What Happens After an ICE Worksite Raid? Inside the Fallout for Workers and Communities

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What Happens After an ICE Worksite Raid? Inside the Fallout for Workers and Communities

By: Andrea Ramos | americanimmigrationcouncil.org | Editorial credit: Christopher Penler / Shutterstock.com Across several presidential administrations, the U.S. government has used American workplaces as another front line for immigration enforcement. What started in 1986 with a law that required employers to verify their workers’ legal status, known as the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), has […]

Flying Blind – Loss of Federal Survey Data Will Make Life Harder for Ag Producers, Farmworker Families

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Flying Blind – Loss of Federal Survey Data Will Make Life Harder for Ag Producers, Farmworker Families

By: Edward Kissam| americancommunitymedia.org The U.S. Department of Labor plans to discontinue the National Agricultural Worker Survey (NAWS) by September 27th. Loss of data from the survey, widely-recognized as providing the best and most up-to-date information on more than 2 million U.S. farmworkers and their families, will have serious negative impacts for agricultural employers, farmworker service programs, and […]