Agricultural Personnel Management Program
University of California

Employment Eligibility Enforcement

September 1998 to December 1999

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  • 12/28/99 -- Associated Press, "Employment company admits wrongdoing, faces fine"
  • 12/17/99 -- Arizona Star, "Newest INS tactic is auditing employer records"
  • 12/6/99 -- Washington Post,  "INS Raids Follow Union Organizing"
  • 12/5/99 -- Austin American-Statesman, "Illegal labor fuels hot Austin economy"
  • 11/30/99 -- The Washington Post, "Workers Answer to Multiple Names"
  • 11/15/99 -- Minneapolis Star-Tribune, "Local hospitality industry . . . dependent upon immigrants"
  • 11/14/99 -- The Washington Post, "Steel Companies Subject of Grand Jury Probe"
  • 10/20/99 -- Minneapolis Star Tribune, "Hotel housekeepers released from INS custody"
  • 10/19/99 -- Minneapolis Star Tribune, "Hundreds protest INS arrest of hotel workers"
  • 10/17/99 -- The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, S.C.), "INS little threat to illegals"
  • 10/16/99 -- Washington Post, "33 illegal workers arrested at Pentagon"
  • 10/12/99 -- Los Angeles Times, "Unions Questioning Sanctions Against Employers Over Hiring"
  • 9/29/99 -- Associated Press, "Governor's task force on INS meets"
  • 9/16/99 -- Reuters News Service, "INS crackdown on illegal meatworkers still on hold"
  • 9/8/99 -- Dallas Morning News, "Labor's lost: INS scrutiny of Nebraska meatpackers frightens . . ."
  • 9/6/99 -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "Immigration Arrests 20 In Raids At 3 Restaurants"
  • 8/26/99 -- The Courier-Journal, "Kentucky will get 14 more immigration agents"
  • 8/26/99 -- Reuters News Service, "Illegal meat plant worker crackdown stalled in Iowa"
  • 8/26/99 -- Minneapolis Star Tribune, "INS raids Mall of America . . ."
  • 8/19/99 -- Denver Post, "INS, resorts at odds over workforce"
  • 7/16/99 -- Associated Press, "INS takes aim at illegal meat plant workers in Iowa"
  • 7/7/99 -- Associated Press, "INS to audit Quality Pork Processors this summer"
  • 7/7/99 -- Associated Press, "Growers warn of shortage of legal farm workers"
  • 7/5/99 -- Associated Press, "Balancing law, job market an immigration dilemma"
  • 6/9/99 -- The Contra Costa (CA) Times, "INS arrests 13 who will return to Mexico"
  • 6/9/99 -- Omaha World-Herald, "INS Commissioner to miss Nebraska Vanguard meeting"
  • 6/4/99 -- Associated Press, "Nelson says INS operation draining state's labor pool"
  • 5/15/99 -- The Daily Dispatch (AZ), "INS going after employers, smugglers of illegal workers"
  • 5/6/99 -- Omaha World Herald, "Interviews Pared At Lexington Plant . . ."
  • 4/16/99 -- The Naperville (IL) Sun, "Five illegal workers arrested at stores"
  • 4/16/99 -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Vidalia arrest site stuns INS officials"
  • 4/14/99 -- Associated Press, "INS arrests 27 illegal aliens"
  • 4/13/99 -- USA Today, "INS cracks down on meatpackers"
  • 4/13/99 -- Associated Press, "INS escalates attempts to flush out illegal workers"
  • 4/11/99 -- Los Angeles Times, "Immigration Policies Threaten U.S. Growth Economy"
  • 4/10/99 -- Associated Press, "Worksite raids deemphasized with new INS strategy"
  • 4/2/99 -- New York Times, "New I.N.S. Tactic on Illegal Workers Puts Many Out of Jobs"
  • 4/1/99 -- Lexington Herald-Leader, "Workshops deal with hiring of immigrant labor"
  • 3/31/99 -- Associated Press, "Asparagus farmers worry about INS raids"
  • 3/29/99 -- National Law Journal, "Overzealous status checks can lead to claims of bias"
  • 3/12/99 -- Federal Register, "Expansion of the Basic Pilot Program to Nebraska"
  • 3/10/99 -- Sydney Morning Herald[Australia], "Canberra's crackdown on illegal farm workers"
  • 3/9/99 -- Associated Press, "Coalition threatens boycott over firing of illegal workers"
  • 3/5/99 -- L.A. Times, "Overzealous Hiring Check Costs Firm"
  • 2/26/99 -- L.A. Times, "INS' Fight on Illegal Labor Is Big Jolt to Yakima Valley"
  • 2/23/99 -- Associated Press, "Layoffs begin for warehouse workers"
  • 2/22/99 -- Rocky Mountain News, "Contractor who smuggled illegal labor faces jail"
  • 2/21/99 -- Albany Times Union, "Unions, INS are unlikely allies"
  • 2/19/99 -- Seattle Times, "INS warns growers of new strategy for undocumented workers"
  • 2/19/99 -- Associated Press, "Coalition will seek new federal amnesty for illegal workers"
  • 2/18/99 -- WCCO-TV (Minneapolis), "INS Arrests Loom At Mall of America"
  • 2/14/99 -- Yakima (Wash.) Herald-Republic, "Warehouses Must Fire Illegal Workers"
  • 1/8/99 -- Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska), "Pork plants: Bad timing on INS plan"
  • 10/23/98 -- Washington Post, "Poultry Firm to Help INS Monitor Workers"
  • 9/9/98 -- Christian Science Monitor, "Targeting Workers' Phony IDs"

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