Remember the Humanity of Undocumented Workers

Nice essay from Professor Maria Chavez:

Imagine living in an agricultural community that, since the passageof the North American Free Trade Agreement, has suffered tremendousfinancial hardship. Local corn, grown there for generations, can nolonger compete against the corn imports from the United States, whichare heavily subsidized by the U.S. government.

To clothe your children, your wife has taken to sewing theirunderwear out of old flour sacks. They lack shoes. Your family eatsprotein maybe once a week. Meals mostly consist of “chicken” soup,without the chicken — a watery broth of tortillas. The only hope seemsto be to go work in the U.S. Click here for the full essay.

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