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Mass Deportation Means the Mass Deporting of Workers

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez | December 16, 2021

What I have learned spending more time in rural areas is that the connective tissues among people in smaller communities are more taut so any disruptions tend to be disproportionate and lasting. 

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Climate Change

The Climate Crisis Is Coming for Undocumented Farmworkers First

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Threats of deportation prevent workers from speaking out against workplace conditions

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Meatpacking workers like my family deserve to be protected during and after the pandemic

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Essential, but Unprotected

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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.

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How Trump Is Privatizing the U.S. Immigration System

By Maurizio Guerrero | September 25, 2020

The administration is allowing industries to directly control guest worker programs.

Community

‘The System Has Forgotten Us’

By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez | August 25, 2020

What Mayela faces on a day to day basis reflects what immigrant communities in South Minneapolis have been facing under COVID-19, compounded by the destruction during the uprising.

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

By Maurizio Guerrero | August 17, 2020

The rush to keep building through the pandemic has compounded the risks for construction workers.

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

By Dara Lind (ProPublica) | July 18, 2020

Doctors treating coronavirus patients were supposed to be allowed into the U.S. But hundreds of young doctors have their visas put on hold indefinitely.

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

By Maurizio Guerrero and Amie Stager | 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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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