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Activists announce campaign to address ICE workplace raids

by City News Service • July 25, 2017

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LOS ANGELES – Immigrant-advocacy groups joined forces Tuesday to announce a campaign to teach business owners and workers how to respond if federal immigration authorities conduct a workplace raid.

“While employers and immigrant workers need to resist giving into paralyzing and unreasonable fear, it makes sense to be prepared and to have a plan and know what to do if ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) shows up at their place of work,” said Nayantara Mehta, staff attorney at the National Employment Law Project.

The campaign includes a guide for employers prepared by the NELP and the National Immigrant Law Center and titled “What to do if Immigration Comes to Your Workplace.” The guide, available online at www.planforICE.com, is available in five languages and outlines steps businesses should take in response to a workplace raid or immigration-enforcement action. It also outlines employers’ rights and responsibilities.

“We’ve seen an increase in immigration enforcement, which is causing panic in immigrant communities around the country,” according to Shiu-Ming Cheer, staff attorney with the National Immigration Law Center. “The more that we can prepare and defend against these types of actions, the better off our workplaces and communities will be.

This guide is a unique way to bring together employers and immigrant rights’ advocates. It is a proactive step by workers’ rights and immigrants’ rights groups to prepare for raids by engaging with the business community.”
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10 comments for "Activists announce campaign to address ICE workplace raids"

  1. Apache says

    July 27, 2017 at 6:32 pm

    Racists,
    It will be easier for all of you to get out of this country than getting all undocumented people deported, keep on trying!
    Talking about Vallarta!
    Get your sh’t together you son of trump (or daughter) if it wasnt for those employees at Vallarta you wouldnt be able to use your EBT.

  2. AV supporter says

    July 26, 2017 at 6:03 pm

    Ice need to start with the vallartasupermarkets

    • American me says

      July 27, 2017 at 6:37 pm

      If it wasnt for the Vallarta, you wouldnt be able to use your EBT!

    • American me says

      July 27, 2017 at 6:42 pm

      Please dont use your EBT at Vallarta Super Markets if you don like the fact there are Latinos working there.

    • American me says

      July 27, 2017 at 6:45 pm

      Please do not use your food stamps at Vallarta if you dont like the fact Latinos work there!

  3. Beavis says

    July 26, 2017 at 2:59 pm

    Breaking the Law!
    Breaking the Law!
    Breaking the Law!

    • Apache says

      July 27, 2017 at 6:35 pm

      Ay ay ay!

  4. MK says

    July 26, 2017 at 12:05 pm

    Immigrant rights is a different animal than illegal alien rights. This nonsense offends legal immigrants immensely.
    If you aren’t here legally, you should leave (before you are deported). If you really want to live in the U.S., come back through legal channels. Employers: If you hire illegal aliens, you are breaking the law too. E-Verify is in your own best interest.

  5. BobM says

    July 26, 2017 at 5:24 am

    Thank you President Trump!

    Go get em’ ICE

    • American me says

      July 27, 2017 at 6:43 pm

      Blank- trash!

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