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Yale Law students, Wishnie sue ICE over 2007 immigration raid (after Elm City card passed) - 10/28/2009

Yale Law students - led by professor Michael Wishnie - are suing various current or former ICE (part of the Department of Homeland Security) officials and agents over a 2007 immigration raid in New Haven, Connecticut. They make various claims, including that the agents violated the constitution, that they engaged in racial profiling, and that the raid was in retaliation for New Haven having passed...

USA Today: "Immigration raids yield jobs for legal workers" (CIS study) - 9/15/2009

... the aftermath of high-profile immigration raids. According to (Carol Swain of Vanderbilt University): "Whenever there's an immigration raid, you find white, black and legal immigrant labor lining up to do those jobs that Americans will supposedly not do," said Swain, who teaches law and political science. Exactly who is filling the jobs has varied, depending on the populations surr...

Tim Belay/VOA News presents illegal immigration-supporting side of Postville story - 5/18/2009

Tim Belay of the federally-funded Voice of America - offers "Postville Marks Immigration Raid Anniversary with Reflection, Optimism" (link). A little over a year ago, the Agriprocessors kosher meat processing plant in Postville, Iowa was the site of a major immigration raid, and just recently the MSM marked the anniversary in their own special way. Since the VOA is basically part of the ...

Postville commemorates immigration raid one year later, pines for child labor violations, massive illegal activity - 5/12/2009

... agents launched one of the biggest immigration raids in U.S. history. The bell at St. Bridget’s Catholic Church rang 389 times, once for each immigrant worker seized in the raid. The ringing started at 10 a.m., which was when the raid began last May 12. Bells from nearby Lutheran and Presbyterian churches clanged in solidarity. On the outskirts of town, a billboard declares that "ICE raids...

Immigration strawman arguments about: civil rights abuses, 287g, family separation, "stateless" children, alternative detention, eVerify - 5/09/2009

Rep. Lamar Smith offers "Amnesty Pushers Concoct Six Straw Men" (link), a collection of logical fallacies that illegal immigration supporters use. The points raised aren't of much use unless those supporters - such as nationally-known politicians - are confronted with them, and if you can do that on video that could have a serious impact on those supporters' careers. It include...

Shepard Fairey creates posters for immigration "reform", to halt raids - 5/01/2009

... illegal aliens and that stopping immigration raids would be horrible public policy akin to declaring open borders. Plus, Fairey might want to consider that sentiments like those illustrated at [1] aren't exactly rare among those he's trying to "help". [1] theunapologeticmexican.org/elmachete/2009/04/30/ aliens-declare-humanness-in-new-shepard-fairey-art ...

New DHS immigration raid guidelines: focus on employers, not employees - 4/30/2009

Ginger Thompson of the New York Times offers "Immigration Agents to Turn Focus to Employers" (link): In an effort to crack down on illegal labor, the Department of Homeland Security intends to step up enforcement efforts against employers who knowingly hire such workers. Under guidelines to be issued Thursday to Immigration and Customs Enforcement field offices, agents will be instructed...

Illegal aliens from ICE raid given work permits so they can sue ICE agents? (+more) - 4/13/2009

Debbie Schlussel has a scoop here. According to her sources, the reason why illegal aliens were given work authorization and then released after being caught in a raid in Bellingham, WA is so that those aliens can now... sue the ICE agents who arrested them. Bear in mind that hasn't been confirmed, ICE hasn't replied with a statement, and it might just be a case of the telephone game. Ho...

Immigration enforcement, Janet Napolitano style: illegal aliens given work permits, released - 3/31/2009

Welcome to the tough new immigration enforcement regime of Janet Napolitano (link): Many if not all workers detained in the Feb. 24 immigration raid at Yamato Engine Specialists have been released from the federal detention center in Tacoma. The unexpected move appears to be related to an ongoing federal investigation of Yamato. "I can confirm that many of the individuals ... have indeed been...

