Undocumented Latino Immigrants

Supporting such large businesses in order to eat what they want, but at a cost of providing business to a company like Case Farms effects readers greatly. Grabell introduces the readers to Osiel Lopez Perez, a Guatemalan immigrant. Osiel began to work at Case Farms at the age of 17 which by law in Ohio is too young to work in a factory. However, as Grabell reports “he got the job at Case Farms with a driver’s license that said his name was Fransisco Sepulveda, age twenty eight.”(46) Grabell continues the point in further detail “The photograph on the I.D was of his older brother, who looked nothing like him, but nobody asked questions.” (46) The fact that nobody asked questions within the text is an early example of how the company views situations like Osiel’s and how they handle them. Osiel’s story is crucial to the readers perspective on Case Farms due to the events that took place on April 7th 2015. As Osiel was sanitizing the liver-giblet chiller he did as a supervisor had showed him and climbed the machine. As Osiel was sanitizing the liver-giblet chiller he did as a supervisor had showed him and climbed the machine. This led to a tragic accident with him falling and having his leg ripped off by the machine itself. Since Osiel fell, the incident drew attention to Case Farm’s and the violation against the immigration laws they had to fire him along with several other undocumented immigrants at the

It has been argued since the start of immigration whether or not aliens (undocumented or documented) should have the same equal rights as Americans when it comes to employment, education, and benefits in the United States. Despite what individuals believe or disbelieve, under certain acts, codes, laws, and the U.S. Constitution, all aliens have rights, regardless of their immigration status. In this paper I will discuss an overview of the court case, Patel v, Quality Inn South, which deals with an undocumented alien who was able to recover funds from his former employer. I will explain the acts that impacted the case, whether I agree or disagree with the outcome of the case, and my personal opinions of the case itself.

There are eleven million undocumented immigrants in our country. Nearly one third are parents of children born in the US. Immigrants are coming from Central American due to violence in their country and from Mexico looking for work. (Renwick and Lee) The number of refugees allowed to enter the US is determined by Congress and the President. This is based on a number of things, including reunification of families and skills that are valuable to our economy. There are 480,000 family based visas available each year, but this amount is often exceeded. There are twenty types of temporary visas that are controlled by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services with 140,000 permanent visas per year

Employer sanctions are of relatively recent vintage in the nation’s immigration laws. In the climate of heightened concerns over the number of undocumented workers (predominantly Mexican) in the United States in the 1970’s and early 1980’s, estimates of up to nine million undocumented people residing in the country were offered to demonstrate that immigration enforcement were ineffectual. Policymakers proposed addressing the situation from a new angle-by penalizing employers who were hiring undocumented workers, through what came to be called “employer sanctions.” By 1986, employer sanctions had become part of the nation’s immigration laws (Dowling and Inda, 2013, p.

Among the many controversial issues surrounding immigration, both legal and illegal, the role that immigrant workers play in the American workforce is one of the most controversial. Many argue that illegal immigrant workers are stealing jobs that would otherwise be held by U.S. citizens, while others claim that no matter the availability of these kinds of jobs, American workers would not participate in this kind of “dirty” work. There are two sides to the argument, but one thing can be agreed upon by all parties discussing the issue of dirty jobs and the American workforce: there must be a solution. The problem that most thinkers are then faced with is the multitude of suggestions for solutions to this problem, as well as the many complexities of the situation that must be accounted for. While pointing out the many problems surrounding the workforce and these supposedly dirty jobs, pointing out specific, plausible solutions is a much more difficult task. In comparing Alaskan crab fisherman earning six-figure salaries and migrant laborers in Alabama barely receiving minimum wage, Chris Ladd presents a great argument, along with useful examples, and a clear solution to the problem.

Recruitment of unauthorized immigrants is frequent in poor working environment and undesirable jobs, which typical employees most likely avoid. American workers tend to choose jobs that provide them the most profit, so poor working environments are the last in their list. However, Illegal workers do not have that privilege because their status limits them to certain jobs. In a study conducted by Hall and Greenman, most illegal immigrants are frequently exposed to jobs

are vulnerable to workplace abuses”, (www.splcenter.org). The program had become an abuse and exploitation as well as the indignities of racism and discrimination inflicted upon the workers, because the Congress and Federal agencies have sought to impose substantial labor law requirements on employers of guest workers. This means the workers are unable to enforce the law or unwilling to attempt to enforce the law fear of losing their job or not being called back in a future.

