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Migrant Workers
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Napa, Dependent on Migrant Labor, Crafts Its Own Immigration Policy
Here is a nice story about how Napa County, home of some of the best wine in the world, takes care of its migrant workers with houising and support. The…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon by Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, MD
Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, MD University of California Press, Hardcover, 348 pages ISBN: 9780520271180 October 2011Today he is known as Dr.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: Piloto: Migrant Worker to Jet Pilot Henry Cervantes
Piloto: Migrant Worker to Jet Pilot [Paperback] Henry Cervantes (2d ed. 2003) tells the story of Hank Cervantes, son of migrant field workers, who rose above the poverty and hardship of Central…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Modern Grapes of Wrath? Itinerant Life Weighs on Farmworkers’ Children
Patricia Leigh Brown writes for the N.Y Times of the difficulties children of migrant farmworkers in these difficult economic times with the shrill national debate over immigration in the background.KJ
International Law Prof Blog
ILO Joins the Voices Condemning Violence in Libya
The United Nations labor chief today added his voice to the chorus condemning Libya’s leaders for the deadly violence against mass protests, stressing that the North African country is a…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Will Migrants Gain Respect?
From Frontera NorteSur FeatureWill Migrants Gain Respect?Countering racism. Ratifying the Migrant Workers Convention. Doing away with exploitative guestworker systems. Assuring the rights of migrant domestic workers. Regularizing “irregular” migrants. Special…
Elder Law Prof Blog
China’s census will reveal important information about changing demographics
China began tallying its population on Monday for the first time since 2000, an arduous task likely to be made even tougher by the need to count scores of millions…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DAVID BACON: MIGRANT WORKERS IN A MAINE BLUEBERRY LABOR CAMP DEBLOIS, MAINE (4/18/10)
Agustin Martinez, Juan Rayas and Martin Martinez are all migrant blueberry pickers who come to Maine every year from Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato. Agustin workerd for three years during the bracero…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Ratification of the UN Migrant Workers Convention
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary year of the UN Migrant Workers Convention, December18, the International Resource Centre on the Human Rights of Migrants, together with the European Platform…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Another Immigration Policy is Possible
David Bacon on Truthout: Thousands of left-wing activists just spent a week at the US Social Forum in Detroit, gathered again under the banner "Another World is Possible." Among them…