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Thinking Broadly About Immigration Reform By Addressing Root Causes, Bill Ong Hing
Thinking Broadly About Immigration Reform By Addressing Root Causes, Bill Ong Hing
Bill Ong Hing
The United States is caught up in hysteria, media-induced fear, and misinformation over undocumented immigration. We have militarized the border through “Operation Gatekeeper” pushing border crossers into treacherous terrain, resulting in thousands of unnecessary deaths since the 1990s. We have engaged in Gestapo-type raids of businesses, homes, and neighborhoods, sometimes separating children from their parents. We have arrested and deported lawful permanent resident immigrants who have resided in the United States most of their lives. We have rounded up workers in restaurant sweeps. We have prosecuted human rights volunteers in the Arizona desert who provided food, water, and emergency medical …
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 …