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Major leagues, smashing a color line, a segregation practice dating back to the 19th century. in 1955 an the debut of roberto clemento of puerto rico, aka, the great one would amassed 3,000 career hittings. playing the kind of baseball that turned the right fielder into a symbol for the nation's growing latino population. and the first foreign born player to be elected into the hall of fame. possibly no other sport echoes u.s. imcombination patterns as well as baseball. mlb is a $9 billion industry that aggressively courts foreign-born talent. close to 30% of the players on mlbs opening day ro...

Born. for the mets, 28%. but say the phrase immigrant labor in the context of politics instead of a major league ballpark, and the conversation changes cr s dramatically. the discussion focused on h 1 b visas. the intent of the h-1b provisionings provisio provisions is to help employers by authorizing the temporary employment of qualified individuals who are not otherwise authorized to work in the united states. these days, h-1b is about filling high-tech roles, science, engineering and i.t. >> i am all in favor of keeping these talented people here so they can go to work in silicon valley. >>...

Washington, d.c. is dave saren, sports editor of nations magazine. so when we think of major league sports, we rarely discuss it as immigrant labor. i guess i wonder what might happen to our public debate if in fact we did talk about it that way. >> i think it would expand dramatically. it reminds me of during the first part of the black lives matter movement. when fans in st. louis held up signs that said black lives matter on and off the field. in other words, if you like us in uniforms, you need to respect us when we're outside the stadiums and not just entertaining you. it would be a simil...

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