Don't give me your tired, your poor: conflicted immigrant stories and welfare reform
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Congress's enactment in 1996 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act was based upon inaccurate public opinion and faulty studies spuriously concluding that immigrants abuse the welfare system. Nearly 1/2 of the Act's fiscal savings are a result of limitations or denials of welfare benefits to immigrants and refugees. The economic and moral bases of such legislation are questionable in light of the realities of need for immigrant labor and the significantly lower welfare rate of 2d generation immigrants.
Publication Name: Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0017-8039
Year: 1998
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We make the road by walking: immigrant workers, the Workplace Project, and the struggle for social change
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Undocumented laborers in the US face numerous injustices due to their alien status, but workers' centers such as the Workplace Project on Long Island can help them find justice through democratic, grass roots activity. Alien laborers are protected under many US labor laws, but neither employers, OSHA or local legal services centers are vigilant in making sure they are protected in practice. The history of the Workplace Project, its successes and failures, and possible advances still to be made are discussed.
Publication Name: Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0017-8039
Year: 1995
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The waging of welfare: all work and no pay?
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Federal and state welfare reforms replacing welfare benefits with employment should extend basic statutory employment protections such as the Fair Labor Standards Act and the National Labor Relations Act. These protections, however, could raise wages and ultimately decrease the hiring of America's poorest citizens. Still, with the continual erosion of a social safety net, the dignity of these less fortunate and less skilled workers deserves equal treatment under statutory law.
Publication Name: Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0017-8039
Year: 1998
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