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One woman’s testimony about violence faced by immigrant women

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Antonia Peña, a domestic worker in Maryland, testifies about the experience of Maria, a woman who faced domestic violence and after calling the police, was detained, imprisoned, and separated from … More »

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Photo story: Migrant workers in a Maine blueberry labor camp

JONESBORO, MAINE - Ike Hubbard makes the rakes used by migrant blueberry pickers, who to come to Maine every year for the harvest. The work is very hard, because workers must bend over to push the rake under the plants all day.  Hubbard has worked with community health advocates to develop rakes that are less painful and cause fewer injuries. He makes the rakes in an old-fashioned New England machine shop. Copyright David Bacon

Story by David Bacon

DEBLOIS, MAINE – Agustin Martinez, Juan Rayas and Martin Martinez are all migrant blueberry pickers who come to Maine every year from Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato.  Ike … More »

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Kathy’s story: a 10-year old from Arizona

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Kathy Figueroa is a 10-year-old who was separated from her parents  after a raid by Sheriff Joe Arpaio in 2009.  In June she traveled from Arizona to Washington DC to … More »

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Teresa Mina’s story – “This law is very unjust”

Teresa Mina was a San Francisco janitor, member of Service Employees Union Local 87, when she was fired because the company said she didn't have legal immigration documents.  Immigration and Customs Enforcement told the workers' employer, ABM building maintenence company, to fire her and 473 because they lacked legal immigration status.  Some of the workers, like Mina, are single mothers.  Mina worked cleaning downtown office building for four years, and sent money to her mother and three children in Veracruz, Mexico, to support them.  Copyright David Bacon

Interview originally published by New American Media.  Re-posted with permission from David Bacon.

I come from Tierra Blanca, a very poor town in Veracruz. After my children’s father … More »

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