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Inside the Lives of Immigrant Teens Working Dangerous Night Shifts in Suburban Factories

By Melissa Sanchez (ProPublica) | November 29, 2020

During the day, immigrant teenagers attend high school. At night, they work in factories to pay debts to smugglers and send money to family. The authorities aren’t surprised by child labor. They’re also not doing much about it.

Farm Workers

How Trump Is Privatizing the U.S. Immigration System

'The System Has Forgotten Us'

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The Return of the Construction Industry Has Brought a Surge of Immigrant Worker Deaths

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COVID-19

Hospitals Are Suddenly Short of Young Doctors — Because of Trump’s Visa Ban

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Foreign Farm Workers Already Face Abusive Conditions. Now Trump Wants to Cut Their Wages.

By Maurizio Guerrero | July 16, 2020

Pedro, a laborer from Chiapas, Mexico, worked 13 hours a day picking blueberries on a farm in Clinton, North Carolina. He had no time off, except when it rained.

Immigration
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MN Union: Safety of Immigrant Construction Workers Sacrificed for Profit

By Mike Moen (Public News Service) | June 29, 2020

The recent death of a construction worker in Minnesota has exposed a lack of safety oversight at job sites, according to a regional union.

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Undocumented Farmworkers Are Refusing Covid Tests for Fear of Losing Their Jobs

By Arun Gupta and Michelle Fawcett | June 22, 2020

As states reopen for business, the coronavirus is exploding among America’s 2.5 million farmworkers, imperiling efforts to contain the spread of the disease and keep food on the shelves just as peak harvest gets underway

COVID-19
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While Minneapolis Burned, Immigrant Detainees in Sherburne County Jail Started a Hunger Strike

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez | May 28, 2020

Interfaith Coalition on Immigration (ICOM) announced that immigrant detainees had begun a hunger strike at the Sherburne County jail in Elk River, Minnesota.

COVID-19

Los New Yorkers: Essential and Underprotected in the Pandemic’s Epicenter

By Adriana Gallardo (Pro Publica) and Ariel Goodman (Pro Publica) | May 2, 2020

In a city besieged, undocumented New Yorkers have been left outside public measures to help those impacted by the spread of the coronavirus. Instead, they weigh impossible choices: medical help and exposure, safety or sustenance.

COVID-19
Frontline Medial Workers

130,000 TPS Holders are Providing Essential Services During the Coronavirus Crisis

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez | April 14, 2020

TPS Holders are doing essential work while remaining in legal limbo.

Immigration
Chicken Processing

Immigrant Meatpackers Fightback Against Intimidation & Death Traps

By Mike Elk (PAYDAY REPORT) | April 13, 2020

In several rural communities with sudden COVID-19 spikes, many residents say that the meatpacking plants that surround the city and employ several thousand area residents are responsible for accelerating the spread of COVID-19.

Immigration

New Report Uncovers Widespread Abuse of Agricultural Workers in H-2A Visa Program

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez | April 10, 2020

A new report released yesterday by Baltimore based, Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, documents extensive labor abuses in the U.S. H-2A visa program.

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Wage Theft Allegations at Menards Construction Site

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez | April 6, 2020

An email provided by LIUNA gives clear evidence of a misclassification and wage theft scheme by a Menards contractor, Blackrock Masonry, at an Apple Valley construction site.

Investigative
Migrant Workers

Farm immigration reform aims to aid struggling Midwest dairies

By Christopher Walljasper | December 13, 2019

New legislation could make it easier for farmers to hire immigrant labor – a growing need for the dairy and poultry industries as well as other agriculture sectors.

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