Migrant Legal Action Program
For more than forty five years, the Migrant Legal Action Program (MLAP) has provided legal representation and a national voice for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and immigrants, the poorest group of working people in the United States. MLAP works to enforce rights and to improve public policies affecting farmworkers' working and housing conditions, education, health, nutrition, and general welfa
05/29/2019
As this story illustrates, farmworkers are subject to exploitation and abuse by contractors, even in the regulated foreign worker visa program.
Men were forced to work on Wisconsin farms as part of human-trafficking scheme, federal indictment says The indictment accuses five people of conspiring to force 14 men to work in Wisconsin by harming them or threatening them with serious harm.
05/21/2019
Another great success story about a farmworker student who was helped by the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP)!
NMSU graduate, father of two credits family and migrant program with his success This father-of-two’s non-traditional path began in Mexico, where he was born and raised.
02/19/2019
Here is an interesting story about the potential impact of mechanization on farmworkers.
Farmworkers vs robots: Will tomorrow fruit pickers be made of steel and tech? Can a robot pick a strawberry better, faster, and cheaper than a seasonal farmworker?
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