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: Greg Siskind's Blog

NEW ICE TACTIC: JAIL IMMIGRANT WORKERS

By Greg Siskind

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The Postville, Iowa raid of a Kosher meatpacking plant earlier this month not only was unprecedented in terms of the number of workers detained - nearly 400 with warrants ready for up to 300 more. Immigration and Customs Enforcement did something it has rarely done before, and certainly not on this scale. It prosecuted 297 individuals for presenting false documents to procure their employment. 270 workers will spend five months in prison and another 27 received probation.

Whether you agree with this tactic or not, when DHS switches from administrative to criminal enforcement measures, various constitutional protections are triggered. Chief among them are the right to due process and the right to counsel.

The attached letter from the American Immigration Lawyers Association lays out the concerns.

Download aila_postville.pdf

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on May 26, 2008 (boomark / email).

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