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Immigration
Agriculture
Trade Policies
Workers' Rights
Human Rights


Immigration

    Legislation
H.R. 4321 Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill presented on December 15, 2009
Summary of Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity (CIR ASAP)

    Reports and Studies
Raising the Floor for American Workers- The Economic Benefits of Comprehensive Immigration Reform
New Americans in the Garden State
Recent Immigration to Philadelphia: Regional Change in a Re-Emerging Gateway City
Estimating the Contribution of Immigrant Business Owners to the U.S. Economy
U.S. Business and Hispanic Integration: Expanding the Economic COntributions of Immigrants
Fiscal Facts: Tax Contributions of Virginia's Undocumented Immigrants
Collateral Damage: An Examination of ICE's Fugitive Operations Program
A New Path Towards Humane Immigration Policy
The Myth of Immigrant Criminality and the Paradox of Assimilation: Incarceration Rates Among Native and Foreign Born Men
Paying the Price: The Impact of Immigration Raids on America's Children
The Fence to Nowhere
Voices of the Disappeared: An Investigative Report of New Jersey Immigrant Detention
To Welcome the Stranger: Myths and Realities of Illegal Immigration
Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants in the United States

    Articles
02-03-09: Target of Immigrant Raids Shifted

05-08-08: Workers Reestablish MayDay in USA as Day of Struggle
05-02-08: Immigrant rights activists join protests nationwide
03-23-08: Immigration Referrals by Police Draw Scrutiny

11-15-07: Dropping License Plan Wins Praise for Spitzer
09-10-07: No Justice with No-Match Rule
08-22-07: Bush's Immigration Clampdown Crimped
08-06-07: Surge in Immigration Laws Around the U.S.
07-02-07: Chertoff Rebukes Congress over Bill
07-02-07: Editorial: Immigration Confusion
06-30-07: Editorial: The Grand Collapse
06-29-07: Immigration Bill Dies in Senate - New York Times
06-07-07: Agents Arrest 29 Immigrants in New Haven
06-04-07: Backers of Immigration Bill More Optimistic
06-03-07: Shattering Stereotypes about Immigrant Workers
05-29-07: Make a Bad Bill Better
05-21-07: NILC's Statement on the Senate-White House Immigration Reform Proposal
04-30-07: Washington Post Editorial: Lazy, Job Stealing Immigrants?


Agriculture

11-02-09: Better Off on Big Farms: For Agricultural Workers, Size Matters
10-27-09: Press Release: Broad Coalition Decries White House Defense of Pesticide Lobbyist Nomination
05-01-08: Structural Racism and Our Food - A FREE Webinar
11-04-07: Op-Ed: Weed it and Reap
10-08-07: Immigration Raids Lead to Farm Labor Shortage: Food Not Harvested Could Lead to Drastic Price Increases
08-22-07: U.S. Farmers Using Prison Labor
04-31-07: Farmworkers, Farmers Discuss Labor Standards for Domestic Fair Trade
08-02-06: Us vs. Stem: Workers on organic farms are treated as poorly as their conventional counterparts
07-12-06: Bringing a Living Wage to the Farm


Trade Policies

2009: Broken Promises: NAFTA at 15
12-06-07: No Maiz, No Pais (No Corn, No Country) - Short Video Documentary
10-31-07: NAFTA, Inequality, and Immigration
06-11-07: Trading on Migrant Labor


Workers' Rights

06-04-07: Report - Close to Slavery: Guestworker Programs in the United States
05-16-07: Center Wins Landmark Decision in New Orleans Guestworker Suit
04-07-07: Mushroom Workers Vote Against Union
01-20-05: Mushroom company is honored despite labor unrest


Human Rights

12-18-09: Slow Movement- Protection of Migrants' Rights in 2009
05-23-07: Human Rights Advocates Condemn Denial of Access to U.N. Independent Expert to Monmouth County Jail


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Phone: (856) 881-2507
Fax: (856) 881-2027
Email: cata@cata-farmworkers.org
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Kennett Square, PA 19348
Phone: (610) 444-9696
Fax: (610) 444-1033
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