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Thesis

Immigrant Workers and the Thirteenth Amendment

Date

2007-09-26

Authors

Maria L. Ontiveros

Abstract

This chapter examines the treatment of immigrant workers through the lens of the Thirteenth Amendment. It examines how the intersection of labor and immigration laws impact immigrant workers in general, “guest workers" and undocumented immigrants. It argues that immigrant workers can be seen as a caste of nonwhite workers laboring beneath the floor for free labor in ways which violate the Thirteenth Amendment. Further, it suggests ways in which immigrant workers can use the Thirteenth Amendment to improve their situation and offers an analysis of how the Thirteenth Amendment can form a bridge for organizing between labor, civil rights, immigration rights and human rights groups.

Number of pages

19

University

University of San Francisco

Academic department

School of Law

Degree

Law

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Economic sectors

General relevance - all sectors

Content types

Policy analysis

Geographical focuses

United States

Spheres of activity

History and Law

Languages

English