limited time, and then be allowed to look
for other jobs.
For all its benefits, however, greater labor mobility is no panacea in
itself. In the United States, for example, a Bush-style immigration
program would work best, in my view, in tandem with a reasonable
increase in the minimum wage. As for sendi
more
open since the 1990 change in immigration policy) to foreigners but
already Chinese, Thai, Bangladeshis, some Brazilians work in the
construction, entertainment, and other 3-D jobs (dirty, dangerous,
etc. also demeaning). The question is how is Japan going to deal
with capitalist competition
should be required to work for their
sponsoring company for only a limited time, and then be allowed to look
for other jobs.
For all its benefits, however, greater labor mobility is no panacea in
itself. In the United States, for example, a Bush-style immigration
program would work best, in my vie
This is not a legal concept in immigration law. In
ordinary language, you speak not of 1st gen
immigrants, but simply of immigrants. You speak of 1st
gen Americans -- you daughter, my grandparents, except
for my paternal grandmother, who was an immigrant,
born in Russian Poland. I am a 3d gen
OK. My parents emigrated to the USA. I was born in Romania and came with
them. My sister was born in the USA.
Are my parents "first generation" immigrants? or 0th generation?
Is my sister "first generation" or "second generation"?
You get the drift? How exactly do you define first, second, nth
ge
--- Joanna Bujes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Although I picked up the 674 page "Lenin on the
> United States"> >
> Thanks for forwarding those. On a personal note, I
> just received an email from one
> of the officials of the National Writer's Union
> warning me about the impending
> migra
remove me from your killfile, Doug? How flattering.
In any case, Lenin sees immigration favorably within the context of growing
working class unity worldwide so as to make conditions for proletarian
revolution more favorable. On the other hand, Hardt and Negri are enemies
of socialism and pr
Joanna Bujes wrote:
On a personal note, I just received an email from one
of the officials of the National Writer's Union warning me about the impending
migration of technical writing jobs to India
Ah yes, the NWU, local 1981 of the United Auto Workers, a union that
has never passed up an opportun
V.I. Lenin wrote:
"There can be no doubt that dire poverty alone compels people to abandon
their native land, and that the capitalists exploit the immigrant workers
in the most shameless manner. But only reactionaries can shut their eyes to
the progressive significance of this modern migration of
> Although I picked up the 674 page "Lenin on the United States" mainly for what he
> had to say about the civil war and slavery, there were a couple of articles on
> other topics that grabbed my attention.
>
Thanks for forwarding those. On a personal note, I just received an email from one
of the
als on the alt.politics.socialism.trotsky newsgroup who opposes
immigration in the same terms as Le Pen--but wrap their racism in
"Leninist-Trotskyist" orthodoxy. Here is a sample:
"Who is the working class apart from its organised forces? If they do not
fight to defend their rights they
Michael Perelman wrote:
> Some of the anger against the H1-b comes from the practice of laying off
> older programmers, who become unemployable.
i can understand a conservative making this incorrect leap of logic
(i.e., the blame rests not on the h-1b workers but on the corporations),
but a left-
Some of the anger against the H1-b comes from the practice of laying off
older programmers, who become unemployable.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
e primary new means of migration from india to the US is H-1b
> work based. i use the potentially inappropriate term "migration", rather
> than immigration, since H-1b is a temporary work authorization, and is
> not an immigrant visa. however many H-1b workers do manage to obtain
perhaps anthony d'costa might know the answer to these questions of
mine: the primary new means of migration from india to the US is H-1b
work based. i use the potentially inappropriate term "migration", rather
than immigration, since H-1b is a temporary work authorization
The Hindu
Sunday, Jun 09, 2002
Italy tightens immigration law
By Batuk Gathani
Brussels June 8. The 15 European Union member-States are in the process of
formulating a pan-European policy on immigration amid rising concern over
the influx of asylum-seekers.
