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Undocumented Workers
124 published works
ImmigrationProf Blog
A Bad Case for Workers in New York
Undocumented workers who violate IRCA may not recover lost wages in a personal injury action based on a violation of New York Labor Law. The opinion is available at http://bibdaily.com/pdfs/Ambrosi%209-25-08.pdfCourts…
ImmigrationProf Blog
GOP U.S. Senator Employs Undocumented Workers?
Huffington Post reports on a story that Oregon GOP Senator Gordon Smith's company (Smith Frozen Foods) has employed low wage Latina/o (including some undocumented) immigrants. Smith made news in 2007…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Immigration Raid at Dulles Airport
BNA's Daily Labor Report (subscription required) is reporting that ICE agents arrested 42 undocumented workers at Dulles airport. According to the DLR:ICE agents, with thesupport of airport security agencies, arrested…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Employer Backlash Against Immigration Rules
We've posted before on the reaction to the federal government's recent increase (relatively speaking) in enforcing ICRA's prohibition against hiring undocumented workers, usually focusing on the effect on employees. Many…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Immigration Articles
Feltman, Rachel. Comment. Undocumented workers in the United States: legal, political, and social effects. 7 Rich. J. Global L. & Bus. 65-86 (2008).Nelson, Christopher D. Comment. Protecting the immigrant family:…
Injury Victims Have Rights
Podcast: Dog Bites and Undocumented Workers’ Rights
Dog Bites and Undocumented Workers’ Rights
Labor Law Prof Blog
D.C. Circuit Confirms that Undocumented Workers are Employees Under NLRA
In a 2-1 decision (Agri Processor Co. v. NLRB), the D.C. Circuit has held that undocumented workers can still be classified as employees under the NLRA. Following the Supreme Court's…
ImmigrationProf Blog
D.C. Circuit: Employer must bargain with a union that includes undocumented workers
In AGRI PROCESSOR CO., INC. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, the D.C. Circuit (Jan. 4, 2008) addressed a case in which "[a] company whose workers recently voted to unionize refuses…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Vu & Schwartz on Hoffman Plastic
Nhan Vu and Jeff Schwartz (photo left) (California Western) have just posted on SSRN their article (forthcoming Berkeley JELL) Workplace Rights and Illegal Immigration: How Implied Repeal Analysis Cuts Through…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Cruel, Yet Delicious, Ironies Department: ICE detention center employed undocumented workers, criminals
The Austin Chronicle (Nov. 2, 2007) reports that "The dirty little secret is out: The T. Don Hutto Family Residential Center, a detention facility for immigrant families in Taylor, has…