FOREIGN POLICY & IMMIGRATION »» IMMIGRANTS »» IMMIGRANT RIGHTS »» Feb 01, 2021

Immigrant workers, often their family's only means of support, arrive in the U.S. isolated by language, culture and geography. They face many problems when living in a new country such as exploitation in the workplace, discrimination in host communities, and lack of access to human services. Their immigration status can be used by unscrupulous employers who take advantage of their susceptibility to deportation. They are denied the basic constitutional protections that U.S. citizens take for granted. In some states, undocumented immigrants are not eligible for workman