Hospital Care Costs
July 11, 2008
Hundreds Detained in Imagracion Raid in Iowa
May 13, 2008
Hundreds were detained in an immigration raid on a Postville meatpacking plant today. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have declined to say how many buses are being used in the raid on the Agriprocessors Inc. plant. At least 300 people were arrested during the operation, the largest of its kind in Iowa, said Claude Arnold, a special agent with ICE. It approximately 76 percent of the 968 employees of Agriprocessors were using false or fraudulent social security numbers in connection with their employment.
LA is an Immigrant Land
April 22, 2008
Los Angeles has half of its workforce as imigrant, mostly unskilled and non English speaking.
This will only trend worst as baby boomers retire, and will be repeated across the country. Demographers estimate that by 2025 most of the growth in the workforce will be from immigrants.
Ernesto Cortes Jr., Southwest regional director of the Industrial Areas Foundation, said Los Angeles is at a crossroads.
“The question is: Are we going to be a 21st century city with shared prosperity, or a Third World city with an elite group on top and the majority at poverty or near poverty wages?” he asked. “Right now we’re headed toward becoming a Third World city. But we can change that.”
1/3 of immigrants have not graduated from high school and 60% do not speak English fluently according to Migration Policy Institute. This means 60% of LA’s residents cannot fill out a job application.
Are we on our way to becoming a third world country?
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