How Do You Respond When ICE Shows Up at Your Farm, Ranch or Business?
For several years, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) agency charged with enforcement of employer immigration compliance has expanded significantly its worksite activities. In the last fiscal year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) dramatically increased the amount of fines and civil judgments in worksite investigations, obtaining more than $30...

Farm labor; 21st century issues and challenges.
9781604560053 Farm labor; 21st century issues and challenges. Ed. by Alvin W. Burton and Irwin B. Telpov. Nova Science Publishers 2008 211 pages $69.00 Hardcover HD1525 The seven chapters of this...

Three bishops say Iowa migrants deserve better after raid, floods.
Iowa bishops from three denominations have demanded an overhaul of U.S. immigration policy in the wake of a government raid on a large kosher slaughterhouse and allegations of worker mistreatment during relief efforts after June's floods. "We are concerned that we would substitute any level of fearmongering...

The world of Mexican migrants; the rock and the hard place.
9781565848382 The world of Mexican migrants; the rock and the hard place. Hellman, Judith Adler. The New Press 2008 256 pages $25.95 Hardcover E184 Hellman (York U., Canada) offers insights into...

The right democrat: South Carolina Senate candidate Bob Conley is more conservative than his GOP foe.
ON JUNE 11, "The Morning Buzz" radio show on WTMA 1250 AM in Charleston, South Carolina was bombarded with phone calls from listeners railing against Sen. Lindsey Graham, who the day before had secured the GOP nomination. Not a single pro-Graham call came in during the four-hour program. "I'm...

Revelations in Iowa.
August 26, 2008 For the past several months the debate over U.S. immigration policy has centered on the tiny town of Postville, Iowa. In May, government officials descended on the town and arrested almost 400 immigrants who worked at a kosher meat processing plant. Close to 300...

Ireland Honors Terrence McNally's Corpus Christi.
"YOU'RE AN AMERICAN!" the young fellow sings out, his broad, freckled face three inches from my own, his brogue competing with the lesbian jazz band whose music fills this Temple Bar pub called The George. When I've heard these words in Turkey and certain other countries during the Bush...

Exploitation of migrant workers must be addressed.
Exploitation of migrant nurses and other workers is common in New Zealand and any action plan to prevent people-trafficking should address the full spectrum of immigration issues and abuses, according to NZNO. An NZNO discussion document in response to the Department of Labour's interagency working group on people trafficking...

Skilled migration scheme tightened to stop abuse.
The much-abused s457 visa scheme is under review by Federal Immigration Minister Chris Evans. The Rudd Government says it will introduce new laws to help prevent the exploitation of temporary skilled foreign workers and ensure the wages and conditions of Australian workers are not undercut. ...