Community | September 30, 2009 | 5 comments

Immigration Crackdown With Firings, Not Raids

source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/us/30factory.html?_r=1&hp

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LOS ANGELES — A clothing maker with a vast garment factory in downtown Los Angeles is firing about 1,800 immigrant employees in the coming days — more than a quarter of its work force — after a federal investigation turned up irregularities in the identity documents the workers presented when they were hired.

The firings at the company, American Apparel, have become a showcase for the Obama administration’s effort to reduce illegal immigration by forcing employers to dismiss unauthorized workers rather than by using workplace raids. The firings, however, have divided opinion in California over the effects of the new approach, especially at a time of high joblessness in the state and with a major, well-regarded employer as a target.

Immigration officials said they would now focus on employers, primarily wielding the threat of civil complaints and fines, instead of raids and worker deportation.

“Now all manner of companies face the very real possibility that the government, using our basic civil powers, is going to come knocking on the door,” Mr. Morton said.

The goal, he said, is to create “a truly national deterrent” to hiring unauthorized labor that would “change the practices of American employers as a class.”
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5 comments // Immigration Crackdown With Firings, Not Raids

  • munzik
  • nanac
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      nanac  

    • Obama's Administration is trying hard to make a difference in our Country...I sympathize with the people that are loosing their jobs, however Americans should be considered for employment first....With the high unemployment rate, Americans shouldn't have to compete with undocumented workers....I guarantee you that, he will be criticized for this action too..

    • 2 years ago
  • corndog67
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      corndog67  

    • They are illegals. Screw them. Hire Americans. I don't care if they hire Mexican Americans, African Americans, Irish Americans, German Americans, whoever, just hire Americans, and maybe the illegals will go back home.

    • 2 years ago
  • carmalite
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      carmalite  

    • I feel sorry for anyone who is unemployed. But it is better to target employers than to grab the employees and put them in jail.

    • 2 years ago
  • metalcookiesxy70
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