Specialty contractors and labor brokers are among the participants reducing their own labor costs by burdening workers unfairly.
Immigration
Soccer-Loving Father of Four Caught Up in El Cajon Immigration Raid
The operation included dozens of officers, some with guns in hand, as they moved through a paint business.
Republican Budget Madness
Today on TAP: It bookends Trump’s tariff madness, both for damage and dishonesty.
Trump’s and MAGA’s Own Identity Politics: White, Preferably Racist
Today on TAP: The ‘race-centered’ Smithsonian exhibits are bad, but there’s nothing race-centered in restoring Confederate statuary.
‘Oopsie … Too Late’
Today on TAP: The several cases in which Trump is defying court orders are coming to a head. We will soon learn whether the rule of law still applies in America—or whether we are too late.
Who’s Deportable Now?
Today on TAP: If previous administrations had deported immigrants by Trump’s criteria, the U.S. would be a lot smaller than it is.
Trump’s Stagflation
Today on TAP: It’s not easy to engineer the combination of rising prices and falling economy output, but Trump is well on the way.
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of ‘GlomarResponder,’ an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden.
Undocumented Workers Prepare to Clean Up L.A.’s Fires Amid ICE Raids
As fear mounts, day laborers risk arrest to help the city rebuild and support their families.
Trump’s Huddled Masses
The trench warfare in sanctuary cities and states to protect innocent families from Trump’s ICE raids

