Migrant labor in the U.S.

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[Letter writing campaign to end an abuse of migrant farmworkers’ rights]
From the Institute for Southern Studies, 22 February 2000. The Institute For Southern Studies campaign to end an abuse of migrant farmworkers’ rights, especially the unfettered right of farmworkers to invite guests of their choice (including legal and health professionals) into their homes.
Texas rural leaders support migrant worker program to aid farms
By Lisa Falkenberg, AP, San Francisco Chronicle, Wednesday 31 January 2001. Texas Agriculture Commissioner and a host of rural Texas state legislators support a move to invite Mexicans across the border to do the farm work Texans won’t do. Opponents say agriculture guest worker programs exploit workers.
Fear and Poverty Sicken Many Migrant Workers in U.S.
By Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 13 May 2001. While federal clinics for migrants are supposed to serve all indigent farm workers, illegal immigrants shun them because they do not qualify for state Medicaid coverage and fear discovery of their illegal status.