Pros And Cons Of Migrant Farm Workers

would shrink the labor force by 11 million workers, reduce the real GDP by $1.6 trillion and take 20 years to complete (Trump has said he could do it in 18 months)” (The Street, November 1st, 2015).

According to the article, “Immigration Reform Is Required to Protect the Agricultural Industry,” it stated that a, “Immigration reform is necessary for the future of agriculture in the United States. The H-2A visa program, which currently brings migrant workers to the country for seasonal work, is too expensive or troublesome for smaller growers to participate in, resulting in labor shortages and significant drops in farm productivity.” Currently, many of the people who work in the agriculture industry are illegal immigrants. The current H-2A visa is very expensive for many people to afford. Many people can’t afford to get a visa so because of this there are less workers which causes significant drops in productivity. There needs to be a reform in order to keep many people working, and also to keep the industry going. In the article it also stated, “Nearly 80 percent of U.S. growers surveyed in 2011 said they had harvest/packing labor shortages.” Many current illegal immigrants who are working in the fields are experiencing labor shortages. These people who have to provide for their families can't provide for them because their jobs are being cut back. This causes families to experience shortages, such as having to choose if it's more important to buy food or keep a roof over their heads. No one should have to go through this in their life. If all it takes to change

Many economically important field crops in the United States depends on the labor of migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Over the past years the United States has had the largest population of immigrants. Of course many of these immigrants are from different places in the world; but the largest population is from Latin America. Over half of the immigrant population is from Latin America and almost 40% entered the US in the past decade (Pransky, 2002). Recently many of these immigrate live and work in the metropolitan area. The ages rang from 18 to 64. Considering the number of immigrants thriving the health status and needs of immigrants is important. This issue of immigrant farmworker is not being discussed in day to day basis. Many of these immigrants migrate for work but find themselves living in poverty, language barriers, working conditions, no health insurance and etc...Agriculture in the United States highly depends on chemicals like pesticide, growth regulator, and fertilizer. Every year 1 billion chemical is applied. Considering the amount of chemicals applied migrate are at a high risk of pesticide exposure since chemicals are in water, soil and plants. Pesticide exposure means getting pesticides in or on the body. This article will discuss four primary immigrates, reasons immigrate farm workers work mostly on fields, farm owner’s benefits, stress, pesticide explores, heavy machinery and treatments after being hurt. All of these terms will describe how they affects

In this paper the topic of immigrant labor is that people from around the world have long immigrated to the United States seeking employment opportunities to have a better life style, but while the U.S. economy has benefited by the talents and energy of migrants and immigrants there have also been concerns. According to Immigrant Labor (2015),

Once working in the U.S., undocumented migrant laborers are perfectly exploitable. Because they are not citizens or on work visas, they essentially have no rights in the minds of some farms. Farms may provide poor quality housing, but no other work benefits. Agriculture doesn’t have to pay hourly minimum wage, so instead workers are paid by piece rate: employment in which a worker is paid a fixed rate for each unit produced no matter the time invested. In some areas, farms make it appear that they are paying laborers minimum wage by requiring laborers to pick enough produce to equal a full day’s pay. Over exhaustion induced by this is typically untreated because of the lack of proper medical care available to migrant workers; either because of personal funds, or ignorant lenses through which doctors view Mexican migrant patients (Holmes, 2013, p. 113). Then if a laborer expresses any issues to their employers, employers will use the labor’s undocumented status against them. Essentially, they’ll threaten the laborer with deportation if the laborer were to make any action against the farm because of labor rights violations--first hand manipulation of the social divides of labor.

The Mexican Migrant Farm Workers’ community formed in Southern California in the 20th century because of two factors that came together: farming emphasized by migrations like the Okie farmers from the East and Mexicans “imported” to the U.S. because of the need for cheap labor as a replacement of Americans during World War II. The migrant labor group formed after an already similar group in the U.S had been established in California, the American farm workers from the East, known as the Okies. The Dust Bowl of the 1930s caused the movement of the Okies to the West and was followed by the transition from American dominant farm labor to Mexican migrant labor. The Okies reinforced farming in California through the skills they took with them,

