"What happened in Mississippi reveals the hypocrisy of how the law is being applied today."
@BrianOwsley1, a former US Magistrate Judge in Corpus Christi, Texas, on how employers are let off the hook while their undocumented workers are arrested.
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@BrianOwsley1, a former US Magistrate Judge in Corpus Christi, Texas, on how employers are let off the hook while their undocumented workers are arrested.
justsecurity.org/66155/if-natio…
His research shows that, since 2014, across the country, there have been no more than 200 prosecutions for alleged violations of 8 U.S.C. § 1324a, the law that makes hiring undocumented immigrants illegal.
As a comparison:
"When I served on the bench, I assisted in the McAllen Division and handled more than 200 prosecutions for illegal reentry in less than two weeks," Owsley writes.
"When I served on the bench, I assisted in the McAllen Division and handled more than 200 prosecutions for illegal reentry in less than two weeks," Owsley writes.