In first world countries, labor laws were created to protect and benefit the labor workers and to enable them to profit from their labor. According to Economic Justice for All, “employment is a basic right, a right which protects the freedom of all to participate in the economic life of society.” This quote is true for all individuals of all backgrounds, and not just those in first world countries. Many individuals in the world do not benefit from the property that makes profits and so they must endure employment to elude poverty, and to support themselves and their families. With the ethics of Economic Justice for All, in the United States alone, there are 8 million American’s that are unemployed, cannot find jobs, and are living under the poverty line, which equivalates to 7 percent of the labor force in America. The article goes on to say that “the burdens of unemployment compel us to the conviction that as

My company is one of the largest agricultural producers in Imperial Valley California. Our annual sales of $11.6 million is the third largest only behind Dole Industries and Nature Valley Farms. Traditionally, our consortium of agricultural growers join forces to hire the volume of labor to satisfy the economical and expeditious harvest of the seasonal crops. This labor force combined equals almost 25 thousand men and women. The large majority of the work force hired are documented immigrants and are eligible for work in the United States. There is a smaller portion that are undocumented immigrants. They have falsified their eligibility to hide their illegal status and to obtain work. In all the force my company employs 3900 to 4150

When Donald Trump announced his run for the Republican nomination for president, he stated, “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best…They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists…” Unfortunately, comments like this are what show that racism still exists in the United States. These kinds of stereotypes are false representations of most of the immigrants in the US, yet many people think this way of illegal immigrants. However, many undocumented families come to America in search of a better life for them and their children. They contribute considerably to the US economy; they are still treated unfairly. Therefore, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) should work closely with Congress to help pass a law that would benefit undocumented families coming out of the shadows as well the US economy and.

Barack Obama wanted the young illegal immigrants to not be deported, but to stay live among everybody else in their home, America. Barack Obama was the 44th President of the United States, his time in office was from 2008-2017 representing the Democratic Party. Barack Obama did not want to deport every undocumented person in America as talked about in the article, “Dreamers and Their Families” about how the Obama Administration wanted to stop the deportation of young undocumented children and to provide them with a window of opportunity. This is important because Barack Obama is looking out for the wellbeing of young illegal immigrants. This idea would manifest into the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors or in short DREAM Act (Dreamers and Their Families). Barack Obama’s Administration wanted to create a chance for these young undocumented children to provide them an opportunity not to kick them out of the country. The goal of the DREAM Act is two things “eliminate federal provisions that penalize states for granting undocumented students in-state tuition . . . and provide qualified undocumented individuals a path toward conditional permanent residency” (Dreamers and Their Families). The meaning behind this act is to let these children have access to higher education as they most likely can not afford the education and to begin the process of them becoming a citizen of The United States of America. Undocumented immigrants can go to colleges as there is no

Having nothing and fighting for the American dream just to be thrown to the start again. This is what undocumented immigrants deal with daily when crossing the border for freedom. Even though many immigrants are successful and without criminal activity, numerous Americans think they should be deported back to where they came from. Undocumented immigrants should be granted citizenship because this is all most immigrants have, immigrants improve the economy, and immigrants do not cause crime.

Discrimination and wage theft intertwine with each other. Statically, women and workers of color face higher rates of wage theft than other groups. A man named Heriberto Zamora was working for one of the most expensive restaurants in the country. He had twelve to fourteen hour shifts which accumulated to nearly 60 hours per week and had received no overtime. He was later unfairly fired and was only able to receive payment with the help of local organization Koreatown Immigrant Workers alliance who advocated for him. Zamora is an immigrant, and like many others he was taken advantage of for being an immigrant. Business that underpay and mistreat immigrant employees are morally and ethically wrong.

The United States of America was created by Europeans immigrating to North America. Over the past three hundred years European immigrants have worked hard to develop the United States for it to become one of the most advanced countries in the world economically, culturally, and militarily. Although the U.S is made of mainly immigrants who came to this country and made it theirs, they are not fond of immigration themselves, even the ones closest to them, such as Mexican immigrants. The U.S. should grant Mexican immigrants citizenship because they are upstanding people and contribute to American, culturally and economically.

Being Mexican American is one of the most complex races there is. Many looks at Mexicans as illegal, although society doesn’t realize that there is nothing illegal about a human being. Mexicans have been seen as outsiders for decades and continue to face discrimination in the US. Mexicans continue to stay undocumented and be seen as criminals because that all society shows. Others enjoy the American benefits immigrants should be getting. Of course, we continue to have a corrupt society who continues to see colored people as illegal aliens.