Employing Immigrant Workers

Introduced in 2002 and modified in 2007, this program allows employers to hire employees in occupations that usually require at most a high school diploma or a maximum of 2 years of job specific training. Visas maybe issued for 24 months. Employers are required to cover recruitment and return airfare costs, to ensure that suitable accommodation is available, to provide medical coverage until the employee is covered under a provincial plan and to sign an employee/employer contract. The work permit is issued with reference to a specific employer. Employees generally work in sectors such as cleaning, hospitality, manufacturing, oil and gas and construction. (Elgersma, 2007)

In Thailand, there is the same problem happening, as Martinez mentions in the reading of “Refine Immigration Policy to Reflect History and the Moment We Live In.” Due to the lack of workers, Thai labor market started proposing to import the migrant workers from neighboring countries such as Myanmar and Cambodia, to fulfill the needs of industries many years ago. After that, a number of the undocumented

A common biased opinion on immigration is that immigrants coming to the United States are taking American jobs. According to the Immigration Policy Center, “research indicates there is little connection between immigrant labor and unemployment rates of native-born workers.” The jobs that immigrants are taking are the low-budget jobs that Americans do not want. They not only get less pay, but also less benefits in comparison to American workers. In fact, according to Forbes, “illegal immigrants actually raise wages for documented/native workers.” America is considered to be more productive when we have more trading partners, Undocumented workers with limited English skills allows more American workers

Throughout the various books that we have read, one of the many concepts that stood out for me was the well-being and healthcare of undocumented workers. Due to the current criminalization of immigration, most undocumented workers live in a constant state of fear and anxiety. This really made me think about the psychological and somatic outcomes of fear, stigma, trauma, and prejudice for undocumented workers. This brought into question the structural and symbolic violence that causes undocumented workers to suffer from mental and physical illnesses and how the treatment, if any, is administered.

Employment of illegal immigrants in the United States, as well as other countries has been a highly controversial subject for many years now. There are many people living in various countries around the world that are unhappy with the way they are living, and want something more out of life than what their country can offer. Due to their unhappiness, they decide to immigrate to another country, and this is usually done illegally. Once they are in their preferred country, which a lot of the time is the United States, they are forced to work in low skilled jobs because higher skilled jobs require people to speak fluent English and show proof of residency. Although many people view illegal migrants as a

Do you agree that illegal immigrant workers should receive the same protections under the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act as American workers and legal immigrants?

Late nineteenth century and early twentieth century marks the time period for massive immigration from around the world to come to the United States. The United States was the land of opportunity and development for all the people. The industrial development after the Civil War increased due to expansion of railroads which, led to increase in demand for labor. Many immigrants came to the United States with the aim of working on American farms and railroads and in American factories. Many people moved to the United States from various countries to find better opportunities and develop their living standards. The majority of jobs were at the industries. The industrial labor composed of skilled laborers and unskilled laborers. Immigrants, due

Immigrating to the United States is not an easy task, but if you make it to the United States you will most likely have a better paying job then you did back home. When immigrating to the United States, there are two different ways that it can be done, either coming legally or illegally. No matter how you get to the United States, everyone has one goal in mind, which is getting a job and being successful. Americans assume that immigrants are coming to the United States to bring drugs, commit crimes, and take jobs from “hard working Americans”. Workagrating is essentially the people who come to the United States to work and build a better life for themselves and their families.

To be able afford a home in the United States, some type of immigration status is needed because taxes and rent needs to be paid. Also, obtaining a job with a reasonable income needs to be received to be able to pay the rent, otherwise many immigrants remain homeless, live in shelters, and live with a family member or friends.

The labor movement is a really broad topic and within it, there are many movements that make it up. Let us think of it as the term ice cream, there are many toppings that contribute to creating the biggest ice cream. Immigrant labor is one of the toppings to the labor movement. Immigrant workers have struggled throughout time to get equal pay in jobs, to get better benefits, or to even get jobs because they come from another country that’s not the United States of America. The immigration labor movement has been very powerful throughout the years economically and politically and it has been shown in 20 and 21-century movements and many moments in time. Although it may seem that The Mexican Farm labor movement in 1942 is not connected to The

The main purpose of the goals was to put a stop to hiring illegal immigrants. The act itself makes it unlawful to hire anyone that is not a documented citizen of the United States. More than ever, the law provides for employer sanctions and penalties if the law is violated. According to Nichols, they felt the new policy was very democratic because it brought along penalty for employers who were hiring illegal immigrants. As the policy relates to values of the social work profession they are consistent. Social workers are always making sure all immigrants are United States citizens so that they can avoid deportation and so they can also receive all financial assistance they might need.

The migrant workers were mostly Hispanic or Mexican Americans that would come to the U.S for work. Most migrant workers would work on farms. All the migrant workers that came to the U.S would either get a job or wouldn’t get job. The Great Depression in the 1930s hit Mexican immigrants/migrant workers especially hard. Along with the job crisis and food shortages that had affected all workers in the U.S. Hispanic and Mexican Americans had to face an additional threat. The threat of deportation. As the crisis of unemployment grew throughout the U.S. Hostility to immigrant workers had grew. The government began a program of repatriating immigrants back to Mexico. The Immigrants were offered free train rides to Mexico, some even had went voluntarily.

One of the goals of the Immigrant Workers Center is to increase the minimum wage to $15/hour in order to help and immigrants and offer them resources and referrals. Thus, I must have some knowledge about the governmental approach and programs available for immigrants. I need to know if those programs are efficient, how they contribute to the integration of immigrants, and if they are helpful or not. In addition, I must have some general knowledge about the immigration processes i.e. time, requirements, qualifications etc. In order to have this knowledge, I will seek out for governmental sources such as the website of the Canadian government, conservative website (for previous immigrations programs), immigrants’ témoignages to have a general

Another aspect that functioned as Americanizing was the ability to consume more. During the first three decades of the twentieth century the discretionary spending increased from twenty percent to thirty-five percent (Committee on Recent Economic Change). Stuart Chase, a consumer activist and an economist, published a list of goods which was “not a list which all possess but only a list to which all aspire.” In his research Chase found that people were looking for more silk, more accent on underwear, more electric appliances, more candy and sugar, and other goods (75). If almost everyone shared desires for a common range of goods it is safe to say that consumerism functioned as an Americanizing force for many immigrants. Christine Frederick,

A migrant worker is a worker who moves from place to place doing seasonal work. Seasonal work is another word for a temporary job. Such as people that go from farm to farm picking fruit and crops. A migrant worker is usually a Mexican-born male who leave what they know to come here and TRY to earn enough money to support their families back in Mexico. About 53% of migrant workers are illegal immigrants (according to The Department of Labor.)