Wednesday, July 2, 2008

What part of "worker exploitation" don't you understand?

by Austin Guest, on Sirotablog
June 2, 2008

If you're like me, you've had it up to here with the refrain of "what part of illegal don't you understand" from right-wingers trying to use the immigration debate to distract hard-working Americans from the structural reasons behind their ongoing economic woes.

Rather than running scared from this simple-minded chorus of xenophobia, it's high time progressives stood up and called a spade a spade. Allowing immigration status to be used as an excuse to exploit workers is not only morally wrong, it's bad for other workers. [...]

Read the full article:
http://action.credomobile.com/sirota/2008/06/what_part_of_worker_exploitati.html
Also available at:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/6/5/172540/5869/394/530490

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