been a tremendous impact in Oklahoma City,” said David Castillo, the executive director of the Greater Oklahoma City Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. “We’ve had several companies close shop and leave the state. Banks have called us and say they’re closing 30 accounts per week.” – Due to Oklahoma’s new law
January 31, 2008
Apartments going empty as hiring law hits migrants – Arizona
Haste on illegal hiring bill risks long-term regrets – Indiana
January 30, 2008
Law cuts immigrants’ car sales – Driver’s license requirements pull some from market – In Raleigh, North Carolina sales have dropped as much as 30% in recent months
January 29, 2008
Town in Mexico supplies Jackson Hole’s workers – Wyoming
January 28, 2008
Oregon business group counters anti-illegal immigrant campaigns
Employers wary of policing immigration – As pressure builds and owners eye bottom line, they want to limit their enforcement role – Texas
Did You Know? Between 8 percent and 9 percent of the Texas workforce is estimated to be in the country illegally, according to an analysis of 2005 U.S. Census data by the nonpartisan Pew Hispanic Center
January 24, 2008
Employers could be sued for cost of educating illegal immigrants – Nebraska
January 22, 2008
Virginia Beach system for illegal workers would affect about 175 vendors
Rising health care costs put focus on illegal immigrants
January 17, 2008
Poultry plant employee convicted of recruiting, harboring illegal immigrant – Missouri
January 16, 2008
Adman to Pitch Immigrants’ Story – Lionel Sosa
January 14, 2008
Immigration Crackdown Hits Fence Builder
Illegal workers a key issue for Republican candidates
January 10, 2008
The ChamberPost: Economic Impact of Immigration – (Arizona studies)
Strict immigration law rattles Oklahoma businesses – (will other states pay attention what happens in Oklahoma and Arizona?)
January 9, 2008
New York Carpenters’ Union Embraces Immigrant Organizing
January 8, 2008
Proposed immigration bill may hurt ag industry – Nebraska
Study: Illegals depress wages by $1.4 billion in Arizona – (accurate title but slanted by ommision?)
January 3, 2008
Immigration Reform Tied to Economy
January 2, 2008
Leader of U.S. immigration agency pledges to punish employers of illegal immigrants – Julie Myers
Law pinches some Oklahoma City businesses
Arizona gets tough on employers to solve its immigration problem.
December 14, 2007
Warehouse Workers Quit in Immigration Inquiry – Fresh Direct in New York City
Arizona squeeze on immigration angers business
December 13, 2007
Economy has recovered, but fears linger – Grand Island – (about last year’s swift raids)
Immigration solution? Dairy hiring firm helps bridge vexing challenge
December 12, 2007
New owners take on old problems at Swift
December 11, 2007
Fire Illegal Workers and Pay the Price – The Role of 7.2 Million Undocumented Workers – Mitt Romney Fired His Landscapers, but What About Your Waiter, Maid and Contractor?
December 10, 2007
Why Not Merge With Mexico Rather Than Fight Immigration? – (Rance Crain & Al Ries think so – immigration is so hairy even marketers are trying to come up with solutions – but this??? from adage.com)
December 9, 2007
Arizona Businesses, Latino Groups Vow to Keep Fighting Illegal Immigrant Hiring Law – Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum
US Commerce Dept. Funds Labor & Immigration Study
Virginia businesses unite to fight illegals – (illegal is not a noun) – (the title should read ‘to fight illegal immigration crackdowns’)
December 5, 2007
Georgia labor commissioner says immigration reform will bring worker shortage
Wall Street and Immigration: Financial Services Giants Have Profited from the Beginning
Arizona farm employers await judge’s ruling in sanctions law challenge
December 3, 2007
Tribune’s ‘Hoy’ Launches Immigration Blog
November 30, 2007
Two Independent Studies Arrive at Same Conclusion: Illegal Immigrants are Wrongly Accused of Taxing U.S. Healthcare System (Latina Lista)
November 26, 2007
Government Abandons Current “No Match” Rule Harmful to Legal Workers
Immigrants Create Almost a Quarter of New York State Economic Output ($229 billion) – Fiscal Policy Institute Report: Immigrants in New York State
November 19, 2007
Marriott CEO Calls for Better Visa and Entry Systems to U.S.
