“A clothing maker with a vast garment factory in downtown Los Angeles is firing about 1,800 immigrant employees in the coming days — more than a quarter of its work force — after a federal investigation turned up irregularities in the identity documents the workers presented when they were hired. The firings at the company, American Apparel, have become a showcase for the Obama administration’s effort to reduce illegal immigration by forcing employers to dismiss unauthorized workers rather than by using workplace raids.” (New York Times ^[1], Wednesday)

When work is a crime.

FEE Timely Classic
“At the Intersection of the Minimum Wage and Illegal Immigration” ^[2] by Howard Baetjer