In a 12-count indictment issued Nov. 20 in US District Court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the former CEO and three managers of the Agriprocessors kosher meat company were charged with new counts in connection with the hiring of unauthorized workers… Read moreNew indictment in Agriprocessors immigration case
In what the New York Times somewhat hyperbolically calls a "clash," US Border Patrol vessels have over the past two weeks stopped at least 10 Canadian fishing boats in the Bay of Fundy between Maine and New Brunswick. Canada has responded by beefing up its Coast Guard patrols in what is being termed a "disputed gray zone" between the two countries' territories. The maritime dispute dates back to the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolution, and is one of several between the US and Canada—including fishing waters at Dixon Entrance between Alaska and British Columbia, and areas of the petroleum-rich Beaufort Sea, near the Arctic Ocean. (Map: ResearchGate)
A glimmer of hope from the New York Times, Nov. 24: A federal judge in Brooklyn ruled on Monday that the United States government could not use ethnicity as justification for detaining two Egyptian-born men who were questioned for four… Read moreFederal judge strikes down ethnic profiling
On Nov. 19, a task force of more than 60 federal and local law enforcement personnel conducted a pre-dawn raid targeting gang members at 28 locations in the Newhall and Canyon Country sections of Santa Clarita, in Los Angeles County…. Read moreICE “gang” raids in California, Wisconsin
On Nov. 18, ICE agents arrested 33 people in the New Jersey towns of Butler (Morris County) and Bloomingdale (Passaic County) in a sweep targeting people whom local police suspect have been taking part in gang activity, according to ICE… Read moreNew Jersey: 33 arrested in ICE “gang” raids
The manufacturing company Michael Bianco, Inc. has agreed to pay $850,000 to settle a federal class action lawsuit over unpaid overtime and wages at its former factory in New Bedford, Mass. The settlement includes $613,000 in unpaid wages to be… Read moreRaided Massachusetts firm settles wages suit
On Nov. 20, six teenagers were arraigned in Suffolk County Criminal Court on multiple counts of gang assault and hate crimes in connection with the Nov. 8 killing of Ecuadoran immigrant Marcelo Lucero in the community of Patchogue on Long… Read moreLong Island youths charged in killing of immigrant
On Nov. 12 and 13, sheriff’s deputies in Weld County, Colo., arrested 13 people in “Operation Number Games,” a round-up of suspects who allegedly filed tax returns using suspicious Social Security numbers. Two more suspects were arrested in the sweep… Read moreColorado: immigration raids target tax filers
Its not The Hague, but its a start. From AFP, Nov. 19: Texas jury indicts Cheney, Gonzalez in prison abuse case WASHINGTON — A Texas grand jury has issued indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former attorney general Alberto… Read moreCheney indicted in Texas prison scandal
A Kentucky jury Nov. 14 ordered three members of the Imperial Klans of America (IKA), including “Imperial Wizard” Ron Edwards, to pay $1.5 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages for a racially motivated attack against Jordan… Read moreKlan to pay in Kentucky hate attack; Long Island pol blamed in another
In a Nov. 16 statement, Human Rights Watch said that upon inauguration US president-elect Barack Obama should immediately repudiate the previous administration’s “abusive” counter-terrorism policies in order to bring US practices into accordance with the country’s “basic values” and its… Read moreHRW urges Obama to repudiate “abusive” counter-terror policies
In a five-day operation from Nov. 3 through Nov. 7—the week of the Nov. 4 presidential elections—US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 96 “immigration fugitives” and 15 “immigration violators” in southern and central Florida. ICE made 43 arrests in… Read moreObama pressured following election-week ICE raids in Florida
