Immigration Enforcement

The LA Times reports:

The raid of six Swift & Co. meat packing plants last week spotlighted the fine line employers face because of increased government scrutiny: Make sure your employees are in the U.S. legally, but don't push too hard to find out.

With all the reports of high-tech surveillance by the government, one would think that the federal government, including the Department of Homeland Security (DOH), must be teeming with “tech geeks” that would make Bill Gates proud. Unfortunately, the reality may be the opposite: at least if we judge by DOH’s recent decision to throw up its hands and give up on even trying to track something as basic as who has entered and who has departed the U.S. through major land border crossings.

A fence-building company in Southern California agrees to pay nearly $5 million in fines for hiring illegal immigrants. Two executives from the company may also serve jail time. The Golden State Fence Company's work includes some of the border fence between San Diego and Mexico.

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