A protest in front of the Oswego Border Patrol Office was held in October, 2008 as a response to an immigration raid two weeks earlier. Under employer sanctions the effects of immigration raids on communities continue. (Photo: Richard Vallejo) -->
The Rise and Fall of Employer Sanctions
Friday 31 December 2010
by: David Bacon and Bill Ong Hing | Fordham Urban Law Journal | Report
Workplace raids by gun-wielding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents that resulted in the mass arrests of dozens and sometimes hundreds of employees have ceased under the Obama administration. But "silent raids," or audits of companies' records by federal agents, that replaced them have resulted in the firing of thousands of undocumented workers. The administration defends these "softer, gentler" operations, yet the result is the same: workers who are here to support their families are out of work.
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