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Feds to Put Screws
to Employers
of Illegals

Jan 20, 2011 2:11 PM CST

Feds to Put Screws to Employers of Illegals

New ICE branch will pour over I-9s looking for illegals

(Newser) - The Obama administration plans to intensify its crackdown on businesses that hire illegal immigrants, creating a new office within Immigration and Customs Enforcement dedicated to auditing company employment records. Dubbed the Employment Compliance Inspection Center, this new branch will “address a need to conduct audits even of the largest...

Kosher Meat Supply Crippled After Iowa Immigration Raid

Nov 13, 2008 4:43 PM CST

Kosher Meat Supply Crippled After Iowa Immigration Raid

Packing plant, now bankrupt, accounted 60% of US market

(Newser) - Kosher meat prices are skyrocketing after the Iowa packing plant that supplied about 60% of the US market declared bankruptcy, USA Today reports, in the wake of a May immigration raid. Agriprocessors, in trouble even before the raid, stopped operating last week. “Stores like mine are struggling all over,...

Welcome to Illegal Immigrant Air

Oct 17, 2008 10:44 AM CDT

Welcome to Illegal Immigrant Air

De facto new airline shuttles aliens home

(Newser) - There’s a new airline in town, and it’s offering all the amenities: leather seats, ample legroom, free food, and impeccable service. There’s just one problem: Its passengers would usually rather not be traveling, the Wall Street Journal reports. Welcome to ICE Air, the de facto new airline...

Give Rescue Workers a Break: Just
Add ICE

Dec 27, 2007 5:53 PM CST

Give Rescue Workers a Break: Just Add ICE

Cell phone entry lets them know who to call

(Newser) - The practice of putting the letters ICE—short for "in case of emergency"—in front of a person's name in a cell phone seems to be catching on. The idea is to help paramedics or other emergency personnel zip through the phone and find the right person to...

SoCal Illegals Sent Packing in Massive Sweep

Oct 3, 2007 9:43 AM CDT

SoCal Illegals Sent Packing in Massive Sweep

Feds nab 1,300+ in biggest-ever roundup of immigrants

(Newser) - Feds have arrested more than 1,300 immigrants in Southern California over the last two weeks, in what Immigrations and Customs Enforcement is calling its biggest roundup ever. Ninety percent have criminal records or standing deportation orders, and 600 have already been deported, reports the LA Times. “Where these...