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Undocumented Workers
124 published works
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Issues in Iowa
Sharon Cohen of the Associated Press writes:Everyone knew they were there, doing dirty and dangerous work in the massive meatpacking plant. They had come a long way — more than…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Some Extraordinary Undocumented “Workers”
Marcos Bretón had an interesting column in the July 4 Sacramento Bee (here) about the Bustos family, now Spanish language media moguls who entered the USA unlawfully. It starts like…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigrant of the Day: Army Cpl. Victor H. Toledo-Pulido
Victor H. Toledo-Pulido was about 7 years old when a smuggler helped him and his older brother and mother cross over the mountains along the California border into the United…
California Employment Law Update
Undocumented Workers Had Standing To Assert Violation Of Prevailing Wage Law
By Tony Oncidi
Reyes v. Van Elk, Ltd., 148 Cal. App. 4th 604 (2007) Plaintiffs were employed by Van Elk on allegedly public works projects that were subject to California’s prevailing wage law.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Housing Slump and the Declining Border Apprehensions
A few days ago, Eduardo Porter wrote a story for the NYTimes discussing the impact of the contracting housing market on undocumented workers, many of whom have found jobs in…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Future Need for Labor: An Impending Crisis?
SHANNON O'NEIL, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations who teaches in the political science department at Columbia University, wrote an interesting op/ed in the LA Times (here). It…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Ninth Circuit: No Premption of State Law Enforced to Protect Undocumented Employee’s Labor Rights
The Ninth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Stephen Reinhardt, ruled that federal immigration law does not preempt a California law that bars discharge of an undocumented employee without good…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Arrests of Undocumented Workers on U.S. Military Bases
Nearly 40 undocumented immigrants hired by contractors working on three military bases in Georgia, Virginia and Nevada were arrested over the last three days by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Fence Company Pleads Guilt to Criminal Immigration Charges
S!Millions of illegal immigrants toil in America's factories, farms, homes and restaurants. Few get caught. Even fewer employers get charged with a crime. A southern California fence-building company became an…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Penn Urges Protection for Undocumented Workers
The University of Pennsylvania Law School's Transnational LegalClinic, along with the American Civil Liberties Union and the NationalEmployment Law Project, are urging the Inter-American Commission onHuman Rights to find the…