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In reply to the discussion: Do you support or oppose this aspect of Donald Trump's Immigration Plan? [View all]pampango
(24,692 posts)19. Be happy to. There is plenty more where these came from just don't tell the GOP.
They have a meme to stick to.
Cracking down harder on illegal immigrants (auditing "illegal employers"
http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/118301014.html
Nobody has been fired from ROC Commercial Cleaning in Oakdale -- at least not yet. Since they got word that federal immigration officials are poring over the company's employment records, some janitors have simply quit.
His company is one of at least nine businesses across the Twin Cities undergoing a so-called immigration audit, part of the Obama administration's national crackdown on employers using undocumented workers. At least 2,000 people in the Twin Cities have lost their jobs in the last 18 months as a result of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) finding that they couldn't prove their eligibility to work in the United States.
The results of ICE's audits offer a warning to businesses, especially those using low-skill workers:
The number of audits jumped more than 50 percent last year to about 2,200 from 1,444 in 2009.
Criminal arrests of employers have jumped 45 percent since 2008. Of the 196 employers arrested last year, 42 have been sent to prison so far, with sentences ranging from time served to 3 1/2 years. Many cases are pending.
A local union is calling the firings an attack on the immigrant community. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 26 in St. Paul, which represents about 5,000 local janitors and maintenance staff, is holding a vigil Sunday at Incarnation Church in south Minneapolis.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x723424Obama holds record for cracking down on employers who hire undocumented workers
Under Bush, workplace raids on factories and meatpacking plants received much attention. But after Obama took office, the Department of Homeland Security unveiled a new strategy and ditched the workplace raids, which also tended to punish employees, in favor of "paper raids" -- I-9 paperwork audits of employers to determine if they complied with employment eligibility verification laws.
The change was dramatic: the number of I-9 audits soared from 503 in 2008 to more than 8,000 in 2009.
Under Obama, ICE announced sanctions against major employers. That included a $1 million fine against Abercrombie and Fitch that grew out of an I-9 inspection and the termination of hundreds of workers at Chipotle restaurants.
In 2007, ICE arrested 92 employers, while in 2012 it arrested 240, according to ICE. Final orders -- rulings at the end of the case which show employers violated hiring rules -- also increased under Obama. In 2007, there were two final orders, while in 2012 there were 495.
Obama shifted away from Bushs strategy of workplace raids and turned the focus on employers. Between 2008 and 2009, immigration audits soared from 503 to more than 8,000.
http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2013/jul/03/debbie-wasserman-schultz/obama-holds-record-cracking-down-employers-who-hir/
Last but not least here is the White House's own page on "Cracking Down on Employers Hiring Undocumented Workers"
https://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/immigration/strengthening-enforcement
U.S. deportations of immigrants reach record high in 2013
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/10/02/u-s-deportations-of-immigrants-reach-record-high-in-2013/
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Do you support or oppose this aspect of Donald Trump's Immigration Plan? [View all]
CreekDog
Aug 2015
OP
Here's the thing, if people like Trump would stop employing people who do Not have the correct
fasttense
Aug 2015
#1
Like the anti monopoly laws on the books that have been ignored by the executive branch
fasttense
Aug 2015
#3
Obama has 'opened' no borders. Illegal immigration is a net of zero and has been for several years.
pampango
Aug 2015
#11
Do you really believe that is ignoring the law or are you just repeating "what you've heard"?
pampango
Aug 2015
#13
Be happy to. There is plenty more where these came from just don't tell the GOP.
pampango
Aug 2015
#19