The Impact of an Immigration Raid, via @AmericaStories: This past summer, immigration agents raided a factory in Fullerton, California run by the company Terra Universal. Agents corralled the workers and handcuffed and arrested 43 people, most of whom are now in deportation proceedings. In late August the workers, with support from organizations like the ACLU and CHIRLA, filed a class action lawsuit in federal district court against Terra Universal, charging the multi-million dollar federal government contractor with violations of federal wage and hour laws for requiring employees to work long hours without overtime pay and systematically discriminating against Latino workers based on their race and immigration status.
via @ACLU: “One of Alabama’s Worst Times Since Jim Crow.”
Scott Douglas, III, Executive Director of Greater Birmingham Ministries describes Alabama’s new anti-immigration law as a cynical effort to “put families on the run and divide them.” Douglas compares the law to the fugitive slave acts, saying it has created “one of Alabama’s worst times since Jim Crow.”
US citizen detained. Immigration authorities held Antonio Montejano in jail for days even though he is a US citizen. Learn more about how Secure Communities affects U.S. citizens at http://www.aclu-sc.org
