Tag Archives: immigrant workers

Across the Border: Teaching Service-Learning as Labor Activism

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Working-Class Perspectives

Summer is already in full swing and with that comes the promise of fresh, local produce available at community-supported agricultural (CSA) farms and farmers’ markets. North Carolina, ranked as the leading producer of tobacco and sweet potatoes according to the … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Caravan: Why We Must Protect Workers Covered by TPS

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Working-Class Perspectives

In recent weeks, President Trump has been warning of an “invasion” of a caravan of 3,000 Central Americans, mostly from Honduras, heading north towards the Mexico-U.S. border. In October, these immigrants set out on a journey of more than 2500 … Continue reading →

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Politicizing Immigration Wears Thin in Iowa

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Working-Class Perspectives

For weeks during the summer of 2018, the case of a missing University of Iowa student occupied statewide and national attention. Mollie Tibbetts, 20, who was housesitting in Brooklyn, Iowa (population 1,391), went jogging at night on July 18 and … Continue reading →

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Making America White Again: Trump’s Pardon of Joe Arpaio

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Working-Class Perspectives

Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio, former Sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona, was a major set-back for immigrant and human rights activists who fought to remove him from office in 2016. The pardon gives a pass for elected officials and … Continue reading →

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#SaveTPS: A Working-Class Struggle

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Working-Class Perspectives

By the time the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was announced in 2014, I had already benefited from another immigration relief program: Temporary Protected Status (TPS). In January and February 2001, my birth country of El Salvador experienced two … Continue reading →

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