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Maria L. Ontiveros

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Is Modern Day Slavery A Private Act Or A Public System Of Oppression?, Maria Ontiveros Dec 2015

Is Modern Day Slavery A Private Act Or A Public System Of Oppression?, Maria Ontiveros

Maria L. Ontiveros

This article examines the use of the rhetoric of slavery by the United States government and advocates for immigrant workers to determine how the Thirteenth Amendment is perceived and used in contemporary society. A survey of popular usage revealed that the government focuses on trafficking as the definitive form of modern day slavery. In so doing, it portrays modern day slavery as a private act with identifiable wrong doers and victims who have been forced or coerced into involuntary servitude. Immigrant workers advocates, on the other hand, portray modern day slavery as a systemic form of oppression, supported by governmental …

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Immigrant Workers And The Thirteenth Amendment, Maria Ontiveros Dec 2009

Immigrant Workers And The Thirteenth Amendment, Maria Ontiveros

Maria L. Ontiveros

This chapter examines the treatment of immigrant workers through the lens of the Thirteenth Amendment. It examines how the intersection of labor and immigration laws impact immigrant workers in general, "guest workers" and undocumented immigrants. It argues that immigrant workers can be seen as a caste of nonwhite workers laboring beneath the floor for free labor in ways which violate the Thirteenth Amendment. Further, it suggests ways in which immigrant workers can use the Thirteenth Amendment to improve their situation and offers an analysis of how the Thirteenth Amendment can form a bridge for organizing between labor, civil rights, immigration …

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