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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 and detentions. | David Bacon
The current guest worker system prioritizes agricultural growers’ profits over immigrants’ and workers’ rights. Joe Biden should seek a different way: building an immigration system based on family reunification, community stability, and immigrant workers’ rights to decent wages, health, and housing.
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Working from home is a privilege that most Latinos do not have in this state and this nation, she said. It s a disgrace that during the holiday season, Latino families were afraid of losing their apartments and homes because they couldn t afford to make rent. If one parent has to stay home to stay care of the kids because of virtual learning, that means loss of income. She added, Most people who work in low wage labor do not have savings. They live paycheck to paycheck.
The $2 million in funding comes from donor and philanthropists nationwide, who supported the organization s Love Not Fear COVID-19 Response Fund, launched in March 2020, and the Wildfire Relief Fund, launched in Oct. 2019.
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The organizations selected to receive the funding are dedicated to helping the Latino community s most vulnerable residents like farmworkers, the elderly and the undocumented. (Shutterstock)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA Officials with the San Francisco-based Latino Community Foundation said Friday a recent $2 million investment from the organization will be used to help Latinos throughout the state who have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The $2 million will go toward 43 Latino-led nonprofits in the Bay Area, as well as the Sacramento, the Central Valley and Los Angeles areas. The organizations selected to receive the funding are dedicated to helping the Latino community s most vulnerable residents like farmworkers, the elderly and the undocumented.
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An estimated 165,000 of the California s farmworkers and their families are indigenous Mexicans. For many of these women, even basic necessities like sanitary pads or tampons are often unaffordable or inaccessible. (Shutterstock)
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA The harsh conditions California s farmworkers normally face have been exacerbated this year by the triple whammy of the coronavirus pandemic, wildfires and rising temperatures.
In Santa Cruz County, a grassroots effort is aimed at addressing one important, but often overlooked, consequence of this hardship: the toll it exacts on the reproductive health of indigenous women who work in agriculture.
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An estimated 165,000 of the California s farmworkers and their families are indigenous Mexicans, and for many of these women, even basic necessities like sanitary pads or tampons are often unaffordable or inaccessible.