#immigrant-workers

#immigrant-workers

Last week, hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrants faced an uncertain future as the Trump administration fought in federal court to revoke their legal status and deport them. But despite these threats, the largely immigrant union workers at a JBS beef plant in Greeley, Colorado, many of them recent arrivals from Haiti, still voted on Wednesday by an overwhelming margin to strike over poor working conditions in what could become the first sanctioned walkout at a major meatpacking plant in decades.

Elias, a Cuban immigrant, drives for Lyft, earning uncertain wages while facing the threat of arrest by immigration officials without legal status or protections.

Saraí Ortiz reflected on the stark reality of her father's arrest, noting, 'You know this is a possibility all your life, but then when it happens, it plays out differently than what you think.'

In Los Angeles, it's often immigrant workers who clean up and rebuild communities after climate disasters such as fires, floods, and hurricanes.

"They're mistreating the workers, especially the immigrants. They should respect the workers that are making the hotel look clean."