“La. Business Owners Sue Over New Rules for Guest Workers”
“According to the suit, business owners would have to pay guest workers at crawfish and shrimp processors wage increases that range from 51 percent to 83 percent of current hourly rates.” Read more…
“Immigrants hope for deportation reprieves”
“After he was brought into the U.S. illegally as a 1-year-old, Luis Pedrote did so well in school that he won a President’s Education Award in 2006.
Today, his family says, Pedrote, 19, sits in a Dallas detention facility after he was picked up last month by Chicago police who realized his illegal status [...]
“Despite policy, Friendswood teacher deported”
“Sha’ Vonne Ironche’s husband called her Tuesday afternoon from inside the Houston immigration detention center, saying an officer told him to have a bag packed and ready by 5 p.m. for his deportation flight back to Spain.” Read more…
“New Mexico slated to consider changes to immigrant driver’s licenses”
“Santa Fe, New Mexico (CNN) — New Mexico — one of three states that allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses — is debating whether to change the practice.
The state’s lawmakers were scheduled to take up the issue in a special session on Tuesday. However, there are nearly a dozen other [...]
“California Dreaming”
“California is on the brink of making a wise investment in its future and delivering a powerful rebuke to poisoned immigration politics at the national level. This week, the Legislature is expected to pass the California Dream Act, a bill to allow undocumented immigrants to receive state-financed college scholarships and loans. [...]
