Tag: immigrants
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Expanding Food Benefits for Immigrants
The United States has many social benefit programs that help people avoid hunger. Not everyone, however, has access to these food safety net programs and many are unaware of their…
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Milk Cows Not Workers!
New York’s dairy production and processing industry generates $14 billion a year and is the star sector of the state’s agricultural economy. Unfortunately, the immigrant workers who provide milking labor…
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Construction Jobs Lack Basic Provisions in $175 Billion Industry
As cities in the south continue to boom, workers earn poverty level wages and face dangerous working conditions. Build a Better South report highlights issues plaguing the construction industry in…
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Behind the Kitchen Door: Extreme Inequality and Opportunity in Houston’s Vibrant Restaurant Economy
Restaurant Opportunities Center of Houston’s latest report is the most comprehensive examination to date of the Houston-area restaurant industry. Behind the Kitchen Door offers a vivid picture of the state…