Topic
Immigrant Workforce
202 published works
Immigration
Are Ohio Taxpayers Paying for ICE? Richard T. Herman on the $6.9 Billion Deportation Cost
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ImmigrationProf Blog
The Conversation: Historian uncovers evidence of second mass grave of Irish immigrant railroaders in Pennsylvania who suffered from cholera, violence and xenophobia
Historian William E. Watson writes in The Conversation (Historian uncovers evidence of second mass grave of Irish immigrant railroaders in Pennsylvania who suffered from cholera, violence and xenophobia) writes about…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
The 6th nominee for The Worst Employer of 2025 is … The Terrible Trafficker
HotHead Grabba is now officially in the hot seat. A 74-count indictment charges owner Hunter Segree and two managers with operating a tobacco-processing sweatshop and exploiting its immigrant workforce. Here's…
Minnesota Employer
Minnesota’s Immigrant Workforce: Challenges and Opportunities in Development
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigrants to the Rescue: Immigrant day laborers learn how to do risky fire cleanup
Fire-affected neighborhoods in Altadena and Pacific Palisades, California need help. Some of the people taking the risky clean up jobs are immigrant day laborers. As KCRW reports, this "workforce that…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: The Limits of Immigrant Resilience
Huyen PhamThe Limits of Immigrant Resilience by Huyen Pham, Natalie Cook, Ernesto Amaral, Raymond Robertson, and Suojin Wang, Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 509-46, 2024AbstractEconomists have…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Cardinal: Immigrants are part of the solution, not the problem
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsOn the heels of the Vice Presidential debate in which JD Vance blames immigrants for taking U.S. jobs, increasing housing prices, and more, Cardinal Roger Mahony of the Catholic…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Center for Migration Studies: The Importance of Immigrant Labor to the US Economy
The nation celebrated Labor Day yesterday, with a day off marking the end of summer and many barbecues. Kevin Appleby for the Center on Migration Studies offered facts and perspectives…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Beyond the “Black Jobs” Controversy: Immigrants and U.S.-Born Black Workers Share a Growing Jobs Pie
A few weeks ago, former President Trump said that immigrants were taking "black jobs," a comment that drew criticism. Analysis from the Migration Policy Institute released today "takes on…
Working: Now and Then
Conflating Undocumented Immigrant Bodies with Labor
Fighting for Worker Justice in the Aftermath of the Francis Scott Key Bridge Tragedy By Claudet Miranda Zambrano The Law Students on Workers’ Rights series publishes essays from current and…