Undocumented immigrants afraid of using U.S. banks
November 15, 2007
Subcontractor sentenced to 18 months for using illegal workers – Kentucky
Fishing company accused of hiring 126 illegal immigrants – Newport News, Virginia – (fined $7 million)
House Democrats target employers who hire illegal immigrants – Michigan
Dallas Business Helps Sponsor Irving Boycott
November 13, 2007
Immigration Shapes Las Vegas’ Political, Economic Growth
November 4, 2007
Anti-illegal immigration law affecting agriculture sector – Oklahoma
November 1, 2007
Alabama Immmigration Debated by Biz Owners
October 31, 2007
Internet pledge against illegal hiring catches on with companies
October 29, 2007
Want to irritate a PR flack? Bring up immigration and the Hispanic work force
September 19, 2007
Did You Know? More than 1,100 Arizona employers have enrolled in a federal program to screen out illegal immigrants since the state’s new employer-sanctions law passed in July.
NPR : Farmers Worry About Immigration Crackdown
September 18, 2007
Immigration crackdown called devastating to economy – Oklahoma
September 15, 2007
Book Review: ‘Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor And the Dark Side of the New Global Economy’
September 12, 2007
Union sues, seeking to stop some immigration raids – (Swift raids aftermath)
September 9, 2007
Did You Know? Among immigrants who got degrees abroad and arrived in the past 10 years, 42 percent of Latin Americans, 21 percent of Asians and 18 percent of Europeans are doing work that requires no training
September 7, 2007
Workers sue W. Chicago cupmaker – WinCup Corp.
August 29, 2007
Farmworkers union sues feds – Group (PCUN) aims to halt higher application fees for noncitizens – Oregon
August 28, 2007
California without a Mexican – Workplace enforcement without immigration reform will cripple the economy — and it will be Joe Public’s fault.
Latinos Launch Economic Boycott – Resolution Leads Many to Shop Outside Prince William County – Virginia
August 27, 2007
Migrants fleeing as hiring law nears – Immigration hard-liners cheer, but economic fallout begins – Ar
August 23, 2007
Federal immigration agents raid Smithfield Foods plant in North Carolina
August 22, 2007
Congress”² delays on reform could hurt harvests
Did You Know? “Eighty percent of our food source is picked by someone with a questionable document,” said Rochester filmmaker Angelo Mancuso, who has made a documentary on migrant workers in America.
August 18, 2007
Meatpacking remakes rural U.S. towns in new immigration frontier- Dodge City, Kansas
August 16, 2007
Businesses Vow to Fight Crackdown – Prince William Policies Split Latino Community
August 13, 2007
U.S. Chamber joins fight against Arizonas ban on employing illegal immigrants
Did You Know? Referring to the new immigration enforcement rules that Bush announced – “In certain industries and in certain states, there will be a very significant impact on the functioning of businesses or entire sectors,” said Deborah Meyers, a senior policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank. “Some employers are going to find themselves having to fire significant portions of their workforces, and I think there will be employees — some who are authorized and some who are not — who will find themselves out of a job.”
New immigration rules will force firings
August 9, 2007
Did You Know? 82% of Mexicans and 84% of Central Americans said they found it more difficult to obtain good-paying jobs than they did a year ago. 45% blamed the increased difficulty on problems with documentation and 21% blamed a lack of jobs.
Fewer Mexican Immigrants Are Sending Money Back Home, Bank Says
U.S. to get tougher on employers of illegal immigrants
July 30, 2007
Visa rules leave horses without helpers – Saratoga Springs, New York
