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Organizations Serving Latino Communities Take Opposing Positions on Senate Bill 744
- Diálogo
- Center for Latino Research, DePaul University
- Volume 18, Number 2, Fall 2015
- pp. 7-20
- 10.1353/dlg.2015.0001
- Article
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Discussion of the guest worker program in S.B. 744 passed by the U.S. Senate in 2013-14, followed by critical examination of principle positions taken by organizations and lobbyists, and key arguments used to justify their perspectives: legal protected status vs. corporations’ need for cheap, exploitable labor. Historical context provides crucial elements for discussion.