In class we talked about immigration. We learned that immigration was one of the 5 big issues that the USA face today. States prohibit unauthorized immigrants from obtaining professional licenses. In Iowa, immigration is also a big issue. In the news, I heard about Postville is a big immigration city. There are a lot of concentration of Jewish, Hispanic (from Mexico) and Croatian people. One day, the Federal government came by surprise in a processing plant working on Kosher meat. The owners were Jewish and there was a high level of Hispanic workers, especially from Mexico. The Federal government made numerous arrests. This was considered as the biggest bust in the USA for illegal immigrants. Some were processed and sent back to Mexico and their families returned overthere too.
The owners of the plant were arrested too and charged with numerous labor practices : poor wages, unsafe working conditions, illegal immigrants, children workers (around 14-15 years old), etc. About children workers, the plant broke labor laws because children do not have the right to work during school hours and they generally can not work i a plant like that. At this point, they stand on trial.
The problem is that most of them did not speak English so there were communication barrier. For them, they were coming in the USA, working, and got a better wage than in Mexico. However, they got lower job than usually for American people. They are ready to get a dirty and messy job than no job at all (that the American people, as French are not ready to do).
The owners of the plant were arrested too and charged with numerous labor practices : poor wages, unsafe working conditions, illegal immigrants, children workers (around 14-15 years old), etc. About children workers, the plant broke labor laws because children do not have the right to work during school hours and they generally can not work i a plant like that. At this point, they stand on trial.
The problem is that most of them did not speak English so there were communication barrier. For them, they were coming in the USA, working, and got a better wage than in Mexico. However, they got lower job than usually for American people. They are ready to get a dirty and messy job than no job at all (that the American people, as French are not ready to do).