Almost all farm workers are illegal immigrants and are day laborers, must chase crops to make a living. Farm workers are also constantly at the mercy of variable adversities like natural disasters and bad weather. On average illegal migrant workers spend half of the year working and quarter of the year looking for a job. In addition illegal immigrants are hard to find a place to stay because they are in not in legal status and are required proper documentation by law to rent an apartment. On the other hand Illegal immigrants keep move place to place to find a job and looking for shelter to stay. Most of the illegal immigrants live with fear in face all time because of lack of job security and insecure life. According to Schlosser’s article "In 1951 the President 's Commission on Migratory Labor condemned the abysmal living conditions of illegal immigrants employed as migrant farm workers in the United States. At the time, workers were found living in orchards and irrigation ditches. They

Migrant farm workers in America go through struggles that middle class and privileged people of any race couldn’t even begin to comprehend without deep research. The types of pain that migrant farm workers endure on a day to day basis is incredible. As the consumers in a modern capitalist society, middle-class Americans are the reason that migrant farm workers have to raise their kids preparing them to work in servitude. The migrants don't want to work in the harsh conditions but they have to in order to have a “steady” income. Migrant farm workers in America are some of the most vulnerable of the oppressed groups because they work hard for endless hours at a time to provide to

Each year thousands of mexicans cross the border illegally to find work in the united states. Most perform jobs that U.S citizens won’t do, and they pay taxes, some argue they should receive amnesty. However, opponents argue that aliens are a drain on the system and a threat to security, they should be deported. Should undocumented workers in the united states be allowed to stay? Undocumented workers in the united states should be allowed to stay in the united states. America is spending billions of dollars on different reform plans.

Migrant farm workers come to Canada to give themselves a better work opportunity and they believe that will get the same rights as a Canadian. Globalization has allowed many of these migrant workers to receive an indefinite status which allows many of these individuals’ rights that starts problems for citizenship and human rights. What happens is the Canadian citizenship and international human rights have allowed these migrant workers to come to work, but these workers find it difficult to secure their rights that have been organized by SAWP. Gabriel and Macdonald (2014) found that struggle begins with Canada because they use human rights laws that is embedded into the domestic laws to help secure citizenship rights, which is better suited

Over the past couple decades the number of undocumented immigrants involved in American agriculture has increased by the hundreds. They have dominated the fields on the west coast and have been put to work in some very harsh conditions. Many people in the US believe that these men, women, and even children are occupying jobs that legal citizens could have. We realize that even though much of our agriculture these days is harvested by modern technologies, a big part of the agriculture’s economy is made up of labor intensive from people, such as harvesting grapes, strawberries, pistachios, raspberries, etcetera. As we dig deeper into this topic we will realize why our agricultural

Undocumented immigrants provide jobs, pay taxes, and have had many positive outcomes toward the United States therefore, they should be allowed to be granted citizenship without going through all the hardships such as inhumane treatments, labeling/categorizing, harassment and detains. Undocumented immigrants are always supposedly up to no good and seen as the enemy. “There is no need for immigration so why have it?” you may ask. Throughout the years, many people have traveled to the United States from other countries to get a well paying job in order to maintain their families, to provide everything it takes to be successful for their kids, and overall to have a brighter future. Would people with bad intentions actually go through the

Many options have been batted about congress on how to supply workers to seasonal farmers, yet keep the illegal immigration population to the minimum. A guest worker program, little used by farmers, allows immigrants to come to work if there is a shortage of workers here in the United States and it doesn’t affect similar U.S. workers (Martin 2). Farmers complain about the strictures on this program however, and have been asking for something more workable. There are three distinct options to fulfill the needs of the employers. A guest worker program, a legalization program, or a combination of both. In the guest worker program, the worker would come to the U.S., work for an allotted time, then sent back home. Option two allows undocumented workers that are already here to follow a plan to become legal workers, but

More and more health-conscious individuals are scrutinizing the source of the food their family consumes. However, even the most conscientious consumer is not fully aware of the exhaustive efforts and struggle to get a juicy, ripe strawberry or that plump tomato in the middle of winter, even in Florida. These foods are harvested and picked mostly by seasonal and migrant farm workers. Migrant workers hail, in large part, from Mexico and the Caribbean, and their families often travel with them. Migrant farm workers must endure challenging conditions so that Americans can have the beautiful selection of berries, tomatoes, and other fresh foods often found at places like a farmer’s market or a traditional super market. Seasonal and

Essay question: Are temporary labour migration programs ethical? Is there a point at which a temporary migrant ought to be offered permanent membership in the host country?