Immigration
Missouri’s housing inspections for H-2A workers missed deficiencies for years
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The lax inspection process led to an incident in summer 2018 where workers lived in a former jail, a motel with bed bugs and a house with a leaking toilet.
Investigative
These Farmworkers Were Forced to Labor on Empty Stomachs
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During an incident in Kennett, Missouri, in summer 2018, H-2A workers labored through high temperatures while denied breakfast and with little access to water. Their legal status was supposed to protect them.
Immigration
Union Members Protest Amazon’s Involvement With ICE
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During a short program outside of the store, speakers from Immigrant Worker Solidarity shared the harm being caused by our current immigration policies, made worse by Amazon’s technology.
Essay
Employers increase their profits and put downward pressure on wages and labor standards by exploiting migrant workers
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How well is the American economy working for working people?
EPI researcher Daniel Costa reflect on the state of labor and the exploitation of immigrant workers in the United States.
Incarceration
‘Vigil to End Human Detention’ Held Across the Country
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The vigils mourned the refugees and immigrants who have died in ICE detention and protested the dehumanizing conditions of these camps.
Immigration
On the Front Lines of Trump’s Immigration War in the U.S. Heartland
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Worthington, Minnesota, home to a major meatpacking plant with a majority immigrant workforce, is a microcosm of an expanding border regime where a power struggle unfolds between longtime residents and newcomers.
Immigration
Unions and Immigrant Workers Claim Workplace Abuse at Digi-Key Expansion Project
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Construction unions and nonunion immigrant workers asserted their collective power Wednesday morning in Thief River Falls to protest wage theft, exploitation, and labor trafficking
Immigration
The Fight Against Labor Trafficking Expands
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Momentum is building in Minneapolis and throughout Minnesota to challenge labor trafficking and its root causes.
Investigative
Sherburne County Sheriff’s Department Generates Millions through the Incarceration of Immigrant Detainees
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Sherburne has spurred the privatization of health care services for county jails, displacing county workers and leading to dangerous conditions for the incarcerated. The revenue is somewhat restricted leading to complaints from Sheriffs in contract negotiations.
Uncategorized
Augsburg University Professor Mzenga Wanyama at Risk of Deportation This Thursday
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During their last meeting on Friday, March 9, ICE seized both of their passports, stating that they expect to see concrete plans for the Wanyamas to leave the country.