undocumented labor
Big employers no strangers to benefiting from cheap, undocumented labor
*How the average consumer benefits from undocumented labor, even if they don’t realize it. VL By Travis Putnam Hill, Texas Tribune (12 minute read)undocumented labor, immigration, At an hour when […]
Post-hurricane rebuilding will be done by undocumented workers — and they need protection
In Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, mammoth hurricanes have left behind a colossal amount of work. The cleanup and reconstruction efforts are going to take years. That […]
Day Laborers Have Become an Easy Target for Anti-Immigrant Vigilantes
*Why you should read this: Because this is real, it’s happening and we should be aware. Because vigilantes will prey on the most vulnerable. Because information should lead to action. […]
Georgia Driver’s License Law Aimed At Undocumented Immigrants Disproportionately Hits People Of Color
*See, the problem isn’t giving driver’s licenses to the undocumented, you can make a public safety argument about that, the problem is the prejudices of people who use excuses to […]
5 facts about undocumented immigration in the U.S.
*At a quick glance, the number of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. has leveled off; Mexicans make-up about half of undocumented immigrants but their number is declining; 60% of the […]
Who is gaining the most from Obama’s deferred action program for undocumented adults?
*Contrary to what critics have been saying, it’s not as if opening the doors to legalization through DACA was going to let in a flood of immigrants. The choice to […]
Cesar Chavez, the Undocumented and the Chicano Movement
By Alfredo Gutierrez, NewsTaco (Cesar Chavez, the Undocumented and the Chicano Movement is excerpted from To Sin Against Hope, by Alfredo Gutierrez, Verso Books, 1010 Jay Street, Brooklyn New York 11201. First […]
Why I Hire Undocumented Workers
By Francis Wilkinson, Bloomberg Using data from the U.S. Census, the Pew Hispanic Center estimated that there were eight million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. labor force in 2010. The Migration Policy Institute estimated the […]
Stay or Go? Terminally Ill Undocumented Immigrants Face Dilemma
By Araceli Martínez Ortega, La Opinion/New America Media LOS ANGELES — When Gil García García began to feel a sharp pain in his left foot, he didn’t think it was important. “Two […]
Q&A: Napolitano On Diversity, Academics and the Undocumented at U.C.
By Peter Schurmann/Video by Jacob Simas, New America Media Ed. Note: In September former secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano took over as president of the University of California, the first-ever woman […]