Last week, Italy became the latest
Critical Perspectives on Wars, Classes, & Empires
Teach-in: "Immigration after 911: Know Your Rights! -- ¡Conozca Sus Derechos!"
Speakers: Julie Davis & Ron Khasawneh, American Civil Liberties Union
Date: Thursday, February 21
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: 115 Stillman, O
nt
goes. But the Mexican government in no way appears poised to impose trade
sanctions on the United States for its clear violations of Mexican
migrants' human rights in operations such as Gatekeeper, Hold-the-Line, and
others.
In the end, the future of the bilateral relationship will continue to be
di
In my role as Queen of left dish, Left Coast, " Harry Hay, Bachelors for
(Henry) Wallace/Mattechine Society, San Francisco Club, "
passing on that Stephen Greenhouse, is a Red-Diaper Baby.
Don't know if Linda, is. Doubt it.
Michael Pugliese
New York Times 19 July 2001
In U.S. Unions, Mexico Finds Unlikely Ally on Immigration
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
LOS ANGELES, July 18 - It is rare for foreign officials to address
labor conventions, much less raise their fist in solidarity with the
union members.
But when Mexico's fo
New York Times
July 19, 2001
In U.S. Unions, Mexico Finds Unlikely Ally on Immigration
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
L OS ANGELES, July 18 It is rare for foreign officials to address
labor conventions, much less raise their fist in solidarity with the
union members.
But when Mexico&#
I'll summarize the attached article for Carol's sake,
even though I take her comments about news articles
personally ;)
The All-American Canal nearly straddles the Mexican-US
border. Lots of illegal immigrants drown while trying
to cross it. The Imperial Irrigation District, which
operates the ca
EMPLOYER SANCTIONS - THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRATION IN THE U.S.
By David Bacon
OAKLAND, CA (5/13/01) - From the introduction of the original
Simpson-Mazzoli Bill in the mid-1970s, the key provisions of U.S.
anti-immigrant legislation have been directed at undocumented
reporting undocumented workers to the Immigration and
Naturalization Service in order to discourage, frustrate, and defeat
Teamster organizing drives involving immigrant workers; and
WHEREAS, many workers who are vulnerable to this threat have been living in
the United States for years, working in
Charles Brown wrote:
>Immigration and economic growth
>
>By Wadi'h Halabi (Peoples Weekly World)
>
>Capital has been flooding into the U.S. since the 1991 Gulf War. In
>the three months after imperialism began bombing Yugoslavia in 1999
How I love the PWW. For the 3 m
Immigration and economic growth
By Wadi'h Halabi (Peoples Weekly World)
Capital has been flooding into the U.S. since the 1991 Gulf War. In the three months
after imperialism began bombing Yugoslavia in 1999, capital gushed into the U.S. at
the extraordinary annual rate of $1,109 bi
At 07:59 22/02/00 -0800, you wrote:
> from today's L.A. TIMES (2/22/00), op-ed:
>
> Surprise! Immigration Hasn't Ruined Us
>
> Economy: Quite the opposite, the flow across our borders
> provides wide benefits, as the AFL-CIO now recognizes.
The law of value sh
from today's L.A. TIMES
(2/22/00), op-ed:
Surprise! Immigration Hasn't Ruined Us
Economy: Quite the opposite, the flow across our borders
provides wide benefits, as the AFL-CIO now recognizes.
By ROBERT SCHEER
Time to cheer the much-maligned illegal alien. Illegal
immigration
IMMIGRATION POLICY ***
By Rachael Kamel, American Friends Service Committee
*** FROM INDENTURED "GUESTS" TO NATURALIZED WORKERS ***
By Jonathan Brier, CAUSA
*** THE CAMPAIGN FOR MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS RIGHTS ***
By Stephen Fried, Institute for Poli
>With the discussion of social security, I thought people might be
interested in this section of a campaign proposal I prepared informally for
some immigrant rights friends:
>
>IMMIGRATION WILL SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY . . .
