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Temp Agencies Could Be Taking Advantage Of Immigrants

ProPublica | Michael Grabell | Posted 04.29.2013 | Latino Voices
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CHICAGO — Ty Inc. became one of the world's largest manufacturers of stuffed animals thanks to the Beanie Babies craze in the 1990s. But it h...

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Immigration Bill Trying To Solve Tough Problem

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 04.03.2013 | Politics
Read More: Farm Workers, Farm Workers Immigrants, Immigration Bill Farm Workers, Immigrant Labor, Illegal Immigration, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Sweeping immigration legislation taking shape in the Senate will aim to overhaul the nation's agriculture worker program to create ...

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The Endgame of Capitalism

Carl Gibson | Posted 04.06.2013 | Business
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Carl Gibson

We're witnessing the endgame of capitalism, where a few wealthy individuals and corporations have accumulated most of the wealth while the rest of us are left to fight for the scraps.

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On Hostile Ground, America's Guest workers Seek Justice

Michelle Chen | Posted 04.20.2012 | Politics
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Michelle Chen

Politicians seem to want it both ways: keeping immigrants locked into a brutal underground workforce, while using mass deportation and constant abuse to exclude them from society.

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Arizona Immigration Law Faces New Legal Challenge

AP | JACQUES BILLEAUD | Posted 12.31.2011 | Politics
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PHOENIX — Groups opposing Arizona's immigration enforcement law have asked a federal judge to put a stop to a section of the statute that bans t...

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From Dubai to Amsterdam, There Is No Divide

Todd Reisz | Posted 12.04.2011 | World
Read More: Citizenship, Immigrant Labor, Amsterdam, Migrant Workers, Immigration, Dubai Immigrants, Pardis Mahdavi Gridlock, United Arab Emirates, Human Trafficking, Dubai, World News
Todd Reisz

Dubai was one of the first cities to show us that assumptions about citizenship, about belonging, about home were to be turned on their heads.

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Undocumented Labor Is the Dairyland's Bread and Butter

Erich Straub | Posted 10.29.2011 | Latino Voices
Read More: E-Verify, Immigrant Labor, Video, Labor Shortage, Dairlyand, Undocumented Workers, Wiscosnsin Farmers, Latino Voices News
Erich Straub

Rural America simply does not have the native-born workforce it needs to produce America's food. With no visas available and a shortage of local labor, the result is an industry that has become deeply dependent on undocumented workers.

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Day Laborer Theater Troupe Empowers, Teaches

AP | By AMY TAXIN | Posted 09.09.2012 | Los Angeles
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Most days, they are construction workers and painters and maids. But twice a year, this group of day laborers morphs into actor...

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Guest Blogger Ian Danley in Phoenix: 'I don't want my city to be the Birmingham or Selma in this drama'

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Jim Wallis

On Tuesday, a group of local faith and community leaders, along with Jim Wallis and Noel Castellanos, called on the Governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, t...

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Microsoft Needs Immigrants, Facebook Doesn't

Silicon Alley Insider | Vasanth Sridharan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Steve Ballmer, Work Visa, Tech Companies, Microsoft, H1-B, H1-B Season, Immigrant Labor, Facebook, Google, Business News

H1-B season kicks off tomorrow, and it will be short and random: There are five days to sign up for all 65,000 specialty work visas the U.S. is giving...

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