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Systemic Failure: Mental Illness, Detention, And Deportation, Bill Ong Hing
Systemic Failure: Mental Illness, Detention, And Deportation, Bill Ong Hing
Bill Ong Hing
Our detention and deportation system failed Tatyana Mitrohina. She was born in Russia with heart defects and deformed hands. She was rejected by her parents for many years, spending her infancy in hospitals and institutions. Though she was later able to move back home, her parents abused her and then abandoned her. She immigrated to the United States as a young teen, adopted by U.S. citizens. After more than a decade, she had a child of her own, whom she abused. Tatyana was diagnosed with mental illness. Although she was convicted of child abuse, the state court recommended medication, counseling, …
Asian Americans And Immigration Reform, Bill Ong Hing
Asian Americans And Immigration Reform, Bill Ong Hing
Bill Ong Hing
Asian Americans have a lot to gain from progressive immigration reform. Today, our relatives abroad make up the bulk of those who are on a waiting list that can last almost two decades in some categories. Many young men and women from our communities face deportation even though they have grown up in the United States. Some are subjected to harsh Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and detention policies. Of the estimated twelve million undocumented immigrants in the country, demographers tell us that more than 10 percent are from Asian or Pacific countries. Many undocumented Asian Americans are college …
The Rise And Fall Of Employer Sanctions, David Bacon, Bill Ong Hing
The Rise And Fall Of Employer Sanctions, David Bacon, Bill Ong Hing
Bill Ong Hing
Workplace Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids by gun-wielding agents resulting in the mass arrests of dozens and sometimes hundreds of employees that were common under the George W. Bush administration appear to have ceased under the Obama administration. Legally questionable mass arrests in neighborhoods continue to occur in neighborhoods under the pretext of serving warrants on criminal aliens. However, disruptive, high-profile worksite raids appear to have subsided. Instead, the Obama administration has engaged in "silent raids" or audits of companies' records by federal agents that have resulted in the firing of thousands of undocumented workers. the administration defends these …