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• SEE ALSO: Immigration Law & Policy > Arrest and Detention

Issue Briefs and Other Resources

NILC Resources

SEE ALSO I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification & Antidiscrimination Protections

NEWS RELEASE: DHS Issues "New" Worksite Enforcement Guidelines That Are Simply More of the Same (English & Spanish, 4/30/09)

Protections for Detained Salvadorans after a Worksite Raid.  Attorneys and legal workers representing persons detained in worksite raids should be aware of two provisions of a permanent injunction that apply nationwide to nationals of El Salvador detained by immigration authorities.  (4/08)

Immigration Enforcement During Labor Dispute: Sample Letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Word for Windows file, posted 2/14/08)

Administration Announces Harsh New Immigration Measures (article) and List of announced measures: "Improving Border Security and Immigration Within Existing Law" (Depts. of Homeland Security & Commerce, 8/10/07)

Facts about the IMAGE Program: ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers (PDF) (1/07)

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announces proposed regulations regarding Social Security Administration "no-match" letters and worksite enforcement  (posted 6/19/06)

• In the Matter of Herrera-Priego, USDOJ EOIR (Lamb, I.J., July 10, 2003).

RESOURCES FROM OTHER NONPROFITS

ICE [U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement] Raid Map -- annotated map showing where ICE has conducted worksite raids (2006-08), compiled by Centro Legal, St. Paul, Minnesota.  (Link posted 11/26/08)

INFORMATION FROM THE U.s. GOVERNMENT

Guidelines for Identifying Humanitarian Concerns among Administrative Arrestees When Conducting Worksite Enforcement Operations  (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement document issued in 11/07; posted here 6/19/08.)
 

Litigation

National Immigration Law Center v. Department of Homeland Security (Lawsuit alleges that immigration officials violated the Freedom of Information Act by failing to release information about the mistreatment of workers detained during a Feb. 2008 workplace raid in Los Angeles.  The mistreatment included racial profiling, intimidation, and denial of access to counsel.)

• NEWS RELEASE: Groups Sue for Release of Government Documents Related to Local Immigration Raid (10/28/08)

• Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief, Case No. CV08-07092 (C.D. Cal., filed Oct. 28, 2008).

National Lawyers Guild v. Chertoff (Lawsuit challenging U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy and practice of excluding attorneys from interviews with workers detained after a 2/08 Los Angeles worksite raid.)

• Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (2/14/08)

Immigrants' Rights Update Articles (back to IRU index)

THE LOS ANGELES RAPID RESPONSE NETWORK: How Advocates Prepared for and What They Learned from the Recent Workplace Raid in Van Nuys (6/19/08)

ICE Conducted I-9 Audit to Help Employer Retaliate against Workers (posted under "Employment Eligibility Verification and Antidiscrimination Protections") (7/20/07)

ICE discontinues health and safety ruse for immigration enforcement (5/23/06)

ICE announces a new interior enforcement strategy (5/23/06)

Exploitation, abuse of immigrant workers in Gulf Coast is main topic in advocates' meetings with ICE and DOL officials (3/23/06)

North Carolina work site enforcement action puts workers at risk (10/5/05)

Pressure to Share ITIN Information for Non-Tax Purposes Continues (4/2/04)

Concerns Raised about Potential IRS Sharing of ITIN-Related Information (2/17/04)

In re: Herrera-Priego | IJ Rules INS Agents Are Bound by Former OI 287.3A Regarding Enforcement Actions During Labor Disputes (9/4/03)

Social Security Administration Begins Sending No-Match Letters for 2003 (4/3/03)

United States of America v. Correa-Gomez | Federal Court Finds INS Selectively Prosecuted Latino Employer (10/8/01)

DOJ and State Dept. Issue Regulations Implementing Victims of Trafficking Law (8/31/01) (posted under "Immigration Law & Policy > Obtaining Lawful Permanent Residence Status")

Walters v. Reno | INS Completes Vacating Document Fraud Orders Under Settlement; Two-Year Filing Period For Motions To Reopen Begins (8/31/01)

Walters v. Reno | Settlement of Challenge to INS Civil Document Fraud Procedures Given Final Approval (3/29/01)

Walters v. Reno | Settlement Reached in Civil Document Fraud Litigation (12/27/00)

INS Grants Deportation Relief to Minneapolis Immigrant Workers Fired for Union Activities (6/6/00)

INS Issues Guidelines to Restrict Enforcement Actions during Census (4/11/00)

Justice Dept. Increases Penalties for Document Fraud and Employer Sanctions (11/17/99)

Noriega-Perez v. U.S. |  9th Circuit Upholds Use of ALJs for Doc Fraud Cases, Rejects "Double Jeopardy" Defense (8/30/99)

INS Questions Nebraska Meatpacking Workers as Part of Operation Vanguard (5/30/99)

Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Walters V. Reno; Nationwide Injunction of Document Fraud Notice Forms and Procedures Upheld (4/30/99)

INS and DOL Sign New Memorandum of Understanding on Workplace Inspections (12/21/98)