Immigration + 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

National Law Journal Online Advocates for ‘braceros’ wore opposition down – eight years of heavily defended litigation that required the plaintiffs to win reversal of three trial-court dismissals

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.

Chertoff’s Strategic Partnership with “PR Firm from Hell” – Chertoff Group, founded by former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, has formed a “strategic partnership” with the controversial public-relations firm Burson-Marsteller to carry out the crisis-management part of its homeland security business.

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.

August 4, 2009

New Postville Book Blames Feds, Globalization for Town’s Collapse – “Postville, U.S.A.: Surviving Diversity in Small-Town America”

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 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 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

Bush Administration now bails out agricultural industry with changes to guestworker program that creates a government sanctioned slave market

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 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

Geraldo Rivera urges local business leaders to tell President Bush to pardon illegal imigrants – Birmingham, Alabama

September 8, 2008

Minority Owned Law Firm of Adorno & Yoss Launches Global Immigration Practice – MarketWatch

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 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

Loveland ICE raid nets 18 arrests – Colorado

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

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)

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

Gov. Sanford Signs Illegal Immigration Bill; Farmers Concerned – South Carolina

June 3, 2008

Immigration raid spurs calls for action vs. owners

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 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)

Immigration raid: biggest kosher meatpacker started by Jews in 1987 – Iowa

Immigration raid: Union fears action hurts probe – Iowa

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 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 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 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

March 13, 2008

Latino Group Protests Business Owner – Asked to see Social Security card of a Spanish-speaking customer – Rhode Island

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

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

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 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)

Republican state Rep. Shane Jett, who opposed 1804, offers a more dire prediction. Without changes, the law “will be the single most destructive economic disaster since the Dust Bowl,” he says. – Oklahoma

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

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 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’)

NC5 Examines Impact Of Illegals In Springfield, Tennessee – (Illegal is not a noun – still worth reading though)

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

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

October 28, 2007

Agriculture sparked growth in diversity – Holland, Michigan

October 26, 2007

Report says illegal workers not so hard on Iowa economy

October 25, 2007

Janitorial business owner sues Gov. Blunt over loss of contract following immigration raid – Missouri

October 21, 2007

Prince William Crackdown Worries Some Merchants

October 15, 2007

Match game hard on farmers – Immigration

October 14, 2007

Experts agree that loss of undocumented workers would rock Nevada’s economy

October 11, 2007

Professor: Hispanics vital to economy – North Carolina

October 10, 2007

Chamber Chief: Immigration Laws Flawed

October 8, 2007

QUOTE: “If you took away Hispanic labor from agriculture and from dairying in Wisconsin, we’d be in crisis,” said Wisconsin Secretary of Agriculture Rod Nilestuen. “There’s no two ways about that.”

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 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 25, 2007

Owner of packing plant pleads guilty to identity theft in hiring illegals – Whitewater, Wisconsin

July 23, 2007

U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce president calls for fairness in immigration laws

July 19, 2007

Pilgrim’s Pride reportedly laying off illegal workers – Nacogdoches, Texas

July 18, 2007

Business owner group says illegal-hire law will hurt Anglos, too – Arizona

Whitewater factory struggles to stay open after worker raid – Wisconsin

July 15, 2007

Labor to state: Get tougher on illegal workers – West Virginia

July 12, 2007

Migrantless Arizona economic output would drop 8.2%

June 26, 2007

A Guest-Worker Program That Does Well by Migrants

June 24, 2007

Study: Immigrants contribute more to Florida than they cost

June 17, 2007

Job centers attract migrant women

June 5, 2007

The Maryland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Supports Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Lack of data on illegal workers skews U.S. economic picture

Sensible Immigration Bill Needed To Allay Coming Labor Shortages

May 30, 2007

Screening for all workers in store with immigration overhaul

May 29, 2007

Ripe for immigration reform – agriculture & the politics of immigration in Washington state

