Gender Bias and Immigration Policy: Reports and Resources

Remembering the Risks of a Rush to Enforcement: Immigrant Crime Victims and Workplace Immigration Raids - One year after the workplace immigration raids in Postville, Iowa, IWP explores the raids' aftermath, noting that many immigration officials sidestepped available legal protections for immigrant victims of violence and criminally charged and/or deported them. IWP's analysis brings into sharp relief the ever-present hazards of a hasty effort to enforce immigration laws without due process or consideration of humanitarian circumstances. May 2009

Congressional Briefing on the Aftermath of the Postville, Iowa Raid - IWP explores the aftermath of the immigration raid in Postville, Iowa, noting that many immigration officials sidestepped available legal protections for immigrant victims of violence and criminally charged and/or deported them. September 2008