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July 22, 2010 MALDEF Suit Challenges Fremont Ordinance "In separate lawsuits, attorneys representing the American Civil Liberties Union and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund took aim at a new city ordinance on behalf of multiple plaintiffs in U.S. District Court in Lincoln," the Lincoln Journal-Star reports. "The ordinance approved by Fremont voters in a special election June 21 imposes penalties on employers who hire people who are in the United States illegally and landlords who give them places to live."
NJ Companies Fined Over $600,000 for Illegal Hiring "Immigration officials in the last 10 months have levied nearly $640,000 in fines against 13 employers in New Jersey who failed to ensure that their workers were eligible to work in the United States, reports the Newark office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE," says the Bergen Record. "The increase at both state and national levels reflects a new strategy, launched last year, to crack down on illegal immigration by going after employers who hire undocumented workers."
Hearing in DOJ Lawsuit Against SB 1070 Today "After all the shouting, all the posturing, and all the debate over who should enforce the nation's immigration laws, the United States v. Gov. Janice K. Brewer is finally coming to court on Thursday," the Washington Post says. "It is the first court hearing in the Obama administration's lawsuit against Arizona's new immigration law, a case that sets up a rare clash between the U.S. Department of Justice and an individual state over one of the nation's most divisive political issues."
David Frum: Labor Force Growth Far Higher Than Job Growth Thanks to Immigration Guest blogging at The Atlantic, David Frum makes the point that due to immigration, labor force growth is much higher than employment growth. "Immigrants now make up some 15% of the US labor force. They are concentrated in the less skilled portion of the labor force and in industries hardest hit, especially construction. If immigration levels were curtailed, the job gap would be a lot smaller. And if illegal immigrants returned home, rather than being put on a "path to citizenship," the problem of putting the unemployed back to work would be smaller and easier."
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