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Fighting For Protections : Challenging The 21st Century Sweatshop In New York State, Jacqueline Hayes
Fighting For Protections : Challenging The 21st Century Sweatshop In New York State, Jacqueline Hayes
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
This dissertation examines how neoliberalism and immigration enforcement between 1980 and 2010 changed the nature of ‘sweated’ work in the U.S. This dissertation focuses on the particular case of Latino undocumented workers in New York State and the organizations fighting to win them protections. In order to answer my research questions, I conducted 30 semi-structured interviews over the course of 2 years (2013-2015), examined immigration enforcement data, and analyzed U.S. immigration and welfare policies between 1980 and the present. Research interviews made clear that both the lack of social and legal protections alongside the threat of immigration enforcement have a …