Temporary Farm Worker Immigration Case Study

In this documentary about Mexican’s workers experience in Ontario, Canada, Min Sook Lee addresses the issue of the Foreign Temporary Worker program. Specifically, El Contrado demonstrates how Mexicans come to Canada in order to work during several months under bad working conditions. Those workers have to leave their family constantly in order to help them financially. They work 8 months a year, which means that they are home in Mexico only for 4 months (El Contrado). Maximo left his family behind; unfortunately, he cannot even for four months in order to see his son as he is illegal in Canada. As those Mexican workers, Maximo experienced bad working conditions. Here he briefly talks about working conditions and explains how he wanted to get

Since the conservation government was completely defeated by liberty party, the disputed program, Temporary Foreign Workers program(TFWP), will continue to implement or not in which liberty government may top agenda. TFWP, the law has been started by conservative government on restrictive visas and do not have the rights to permanent residents from the fall of 2011 to now. Their purpose to the country and employment are trying to not taking jobs and opportunities away from Canadians.

One of the goals of the Immigrant Workers Center is to increase the minimum wage to $15/hour in order to help and immigrants and offer them resources and referrals. Thus, I must have some knowledge about the governmental approach and programs available for immigrants. I need to know if those programs are efficient, how they contribute to the integration of immigrants, and if they are helpful or not. In addition, I must have some general knowledge about the immigration processes i.e. time, requirements, qualifications etc. In order to have this knowledge, I will seek out for governmental sources such as the website of the Canadian government, conservative website (for previous immigrations programs), immigrants’ témoignages to have a general

Guest Farmworker Act The Guest Farmworker Act is intended to fill an employment gap in the United States. It provides a legal option to bring workers from other countries to work with a plan to return to their country to be with their families when work time is complete. It also supports undocumented farm workers to participate freely and have a legal route to a job in the United States with a safe passage home. Problem Farmers need workers to fill a gap in employment in the United States.

Cundal and Seaman discuss the many ways in which the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) is abused and the effects of this misuse on the workers. Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) are working jobs that should be classified as long term positions, not short term. This incorrect classification affects a worker’s salary, healthcare plan, pension, vacation pay, and sick days. Cundal and Seaman also address the ways in which TFW are more susceptible to employer abuse than other workers. Temporary Foreign Workers must apply for a Labour Market Opinion (LMO) before switching employers, which can take up to five months; most workers cannot afford to live without a source of income for this length of time. This usually compels workers to keep serious issues private. Many workers are also uninformed about their basic rights, which often leaves them exposed to mistreatment or abuse by employers. Cundal, an immigration lawyer in Calgary and Seaman, a human rights and civil liberties researcher wrote an unbiased and fact based article using a wide variety of sources including articles, reports, and newsletters. Cundal and Seaman provided an extensive reference list in addition to footnotes to support their writing. The authors not only address the human rights issues faced by TFW’s, they also identify ways in which these issues can be resolved. Cundal and Seaman however, fail to provide information on how many TFW are affected by employer abuse and exploitation. This information is

Slaves were treated terribly, but maybe not as bad as immigrant factory workers. Slaves were from the south and immigrant factory workers were from the north. Slaves were captured from Africa and sold into slavery. In slavery, slave owners forced slaves to work without pay and with the fear of being whipped. Immigrant factory workers were people that came to America for a better life. Slaves were treated better than immigrant factory workers because slaves were given better food, shelter, and clothing than immigrant factory workers.

Before lands were set up into fixed colonies, people were free to roam and sail as they pleased. However, this is not to say that discrimination did not exist, and some were killed when they entered into foreign borders. The same holds true today in the United States of America, not necessarily due to discrimination but due to the immigration laws that were put into practice in 1790, beginning with the Naturalization Act. While it is safe precaution to make sure who enters the country and what their motives are, many are being denied the access to the American dream. It is because of this that the U.S. must take a step back and reevaluate their immigration policies.

The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 has a mandatory detention provision in 8 U.S.C 1226(c). The issue this pathfinder explores is whether §1226 (c) requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain a noncitizen offender who committed a qualifying offense “when the alien is released” from custody immediately or any time after they are released from criminal custody. The language of the statute is ambiguous because it does not provide a time frame for when an alien can be detained after being released from custody for a qualifying offense. The statute is not clear whether “when released” can mean a couple of days after release from custody or years after release.

The article by Shelley Davis (2001) analyzed farmworkers access to health care. It has been reported that approximately only five percent of migrant farmworkers receive health insurance from their employers (U.S Department of Labor, 2000). This article focused on giving a snapshot of farmworkers healthcare struggles. Specifically, educating the public on farmworkers inability to access healthcare for themselves or their closest kin. The fact that their employment is labeled as a high-risk and dangerous of either injury or illness and the inability of their employer to provide health care for these workers puts these migrant workers in a predicament. Often times they need to go without healthcare because of the lack of coverage, money, or time.

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,

Immigrant farmworkers, who were the main voice of oppressive labor laws and poor working conditions in the late 1960s through the 1990s have their message strongly echoed in “The Union of Their Dreams” by Miriam Pawel. Instead of focusing on Cesar Chávez, the believed frontrunner of the farmworker labor movement, Pawel chose to guide her attention towards the overall narrative of the movement by highlighting the stories of eight different second-level UFW workers who have their experiences shared through multiple sources (letters, memos, stories, transcripts and notes written in the time that the events took place). This allowed the reader to gain a perspective of each featured farmworker and view situations through the farmworker’s point of

This essay will provide an overview of immigrant farm workers as an example of a vulnerable population in society. A sample population demographic and background information about the community provides characteristics and context about why this group constitutes a vulnerable population. A discussion about the challenges and disparities farm workers incur when accessing health care with an assessment of the impact on federal, state, and local health care delivery systems. Key stakeholders in public and private domains are noted outlining

DeAnna Smiley Ms. Schlabach U.S History September 25, 2017 1960s; Mexican Farm Workers Living Condition In the 1960s in the United States, migrant farm workers, particularly Mexicans, were living in a poor condition. The immigration in the United States was to be a dream of freedom but also a way to help and support their family in their home country you could say. Many immigrants had come to America looking for jobs that can support their family, but many such as Mexican farm workers had struggled in the time.

Many immigrants came to america for many different reasons.Many came to seek new lives in a different place, hoping for a better life. Some came to escape corrupt government rulers in their home country. So many of them chose to come to America. In the late 1800s the homestead act was passed, which allowed any people to claim any amount of land they wanted out West. This was the perfect opportunity for many immigrants. This was what enticed the immigrants to take the journey to America. When they went west Most of them became farmers or miners.

I enjoyed reading your primary task posting concerning work related issues that migrant farm workers face in the United States. In fact, I completely agree with your statement that even though the United States agricultural industry heavily depends on the labor migrant farm workers provide, the men, women, and children performing the work are for the most part seriously underappreciated. Additionally, you made an extremely interesting point about migrant farm workers who are in the country legally, even though they are eligible for government assistance (WIC, Medicaid, and food stamps), who do not receive these benefits because they are frequently traveling from state to state to find work. I had not considered this element of