Caution: Socialist Radical Left-Wing Editorial
http://www.workers.org/2007/us/immigrants-0823/
New laws signal more attacks on immigrant workers
By Teresa Gutierrez
Published Aug 18, 2007 11:43 PM

In yet another blow to immigrants as well as a major concession to the right-wing agenda, the Bush administration announced last week significant measures related to immigration policy.

Department of Homeland Security officials announced on Aug. 10 a new package of immigration plans that the government stated would be backed up by increased raids at workplaces. (New York Times, Aug.

According to the National Immigration Law Center the plans include:

• an increase in the militarization of the U.S./Mexican border (in July, the Senate added $3 billion to a homeland security bill, most to be allocated to the border);
• expanded detention facilities with no review of current widespread human rights violations;
• a reduction in access to court hearings to challenge erroneous deportation orders;
• “streamliningâ€