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    Definition

    "The term migrant labor is used to refer to people who enter the United States, legally or illegally, as temporary or seasonal workers, typically in agriculture or in semiskilled or unskilled industry.” (Minority Rights in America)

     

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    • Compare the situation of migrant workers in Florida with those in California.

    • How can the barriers to healthcare for migrant workers be addressed?

    • Compare the plight of migrant workers in the United States with migrant workers in another country

    • Are Florida farm worker abuse laws too lenient?

    • Does slavery still exist in America?

    • How can human traffickers be stopped?

    • Can the children of migrant workers receive adequate education?

    • Do migrant workers take American's jobs?

    • How has the global recession endangered migrant workers?

    • Has the United Nations' International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families of 1991changed migrant workers' conditions?

    • How might immigration reform accommodate the need for migrant workers?

     

    Reference Books


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    Oxford encyclopedia of the modern world
    Call Number: REF D 205 .O94


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    Refugees: opposing viewpoints
    Call Number: Reference Desk REF JV6346.R4 R424 2010
    (also available in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)

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    Culture wars: an encyclopedia of issues, viewpoints, and voices
    Call Number: REF HN90.M6 U85 2010
    "Migrant Labor"

     
     

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