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Can Foreign Worker Advocates Sue Their Way To Victory?

Jennifer G. Hickey — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 18:27:21 +0000

As predictably as the sun rises and sets each day, efforts to curb ongoing abuses present of America’s immigration laws are met almost immediately with litigation. Whether the plaintiffs are individuals, vested anti-enforcement interests or deep-pocketed business groups, most believe suing the government is an effective means to win cases they’ve failed to make in [...]

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Rasmussen Poll: High Support for E-Verify, Low Support for Illegal Alien ‘Lifetime Work Permits’

Ryan Foley — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 12:05:21 +0000

While cheap foreign labor-loving special interest groups and politicians like to pretend otherwise, a new poll demonstrates strong support for immigration policies that put American workers first. Rasmussen’s most recent “Immigration Index,” released Tuesday, was taken in the midst of the Coronavirus crisis. The poll features a series of questions designed to measure public opinion [...]

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An Opportunity to Reboot the American Economy

Casey Ryan — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 13:13:13 +0000

As the COVID-19 outbreak spreads throughout the United States, non-essential businesses continue to close and many that remain open are reducing their staff. This trend will likely continue for some time as the number of nationwide cases continues to increase every day. There is nothing positive about millions of Americans losing their jobs for an [...]

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Meat-Packing Lawsuit Misses the Real Reason Why the Law of the Jungle Rules the Industry

Dan Stein — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 11:05:06 +0000

A recent lawsuit filed by workers in the food industry charges that key chicken processors in Maryland have been using illegal methods to hold down wages and benefits in food processing. The case names Tyson Foods, Sanderson Farms, JCG Foods, Wayne Farms, Perdue Farms, Pilgrim’s Pride Corp, Peco Foods, and WSFP Foods, among others in [...]

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Criticism of Mississippi ICE Arrests is Premature

Jack Martin — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 21:01:48 +0000

In the wake of the recent ICE raids (referred to as “site inspections” by ICE) in Mississippi, the Washington Post asserted that the administration is cracking down on illegal alien workers but letting their employers off the hook. The August 9 story “As workplace raids multiply, Trump administration charges few companies” noted that only five [...]

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The Effectiveness of Worksite Enforcement

Preston Huennekens — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 20:43:48 +0000

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 680 illegal aliens in Mississippi as the result of a yearlong worksite enforcement investigation. The aliens all worked at agricultural processing plants and encompassed six different cities across the state. Contrast this to President Trump’s July promise to arrest thousands of aliens with outstanding orders of removal, only [...]

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