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Immigrant Workforce
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigrant Health-Care Workers in the United States
There are many immigrants in the health care industry. This Migration Information Source Spotlight (Immigrant Health-Care Workers in the United States) offers data on the approximately 2.1 million immigrants work…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigrant workers help fuel U.S. farms. Does affordable produce depend on them?
Not a really surprise, is it? For more on the economic benefits to all of us of farm -- and mostly immigrant -- labor, click here.KJRelated articlesLawyers Try to Delay…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Happy Labor Day! A Special Thanks to Immigrant Workers
The History Channel reminds us of the history of Labor Day. Observed on the first Monday in September, Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Danger and Dignity: Immigrant Day Laborers and Occupational Risk by Jayesh Rathod
Danger and Dignity: Immigrant Day Laborers and Occupational Risk by Jayesh Rathod, American University - Washington College of Law March 21, 2016 Seton Hall Law Review, Vol. 46, No. 3,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Jobs Looking for People, People Looking for Their Rights: Seeking Relief for Exploited Immigrant Workers in North Dakota by Sabrina Balgamwalla
Jobs Looking for People, People Looking for Their Rights: Seeking Relief for Exploited Immigrant Workers in North Dakota by Sabrina Balgamwalla, University of North Dakota - School of Law February…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: The Chinese Immigrant Worker in New York: The Role of Intermediate Institutions by Aaron Halegua
The Chinese Immigrant Worker in New York: The Role of Intermediate Institutions by Aaron Halegua, New York University School of LawHarvard Law School 2015 Samuel Estreicher and Joy Radice, eds.,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Happy Labor Day! And don’t forget our immigrant workers
Labor Day is a day of restHappy Labor Day! As this piece by Elaine Ayala reminds us, we should all thank immigrant workers on each and every Labor Day:"It has become…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Do Immigrants Work in Worse Jobs than U.S. Natives? Evidence from California by Madeline Zavodny
Do Immigrants Work in Worse Jobs than U.S. Natives? Evidence from California by Madeline Zavodny Agnes Scott CollegeInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) April 2015, Industrial Relations: A Journal…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Debunking the Myth of the Job-Stealing Immigrant
Adam Davidson in the New York Times Magazine has an article ("Debunking the Myth of the Job-Stealing Immigrant") well worth reading.KJ
Human Rights at Home Blog
Immigrant Workers Challenge the Legacy of Hoffman Plastics Before the IACHR
by guest authors Professor Sarah Paoletti (Penn) and Rebecca Smith (National Employment Law Project)On November 1, 2006, Leopoldo Zumaya and Francisco Berumen Lizalde filed a petition before the Inter-American Commission on…