Andrew Rosenthal /NYT: no immigration raids during Census - 3/31/2009

... federal government has eased up on immigration raids and other intimidating forms of immigration enforcement in an effort to cut down on the number of people who are afraid to be counted. The word must go out from the Obama administration that it expects the same cooperation as the 2010 count approaches.

Rep. William Lacy Clay: no immigration raids during Census (+Gary Locke) - 3/30/2009

Hope Yen of the Associated Press says: (Rep. William Lacy Clay, Democrat of Missouri) said he planned to push the Obama administration to halt raids next year, noting that immigration officials did so during the 2000 census... "It think it should be repeated to tamp down on any fears the immigrant population might have on certain raids, whether they are here legally or not," said Clay, w...

DHS halting immigration raids pending policy change; may "go after employers" instead - 3/29/2009

... Signals Policy Changes Ahead for Immigration Raids" (link): Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has delayed a series of proposed immigration raids and other enforcement actions at U.S. workplaces in recent weeks, asking agents in her department to apply more scrutiny to the selection and investigation of targets as well as the timing of raids, federal officials said. A senior depart...

Hannah Dreier /MediaMatters misleads about Nancy Pelosi position on raids (Lou Dobbs) - 3/25/2009

... criticized as "un-American" immigration raids that separate undocumented parents from their documented children, not "immigration law enforcement." Perhaps Dobbs should have been more lawyerly in his language, but her cavil is a distinction with not much of a difference. Here's the relevant portion of Pelosi's earlier comments: How then could America say it’s ok to...

America's Voice agrees with Pelosi "un-American" quote; starts letter campaign (Frank Sharry) - 3/20/2009

... comments that family-separating immigration raids are "un-American", comments that she later reinforced by calling those raids "not the American way". Says they (americasvoiceonline.org/page/speakout/PelosiReforms): She said that knocking down doors in the middle of the night to tear mothers and fathers from their children is un-American. We agree. Unsurprisingly, right-wing r...

Pelosi doubles down! Family separating raids are "not the American way"; illegal aliens make U.S. "more American" - 3/19/2009

... comments in which she said that immigration raids that result in family separation are "un-American" (her press release here). In effect, Pelosi seeks to replace our current immigration laws with a "Pelosi Rule": if you come here illegally and have a child, you get to stay. Needless to say, this would have the impact of greatly encouraging future illegal immigration. And, the ...

ACLU controlling Obama policy? ("Transition Recommendations" wants most immigration enforcement halted, + much more) - 3/17/2009

In November, the American Civil Liberties Union released "Actions For Restoring America: Transition Recommendations for President‐Elect Barack Obama" (aclu.org/transition) listing things they wanted him to do the first day, within the first 100 days, and within the first year. Several of their proposals would halt immigration enforcement to a great extent, pending "review". T...

Nancy Pelosi: immigration enforcement separating families is "un-American" (Luis Gutierrez, Kelly Zito) - 3/08/2009

... conducting "terrorizing" immigration raids. If you want to learn about immigration-related matters before Fox News gets around to them, subscribe to our feed.

Janet Napolitano orders review of first immigration raid under Obama; bye bye raids - 2/26/2009

After barely doing any immigration raids for several years, the Bush administration began enforcing the laws at workplaces in an attempt to get comprehensive immigration reform. Now, Janet Napolitano of the Department of Homeland Security is sending the message that the Barack Obama administration isn't even going to do show raids (link): Immigration agents this week conducted their first wor...

DHS fugitive teams mostly picked up non-fugitives (why is Nina Bernstein telling us this? MPI, Wishnie) - 2/03/2009

Nina Bernstein of the New York Times (a paper part-owned by a Mexican billionaire) offers "Despite Vow, Target of Immigrant Raids Shifted" (link). In a way, it's a two part story. In the first part, there's the story itself, with the not-so-news news is that the targets of fugitive raids by the Department of Homeland Security shifted from dangerous criminals into whatever illeg...

Postville: Feds go after Rubashkin trademarks, other property - 12/11/2008

Sad, sad news for those who want to profit from illegal activity: Federal authorities have upped the ante for Agriprocessors and four former members of plant management. Not only will the parties face the penalties originally outlined in a Nov. 21 indictment, but they may have to forfeit a host of items that have been defined as proceeds of criminal activity. The modified indictment, which was...

