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Guest Worker Program

159 published works

ImmigrationProf Blog June 6, 2011
Southern Poverty Law Center Wins Major Victory on Behalf of Cheated Farmworkers
By immigrationprof
One of the Southeast's largest employers of foreign guestworkers and its owners will be held accountable for routinely cheating workers out of their wages under a recent federal court ruling…
ImmigrationProf Blog March 15, 2011
NILC Critique of New Utah Immigration Law
By immigrationprof
Utah Governor Gary Herbert today signed into law immigration measures that together create the nation’s most broadly sweeping state immigration enforcement scheme. Largely modeled on Arizona’s SB 1070, HB 497…
World of Employment March 15, 2011
Utah Immigration Legislation Remains Up In the Air (UPDATED)
By Matt Durham
Immigration was one of the top issues in the 2011 Utah Legislative session, which concluded last week. Contrary to early predictions, Utah did not adopt a carbon-copy of Arizona’s controversial immigration…
ImmigrationProf Blog March 10, 2011
Utah Wants its Own Guestworker Program
By immigrationprof
From the Immigration Policy Center:Utah's Immigration Solution Not a National ModelLegislation Fails To Live Up To State's Best IntentionsWashington D.C. - Late Friday night, the Utah Legislature passed three immigration-related…
ImmigrationProf Blog February 21, 2011
New Immigration Articles from SSRN
By immigrationprof
Here are some new immigrtaion articles from the Social Science Research Network (www.ssrn.com):"Guest Worker Programs are No Fix for Our Broken Immigration System: Evidence from the Northern Mariana Islands" New…
World of Employment February 18, 2011
Utah: 2011 Legislative Session Preview
By Emily Stubbs
The 59th legislative session of the Utah State Legislature convened in January, and several labor and employment-related bills were introduced. We’ve highlighted some of the more interesting bills below. Immigration…
ImmigrationProf Blog January 3, 2011
New SSRN Immigration Articles
By immigrationprof
Here are some new immigration articles from the Social Science Research Network:"Guest Worker Programs are No Fix for Our Broken Immigration System: Evidence from the Northern Mariana Islands" New Mexico…
ImmigrationProf Blog July 21, 2010
Harvest of Loneliness: The Bracero Program
By immigrationprof
Harvest of Loneliness: The Bracero Program is a documentary by UC Irvine Chicano/Latino Studies professor Gilbert Gonzalez that explores the history of the Bracero Program, the long-running guest worker program that…
The Faculty Lounge July 14, 2010
Workplace enforcement and Guest-worker programs
A few days ago the New York Times had an article about a change in immigration enforcement under the Obama administration. Like the Bush administration before it, the Obama administration…
ImmigrationProf Blog February 19, 2010
In Support of AgJOBS Bill
By immigrationprof
An LA Times editorial recognizes the need for the passage of AgJOBS:In the last days of 2008, President George W. Bush's administration gave a parting gift to agribusiness: The Labor…