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U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar says three migrants are dead near Eagle Pass park after Border Patrol was denied access
January 13, 2024
Texas officers took control over Shelby Park against the city’s wishes on Wednesday and have since blocked U.S. Border Patrol agents from entering.
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Cosechando desigualdades: la realidad sistémica de los migrantes en los campos de Carolina del Norte
December 11, 2023
La muerte de José Arturo González Mendoza destaca problemas más amplios en el programa de visas H-2A para trabajadores agrícolas estacionales en Carolina del Norte.
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Food and Environment Reporting Network
A tell-tale tragedy
October 26, 2023
Two Mexican farmworkers died in a trailer fire in North Carolina. Their story illustrates how the nation’s most important agricultural visa program is failing the workers it is supposed to protect.
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Underpaid and overlooked, migrant labor provides backbone of Maryland Eastern Shore’s local economy
August 14, 2023
For generations, African American women from Maryland’s rural, maritime communities have labored for crab houses on the Eastern Shore. Over 2.1 million migrants and immigrants work in jobs growing and processing food in the United States, playing an essential role in feeding Americans.
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Boy, 16, Dies At Hattiesburg Poultry Plant In Third Worker Death Since 2020
July 19, 2023
Federal law prohibits anyone under 18 from working in poultry plants because they are considered too hazardous for multiple reasons, including their use of power-driven equipment.
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Back wages owed to H-2A workers have doubled in the last 15 years
July 05, 2023
Migrant farmworkers comprise a minority of America’s agricultural workforce but are owed nearly two-thirds of the industry’s back pay.
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Special needs: How the language barrier impacts immigrant families in North Carolina
June 15, 2023
Hundreds of Latino families in North Carolina who care for a disabled person face challenges to access services, treatments, and support due to a lack of resources and knowledge of the system.
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Mexican workers with H2A Visas will be compensated with more than $100,000
June 06, 2023
Three Mexican women who worked on H-2A visas as cooks in an agricultural camp reached a monetary settlement with their employer after suffering serious abuse.
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Empresa deberá pagar más de $100,000 a trabajadoras con visa por trata de personas y robo de salarios
June 06, 2023
Tres mujeres mexicanas que trabajaban con visa H-2A como cocineras en un campamento agrícola llegaron a un acuerdo monetario con su empleador tras sufrir graves abusos.
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Phil Scott vetoes noncitizen voting in Burlington and voting for 16- and 17-year-olds in Brattleboro
May 27, 2023
The governor struck down two measures that would expand voting rights in local communities stating that, “this highly variable town-by-town approach to municipal election policy creates separate and unequal classes of legal residents.”
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Border Patrol agents kill tribal member on Tohono O’odham Nation
May 22, 2023
Man shot at 38 times after reportedly calling BP agents for help with people crossing his property.
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Lost in translation: How USDA barriers leave immigrant farmers and ranchers behind
May 22, 2023
Federal agriculture funding is a vital resource, but immigrant producers face language and cultural obstacles to benefiting from it.
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ICE aumenta las repatriaciones
May 12, 2023
Según el comunicado de ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement), las deportaciones hacen parte de la política que hace mucho tiempo atrás se usa para expulsar a los ciudadanos extranjeros que carecen de una base legal para permanecer en los Estados Unidos.
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In bankruptcy’s wake, a Minnesota meatpacking plant’s visa workers face an uncertain future
May 12, 2023
If the HyLife Foods pork processing plant closes in the next few weeks, hundreds of workers will be returned to their home countries within 10 days.
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¿Qué significa el fin del Título 42?
May 08, 2023
La orden permitía a las autoridades expulsar rápidamente a los migrantes que trataban de cruzar de manera irregular, las fronteras terrestres de EE.UU.
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