May 24, 2007

Arizona Senate approves bill to confront illegal hirings

May 23, 2007

More Than 100 Suspected Illegal Workers Arrested In Missouri – Springfield

May 21, 2007

After Aiding Bill on Immigration, Employers Balk

May 16, 2007

Hispanic Chamber pushing STRIVE – Tucson

May 13, 2007

Brookfield firm to work with Latino group on ID cards – Ohio

May 8, 2007

Boomers retirement tied to immigrants

May 3, 2007

Growers want immigration reform to guarantee legal workers

May 1, 2007

Many firms closing for Latino march – Milwaukee area

April 17, 2007

For Illegal Immigrants, Housing Slump Takes Toll

April 16, 2007

Mexican laborers vital to our economy

Guest workers needed to do dirty work at slave wages

Immigrant meatpackers bracing for possible federal raids, arrests

April 10, 2007

Business Affidavit Against Illegal Immigrants Proposed – Benton County, Arkansas

Oklahoma town targets hiring of illegal immigrants

April 8, 2007

Undocumented work force is highly important to the state economy – Texas

April 5, 2007

Cleaning firm accused of hiring illegal immigrants – Illinois

Study: Half of immigrant population in Arkansas undocumented, fuel economy

March 30, 2007

Arizona travel agency employees accused of helping illegal immigrants

Temporary California Work Permit Plan Explored

Agency officials arrested for allegedly providing illegal workers – Maryland

March 29, 2007

Arizona town to punish employers who hire illegal immigrants

March 27, 2007

Central Kentucky businessman sentenced for hiring illegal immigrants

March 26, 2007

Kansas Supreme Court Rules Wage Law Applies to Illegal Immigrants Too

March 20, 2007

Local Employers Rely On Legal, Illegal Immigrants – San Diego

US authorities hold tougher line on hiring illegal immigrants

March 8, 2007

Gov Blunt says state contractor apparently hired illegal immigrants – Missouri

March 7, 2007

Feds: Illegal Immigrants Hired To Keep Up Military Contracts

Business community calls immigration debate complex

March 6, 2007

Company Owner Accused Of Hiring Illegal Immigrants – New Bedford, Massachusetts

Immigrants heard Colorado’s you’re-not-welcome-here message loud and clear. Now the state needs its criminals to fill the workers’ former farm jobs.

February 28, 2007

Immigrants boost pay, not prison populations, new studies show

Immigrant Influx Raises Wages of Native Workers in California

February 27, 2007

Crackdown hurts Hispanic stores – Butler County, Ohio

February 26, 2007

Illegal workers use fake IDs, Social Security numbers to get Vermont jobs

Hispanics do jobs others in U.S. wont stand for

February 23, 2007

Hispanic PR Wire – Massey Villarreal, Chairman of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce USHCC Foundation addresses the issue of Comprehensive Immigration Reform

February 16, 2007

Michigan officials seek to attract Hispanic farm workers – (They even have a slogan “Venga a Michigan”)

Largest business association joins immigration debate – The Texas Association of Business, Hispanic groups agree state has no place in reform, measures

February 15, 2007

Mexican workers in U.S. rely on banks

Did You Know? Of immigrants interviewed by Mexico’s central bank, 70 percent said they had U.S. bank accounts.

Undocumented immigrants enter financial mainstream in U.S.

February 13, 2007

Bank of America launches credit card for illegal immigrants

February 7, 2007

Florida lawmakers are proposing laws that crack down on the hiring of undocumented immigrant workers.

Activists say Smithfield needs to help change immigration laws

February 5, 2007

Fearing illegal-immigrant raids, firms surrender labor data

February 2, 2007

Illegal immigrants valuable, panel says – Florida

February 1, 2007

$23 billion sent to Mexico in ‘06

January 31, 2007

Crackdown shakes North Jersey illegals, employers

January 30, 2007

Tyson sued over illegal immigration issue

January 28, 2007

Unions divided on illegal laborers

Sanctions for hiring illegal immigrants worry businesses beyond minimum wage legislation

January 26, 2007

The Hunt for Work Fosters Tension – Black Residents, Latino Laborers In the Middle – Washington DC

Immigration Raid Draws Protest From Labor Officials – Smithfield Foods in North Carolina

January 24, 2007

Small businesses blow the whistle on illegal workers – Tired of waiting for Washington to enforce immigration laws, small businesses have begun taking their competitors to court.

Senators question Swift immigration raids

January 20, 2007

Labor Groups, Business Seek Immigration Law Overhaul

January 19, 2007

Hispanic civil rights group threatens to sue Beaufort County – South Carolina

January 18, 2007

An Immigration Raid in Georgia Aids Blacks for a Time

January 17, 2007

Bill targeting state contractors who use illegal immigrants fails – Arkansas

U.S. Farmers Facing Labor Shortages

January 14, 2007

Plasterglas, Manager Plead Guilty To Hiring Illegal Immigrants – Nebraska

Farmers adjust to uncertainty of immigrant labor force

January 11, 2007

Guest worker bill reintroduced – Agriculture

January 9, 2007

In Mexico, People Do Really Want to Stay – (NAFTA related)

Latina Lista: New Study on Immigrant Entrepreneurship Fails to take into Account the Value of All Immigrant Labor

January 4, 2007

Immigrants Behind 25 Percent of Startups

ICE raids, background on slaughterhouses – Greeley, Colorado

December 28, 2006

TV report puts area contractor in spotlight – Colorado