Oregon workers meet a quieter, gentler kind of immigration raid.
by Stefan Kamph
IN AN ONGOING EFFORT to build what it calls a "culture of compliance" among employers, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is turning more frequently to a program that quietly compels employers to fire anyone who can't show valid immigration status. Instead of physically invading a workplace and detaining illegal immigrants, ICE asks an employer to provide valid documentation for each worker. That's what happened in May at Meduri Farms, a fruit orchard near Salem. Hundreds of employees who couldn't…
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