Immigration Raids Lead U.S. to a Moral, Legal Crisis

New America Media ^ | 06.19.2008 | Raquel Aldana

[Tspud1]

Wouldn’t most of the schools be empty any way for summer?

[gubamyster]

ping

[pierrem15]

Yeah— I especially like the ‘humanitarian’ release to care for family members. Can I try that one if I get arrested for a DUI? We treat criminal aliens better than citizens.

[raybbr]

Oh, goody! Another immigration lawyer telling us how to feel about this invasion

Raquel Aldana
Professor of Law
Email: raquel.aldana@unlv.edu

Professor Aldana earned her J.D. degree in 1997 from Harvard Law School, where she served as articles editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. Prior to coming to the Boyd School of Law, Professor Aldana worked for the Center for Justice and International Law representing victims of gross human rights violations in the Inter-American System on Human Rights. She also taught a seminar in human rights at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Prior to that, she was an associate at the law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue in Washington, D.C. Professor Aldana teaches Immigration Law, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, International Human Rights, and International Public Law. She also co-teaches experiential learning courses, including a course in Nicaragua on domestic violence in a post-conflict society and a course on the criminalization of immigrants. She spent the Spring of 2006 as a Fulbright Scholar in Guatemala, where she taught courses on economic rights and conducted research on femicide.

[Ron H.]

The title for this hit piece deserves a big BARF ALERT.

[Ajnin]

ICE agents rock! They sure do more than the BP.

No they don't.

[Old Flat Toad]

According to the article it is. I would like to see the actual bill myself(and who was pushing it).

[Roy Tucker]

Too often, both the illegal immigrant supporters and various government officials are focused on the illegal immigrants themselves rather than the impact it has on American citizens. Immigration should work in favor of Americans. Clearly, the current policy and lack of controls do not work this way.

[DGHoodini]

(Jaw dropped) I just saw an interview with a member of the family that owns the processing plant...The one where there are allegations of puny wages, abuse, and even beatings of illegal immigrant workers....He was a orthodox Jew...??!!??!!

Hat, beard, and all.

[meadsjn]

U.S. employers and we as consumers [government employees and non-profit orgs] benefit from their cheap labor, but these workers and their families [tax-paying citizens] bear the brunt of a broken immigration system.

Raquel Aldana, you ignorant sl....