Guest Workers or Colonized Labor? Mexican Labor Migration to the United States |
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| Author:
| Gonzalez, Gilbert G. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61205-447-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $220.00 |
Book Description:
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A decade of political infighting over comprehensive immigration reform appears at an end, after the 2012 election motivated the Republican Party to work with the Democratic Party's immigration reform agendas. However, a guest worker program within current reform proposals is generally overlooked by the public and by activist organizations. Also overlooked is significant corporate lobbying that affects legislation. This updated edition critically examines the new guest worker program...
More DescriptionA decade of political infighting over comprehensive immigration reform appears at an end, after the 2012 election motivated the Republican Party to work with the Democratic Party's immigration reform agendas. However, a guest worker program within current reform proposals is generally overlooked by the public and by activist organizations. Also overlooked is significant corporate lobbying that affects legislation. This updated edition critically examines the new guest worker program included in the White House and in the Congressional bipartisan committee's immigrant reform blueprints. It describes how the influential U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO agreed on guidelines for a new guest worker program to be included in the final bipartisan immigration reform proposal. Gonzalez shows how guest worker programs stand within a history of utilizing controlled, cheap, disposable labor--with lofty projections rarely upheld.