Professor Comments on U.S. Crackdown on Employers of Illegal Immigrants
Jennifer Chacón, a professor of law and immigration expert, was quoted in The Christian Science Monitor on the growing crackdown by U.S. authorities on employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.
"It's a sea change in enforcement strategy," says Chacón in the article.
In the past, charges against employers who hired illegal immigrants were difficult to prove because they could say that the workers showed false documents. Now, according to the article, the federal government is playing hardball with tactics reminiscent of the war on drugs: undercover agents, hidden recording equipment, and seizures of property connected with the crime.
The Christian Science Monitor/March 20, 2007
"It's a sea change in enforcement strategy," says Chacón in the article.
In the past, charges against employers who hired illegal immigrants were difficult to prove because they could say that the workers showed false documents. Now, according to the article, the federal government is playing hardball with tactics reminiscent of the war on drugs: undercover agents, hidden recording equipment, and seizures of property connected with the crime.
The Christian Science Monitor/March 20, 2007