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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457653103321

Autore

Diggs Nancy Brown

Titolo

Hidden in the heartland [[electronic resource] ] : the new wave of immigrants and the challenge to America / / Nancy Brown Diggs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-62895-081-1

1-60917-132-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Disciplina

305.9/069120973

Soggetti

Migrant labor - United States - History - 21st century

Human rights - United States - History - 21st century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Getting here -- Working here -- Strangers in a strange land -- Living here -- Community reaction -- Law and disorder -- Looking back -- Mexico -- Other countries -- The good news.

Sommario/riassunto

As other teens returned home from school, thirteen-year-old JoseĢ Silva headed for work at a restaurant, where he would remain until 2:00 a.m. Francisca Herrera, a tomato picker, was exposed to pesticides while she was pregnant and gave birth to a baby without arms or legs. Silva and Herrera immigrated illegally to the United States, and their experiences are far from unique. In this comprehensive, balanced overview of the immigration crisis, Nancy Brown Diggs examines the abusive, unethical conditions under which many immigrants work, and explores how what was once a border problem now exte