Two cases, Target and H.E.B. illustrate how big-name employers benefit from illegal labor and why undocumented workers are easily exploited. (AP/Elise Amendola, File)

Big Employers Are Benefiting From Cheap, Illegal Labor

Two cases illustrate how big-name employers benefit from illegal labor and why undocumented workers are easily exploited.

by Travis Putnam Hill

Despite Drops In Immigration And Violence, Congress Ups Border Security

After decades of immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border, net immigration has fallen to zero — but Congress seems not to have gotten the memo.

“The Obama administration has been very clear about its interest in boosting border security. The way it manifests that is by throwing more resources at the agencies responsible for controlling movements across the border,” Cesar Cuauhtemoc Garcia Hernandez, professor of law at

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‘¡La Lucha Es Constante!’ — Dream Act Passes Minnesota Senate

Thousands nationwide took to the streets on May Day — which is also International Workers’ Day — to demand immigration reform.

[soundcloud id='90480014'] May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, marked 127 years of labor uprisings and union activism, and millions across the world gathered to demand better wages, benefits and working conditions. Some marches were marked by violent clashes with the police, including in

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