A basic dilemma in this debate is the choice
between offering fi
Hi all,
With the discussion of social security, I thought people might be
interested in this section of a campaign proposal I prepared informally
for some immigrant rights friends:
IMMIGRATION WILL SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY
Conservative political forces have been generating a drumbeat of criticism
I would recommend you check out Rogers Smith's CIVIC IDEALS: CONFLICTING
VISIONS OF CITIZENSHIP IN U.S. HISTORY (Yale 1997). It's about much more
than immigration, but does discuss throughout how immigration policy was
shaped by beliefs about what nationalities could be trusted to be
&
> I'm looking for a good book or two on the history of U.S. immigration
> policy: when did they start regulating immigration and why? How did
> employers use immigration (if they did) to divide the workforce and push
> down wages? What were the successive structures of immigratio
I'm looking for a good book or two on the history of U.S. immigration
policy: when did they start regulating immigration and why? How did
employers use immigration (if they did) to divide the workforce and push
down wages? What were the successive structures of immigration policy in
the late
Tom Kruse makes public, in part:
> Illegal Immigration, Border Enforcement, and Relative
> Wages: Evidence from Apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico
> Border
> Spilimbergo, Antonio; Hanson, Gordon H.
> Sep. 01, 1996
> [.] Based on a simple model of the individual
&g
Another nifty study from the good folks at the IDB:
Illegal Immigration, Border Enforcement, and Relative
Wages: Evidence from Apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico
Border
Spilimbergo, Antonio; Hanson, Gordon H.
Sep. 01, 1996
In this paper, we examine the determinants of illegal
immigration in the
Forwarded message:
> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 13:21:52 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Saskia Sassen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: D Shniad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [PEN-L:11334] references on immigration (fwd)
>
> Look at book by Isbister on Immigration; look at Portes and
Potts, The World Labour Market, A History of Migration
Julian L Simon, The Economic Consequences of Immigration
George J Borjas, Friends or Strangers
Saskia Sassen, The Mobility of Labor and Capital
Bill Ong Hing, Making and Remaking Asian America Through Immigration Policy
Linda Basch, Nations Unbound
Mikey wrote
>friends,
>
>i need some references on immigration (economics, politics, unions and,
>etc.) i
>need them fast! thanks.
>
>michael yates
Check out the issue of "RACE, POVERTY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT" focused on
immigration and population. This
friends,
i need some references on immigration (economics, politics, unions and, etc.) i
need them fast! thanks.
michael yates
To Doug Orr and other interested PEN-Lers:
One good place to start for U.S. immigration data in the Immigration and
Naturalization Service's Statistical Yearbook, which at the very least
would have the number of legal immigrants to the U.S.
Persons with more hard-core immigration inte
A colleague in another department recently ask me for data on immigration.
I know there have been several discussions on this issue on PEN-L, so I
thought someone might be able to point me to a good data source. Specifically,
he needs to get data on the numbers of immigrants during different
Any volunteers or recommendations for someone to discuss the economics of
immigration - US, or perhaps a more generalized global look - on my radio
show this Thursday evening, 7-ish New York time?
Doug
--
Doug Henwood
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Left Business Observer
250 W 85 St
New York NY 10024
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>Subject: 1995-05-03 Fact Sheet Immigration Enforcement Improvements Act
>Keywords: Economy, Fact-Sheet, Foreign, Government, Immigration,
>International-Cooperation,
> Judicial-System, Labor, Personnel, Regulation, Security, Social,
> Staff-Report
>Document-
On Fri, 10 Feb 1995 08:28:33 -0800 David Ranney said:
>>I heard a comment that some Republican was opposing the increase in the
>>minimum wage because it increase the gap between US and Mexican wages, and
>>thus increase immigration. Does anyone have the details on this commen
>I heard a comment that some Republican was opposing the increase in the
>minimum wage because it increase the gap between US and Mexican wages, and
>thus increase immigration. Does anyone have the details on this comment?
