Working the problem: It’s not as simple as immigrants vs. natives
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin – Ontario,CA,USA
… migrant workers traveled freely between the United States and Mexico, performing seasonal work … in North Carolina, scrubbing Wal-Mart floors in Ohio or cleaning …
Food-production labor could be happening in your backyard
The Post Online – Athens,OH,USA
… they hosted a presentation on migrant workers in southeastern Ohio and what … Many Americans lament the permeability of the Mexican border while they acknowledge …
Stop profiling, area sheriff told
Toledo Blade – Toledo,OH,USA
Lima, Ohio – The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio has called on the Allen County sheriff to stop practices that it says constitute racial profiling of Mexican residents.
GOP legislator slimes undocumented workers
HAMILTON, Ohio:
Racism raised its ugly head Oct. 21 when Republican state Rep. Courtney Combs of Fairfield teamed up with Butler County Commissioner Mike Fox to announce the introduction of a bill in the state Legislature that would subject undocumented workers to deportation if they are arrested or pulled over for a traffic violation.
ACLU accuses Beck of racial profiling
LimaOhio.com – OH
LIMA — After the head of the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio accused Sheriff Dan Beck of racial profiling Tuesday, he fired back saying she had no …
Ohio legislator takes on illegal immigration
“Those people,” identified by Combs as illegal immigrants, could be charged with trespassing in the United States if the Republican’s bill becomes law.
Ohio court closes door on City Council hopeful
“To deny Lisa Canales-Flores a place on the ballot, assuming her second nominating petition is complete, is to do worse than elevate form over substance: it is to elevate bureaucracy over democracy. “My job for the next two weeks will be to help the other Latino candidates get elected,” she said, referring to council at-large candidate Robert Vasquez, Lourdes Santiago, who is running for Toledo Municipal Court judge, and Toledo school board hopeful Robert Torres.