Watch Out for “Undocumented but Undaunted: Immigrant Youth at Work in the Nonprofit Sector”

// July 1st, 2009 // Immigration

Exploitation is not waived through consent. It is critical that undocumented labor is not exploited under the pretext that it is unlawful to compensate undocumented students for their work. Doing so serves only to perpetuate a cycle of exploitation, a practice common throughout the history of immigration in this country. America wants and needs undocumented immigrants but is unwilling to pay them for the work they do. These stories reveal the ingenuity, drive, and tenacity of undocumented immigrant youth.

Written by Tam Tran and Prerna Lal and coming soon to Non Profit Quarterly.

The ironic part is that we were not paid for this piece but lets call it our non-profit contribution.

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One Response to “Watch Out for “Undocumented but Undaunted: Immigrant Youth at Work in the Nonprofit Sector””

  1. Katherine says:
    July 1, 2009 at 9:27 am

    I will look forward to it. This post reminds me that we need to talk more about our work around wage theft in South Florida–our coalition is led by immigrant workers–many undocumented and many women of color.

    More to come…

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