Luis Gutierrez will push Obama to pass immigration "reform", calls for end to immigration raids (Joe Baca) - 12/05/2008

... called for a halt Thursday to immigration raids and vowed to push for a comprehensive overhaul that President-elect Barack Obama can sign into law. Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Chicago, the House sponsor of a 2007 bill that failed, told a crowd of more than 200 on Capitol Hill that he would work to ensure that Mr. Obama follows through on his campaign promise to sign an immigration overhaul...

John McCain at National Council of La Raza convention (charter schools, immigration "reform") - 7/14/2008

[UPDATE: Did McCain pledge to stop immigration raids?] Yesterday, Barack Obama spoke at the National Council of La Raza convention. Today, it's John McCain's turn to pander to that far-left, extremist-funding, racist-awarding group, and his prepared remarks are here. "La Raza runs one of the largest housing counseling programs in the country that has helped tens of thousands of Lati...

Senator Bob Menendez uses alleged ICE abuses to hamper immigration enforcement (SPLC, NYT) - 6/16/2008

... to deliver a major speech on immigration raids and detentions. He cited the numerous incidences of American citizens and legal permanent residents of Hispanic or other minority descent getting swept up in raids and the fear this has engendered in minority communities. Senator Menendez, who is the Senate sponsor of legislation to ensure basic medical care for detainees, also announced that he will...

Fabian Nunez, Mexico-linked Peter Schey, American Apparel join to support illegal immigration - 4/30/2008

Yesterday, California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez held a press conference at the headquarters of American Apparel to oppose workplace raids and thus support illegal immigration. Also on hand was AA's attorney Peter Schey, someone with at least a few links to the Mexican government. Nunez is also a co-chair of the Hillary Clinton campaign, so asking her about his activities is highly recomme...

Mexico-linked Junta sues feds over New Haven immigration raids - 8/11/2007

Junta for Progressive Action is a New Haven, Connecticut-based non-profit that is or was collaborating with the Mexican government. They were headed by someone named Kica Matos, who now works for the city and has other links to mayor John DeStefano. Now, together with another group called Unidad Latina en Accion, they're suing the feds to obtain the details of an ICE immigration raid that occ...

WFMOJALI: New Haven's John DeStefano to file complaint over ICE raid - 6/12/2007

The fourth edition of WFMOJALI ("Working for Mexico, or just acts like it?") features New Haven, Connecticut mayor John DeStefano, who's affiliated with the former leader of an organization that's collaborating with the Mexican government. ICE recently conducted raids in that city, and now DeStefano says he'll file a complaint with the DHS (Department of Homeland Security)...

ICE raids New Haven (John DeStefano + Mexico) - 6/06/2007

Drudge is linking to the story about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arresting dozens of illegal aliens in New Haven, Connecticut earlier today. This is apparently part of their occasional sweeps of fugitives and criminal aliens. And, it comes not long after that city voted to create their own ID card which would be available to anyone, whether illegal aliens or here legally. Mayor John ...

Pro-illegal immigration performance art (funding by Bank of America and Wells Fargo) - 3/21/2007

... affected by a series of federal immigration raids this month spoke out in San Rafael on Tuesday at a news conference that showcased them as silhouetted subjects shrouded behind a privacy screen. Hosted by Canal Alliance at a building adjacent to its headquarters on Larkspur Street, the bizarre question-and-answer session - featuring men, women and children assigned pseudonyms - was aimed at te...

Southern Poverty Law Center sues ICE over Stillmore immigration raids - 11/01/2006

... their ultimate goal is preventing immigration raids in general. Another plaintiff is the landlord of a trailer park who was apparently renting to the plant's workers and who claims ICE agents broke into his trailers. I didn't quote him in the previous posts on this issue, but I believe it was in either the AP or CSM report. And, here's yet another clue to what the SPLC is really af...

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