Migrant farm workers are still routinely forced to live and work in unsafe, often desperate conditions. In Immokalee, Florida, farm workers organised themselves into the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and launched a campaign that forced some of the biggest global multi-nationals to recognise their demands for workers' rights.
Migrant farm workers are still routinely forced to live and work in unsafe, often desperate conditions. In Immokalee, Florida, farm workers organised ...
Hailed as the most restrictive immigration bill in the nation, the Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer & Citizen Protection Act (known as HB 56) went into effect in September 2011. Its intent was to create jobs for Alabamians by making the lives of undocumented immigrants in the state impossible, so that they would self-deport. It failed. Here We May Rest offers a comprehensive explanation of how and why HB 56 came about and reports on its effects on immigrant communities. Author Silvia Giagnoni argues that the legislation was anti-immigrant, not merely "anti-illegal immigration" as its proponents...
Hailed as the most restrictive immigration bill in the nation, the Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer & Citizen Protection Act (known as HB 56) went into ...