Topic
Undocumented Workers
124 published works
McEntee Law Group Blog
Last year, they were deported – today, they are "essential workers"
It has been a little over one year since Immigration & Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) swept fear across Mississippi in what was the “largest single-state” ICE raid in U.S. history. In…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Modern day slavery: How immigration laws lure and trap undocumented workers
Laz Ayala on the Hill laments the exploitation of undocumented workers:"Let’s cut to the chase and call undocumented immigration what it is: modern-day slavery. The flow of undocumented immigrants into…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Some Undocumented Domestic Workers Slip Through Holes In Coronavirus Safety Net
Marisa Peñaloza for NPR reports that, even before the coronavirus pandemic, the millions of mostly women of color, mostly immigrant and often undocumented domestic workers in the U.S. had little…
Labor Law Prof Blog
New Mexico Opts Out of Undocumented Worker Ineligibility for Licenses to Work
Last week, New Mexico opted out of a federal statute that makes undocumented workers ineligible for State or local work licenses -- the licenses required by law to do certain…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Employers Struggle With Hiring Undocumented Workers: ‘You Cannot Hire American Here’
NPR considers the question whether undocumented workers, as President Trump says, take jobs from U.S. citizens.AS NPR reports, across the country, immigrants who are in the country unlawfully often do…
Manufacturing Law Blog
Manufacturing a Summer (Employment) Potpourri
By Robinson+Cole's Manufacturing Law Industry Team
This blog post is dedicated to those of you who took a heathy summer break and want to catch up on the summer’s major developments. Let the speed reading begin!…
Archer Employment Law
ICE Raids Round Up Undocumented Workers and Disrupt Businesses
By callen
(Click here for printable PDF) It was hard to miss the media coverage of the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) raids which took place at multiple…
ImmigrationProf Blog
At Trump golf course, undocumented employees said they were sometimes told to work extra hours without pay
Joshua Partlow and David A. Fahrenthold for the Washington Post report that undocumented immigrants at the Trump National Golf Club Westchester in New York were asked to work "off the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Trump’s Former Undocumented Housekeeper to Join Congressman as State of the Union Guest
Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) has announced that Sandra Diaz, an immigrant from Costa Rica who worked for Donald Trump as a housekeeper between 2010 and 2013 when she was undocumented, will accompany…
Texas Construction Law Blog
Is Your Construction Business Prepared and Protected for ICE Undocumented Worker Audits?
By J.P. Vogel, Admin
Co-author: Michael Kelsheimer Published on ForConstructionPros.com Understand and navigate the government’s amplified focus on undocumented workers to protect your business from escalating fines, jail time, delay damages and back-charges Whatever…