>
>Eban
>
>
The comment was made by Newt. What do p
It was Newt who opposed min. wage increase because the devaluation made
Mex. wages fall 40%, making U.S. labor less competitive.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 916-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I heard a comment that some Republican was opposing the increase in the
minimum wage because it increase the gap between US and Mexican wages, and
thus increase immigration. Does anyone have the details on this comment?
Eban
In Message Thu, 9 Feb 1995 16:30:27 -0800,
Jim Devine <[EM
from the L.A. TIMES, Feb. 9, 1995 (Column Left, on op-ed page):
"As a liberal Democrat, feminist and human-rights advocate,
let me be the first to congratulate the new Republican
majority on its sophisticated plan to address the immigration
crisis by turning the United States into a Third
Hi all,
One service PEN-Lers could do for the anti-187 fight is to find or write
some very short, popular articles on the relation of free trade to
immigration. Other aspects of immigration are appreciated of course, but
it would be wonderful to compile a whole collection of PEN-L briefs on
Immiggrants, undocumented and otherwise are protected under the FLSA and other
labor laws. The problem has been not so much the absence of rights with regards
to labor, but rather the fear of asserting tthem. This suggests, the remedy
turns to protection of rights under US immigration laws rather
the discussion regarding undocumented immigration too easily places blame on
victims of political and economic persecution. Regrettably, since the days of
sam gompers, organized labor has blamed immigrants as a cheap source of
competition. This divides working clas movements, and I believe
The latest issue of The Nation has a couple of dynamite pieces on the
subject of immigration. One by a native woman describing the police
state environment that has been created in the US Southwest by the
immigration police, the other by a fellow of Chinese descent
describing what folks from
Thanks to Nathan Newman for posting his article. That was exactly the
sort of thing I was looking for.
Doug
Doug Henwood [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Left Business Observer
212-874-4020 (voice)
212-874-3137 (fax)
CTED] ***
CONTOURS OF THE DEBATE ON IMMIGRATION AND JOBS
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF IMMIGRATION:
DO IMMIGRANTS HELP THE US ECONOMY?
This is the wrong question because for two reasons, there is
no single "US economy" anymore. First, the economy in the US is
sharply divided be
I agree, Jim. And if we don't like it, we should go back where we came from.
Ellen J. Dannin
California Western School of Law
225 Cedar Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: 619-525-1449
Fax:619-696-
> We've been having trouble with these immigrants ever since we came to
> this country!
>
On Wed, 19 Oct 1994 05:57:14 -0700 Doug Henwood said:
>What do the comrades think about immigration to the US? Do we know for
>sure what it does for wages and employment among the unskilled? Do we
>know whether or not the ruling class is happy to promote immigration
>because it drive
ge. If the currently
rightless workers were allowed to organize, I would think that would
drive wages up, and that this would outweigh any effect due to an
increase in immigration resulted from the increase in rights.
As for emigration hurting the source countries, I would think this would
only concern
Doug is correct here. During the xenophobic 20's when immigration was
curtailed, one of the responses was an attempt to compensate for the lack
of immigrants with rapid mechanization.
The response was so strong that the wages of unskilled labor did nor
not rise relative to skilled.
Sto
rs who don't have the
> right to organize, report violations of safety laws, etc., this will
> create an opportunity to drive down wages and degrade working
> conditions.
>
> THe solution then is to extend these rights to the undocumented.
>
> 1) Shift all the burden of e
THe solution then is to extend these rights to the undocumented.
1) Shift all the burden of enforcing immigration laws to the employers.
2) Protect undocumented whistleblowers from the INS.
3) Give legal residency to anyone who can prove they've been in the
country for seven years and a day.
-bob
What do the comrades think about immigration to the US? Do we know for
sure what it does for wages and employment among the unskilled? Do we
know whether or not the ruling class is happy to promote immigration
because it drives down wages and divides the workers against each other?
What
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