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“Nation of immigrants” discourse is generally used to counter xenophobic fears, but the ideology behind it also works to erase the scourge of settler…

National Archives, Washington, D.C. (544069) Meanwhile, the Bracero Program lost support, and the United States terminated it in December 1964. One advantage of the program had been its legality. The U.S. government kept records of the immigrant workers; however, undocumented Mexican labourers were also drawn by the promise of employment, and, because of the ease with which illegal immigrants could be hired, only a small portion received valid worker certificates from 1947 to 1960. The influx o...

The United States has, without any evidence, accused China of forcing residents of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region into "forced labor", and imposed sanctions on some Chinese officials and other entities, which China has rightly and strongly denounced as "politically motivated" and based on "lies". But what is the situation in the US, the self-proclaimed upholder of human rights?

ANTHONY, N.M. — Josh Jasso stood among mounds of greenery in an otherwise parched expanse, squinting at the fields of La Semilla Community Farm. “We’re feeling smaller and smaller in our fractured landscape,” said Jasso, the farm manager at La Semilla, which is located on a stretch of highway in Anthony, a speck in the […]

Farming is a precarious business in the desert. But in a small border community like Anthony, much else is precarious, too.

Now that policymakers have acknowledged how “essential” farmworkers are, what will they do to protect these workers in the face of a warming planet and increased risk at work?

Help Save Peoples World The economic crisis has hit Peoples World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Biden’s immigration reform should roll back exploitative ‘guest worker’ programs May 13, 2021 1:10 PM CDT By David Bacon Members of the Yakama Nation of Native Americans join farmworkers and other immigrants to celebrate May Day in 2017 and protest continued deportations a...

Help Save Peoples World The economic crisis has hit Peoples World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Biden’s immigration reform should roll back exploitative ‘guest worker’ programs May 13, 2021 1:10 PM CDT By David Bacon Members of the Yakama Nation of Native Americans join farmworkers and other immigrants to celebrate May Day in 2017 and protest continued deportations a...

Villalobos is a Latinx and gay artist whose work protests "the toxicity of machismo." "De Los Otros" centers on the true story of a gay farm worker who was a part of the Bracero Program, which brought millions of Mexican laborers to the United States in the mid-20th century. In his post, Villalobos said it was hard not to imagine that the attack might have been directed toward him or due to the nature of his work. "A brick was thrown through the main space, and its difficult not to feel tha...

This pro-Trump Latino wants to lead Virginia Presented by Intel POLITICO illustration/Photo by U.S. Army Hey Recast family, we’ve made it to the end of the workweek and that means its time for our weekly Friday Q&A, “The Sitdown.” Today we chop it up with Sergio de la Peña, a GOP gubernatorial candidate in Virginia. He weighs in on how his immigrant roots shaped his conservatism, why he believes English should be the official language and shares his thoughts on last Novembers election. ...