As President’s Immigration Initiative is Debated Nationally, Congressman Luis Gutierrez to Meet with Local Immigrants Facing Federal Workplace Inspection. CHICAGO, IL – This Monday, Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez, a national leader on immigration issues, will meet in Chicago with Mundelein-based meatpacking workers facing a workplace immigration audit. The Congressman will be returning from New Orleans,…
DetailsThis morning, over one hundred plant employees of the Mundelein-based Ruprecht Company, a privately-held meat processor and food manufacturer, walked off the job on strike in response to threats of a pending immigration audit by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A press conference with striking workers will be held outside of Chicago’s U.S. Immigration…
DetailsEarlier this year, 25 Republican attorneys general filed a lawsuit to block DAPA and expanded DACA from ever being implemented. A Texas judge entered a preliminary injunction, preventing the federal government from accepting applications for DAPA and expanded DACA. Combined, these two programs would offer work authorization and relief from deportation to five million immigrants.…
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