Think of last time you have bitten into a nice, juicy, piece of fruit. Now realize that the majority of delicious food we all sustain on comes from the hands of slave labor.- Contemporary slavery is a hot topic across the globe. Well, what is slavery, you might ask. A definition of contemporary slavery is a person held against their will at risk of violence or economic exploitation. The U.S. Agricultural industry employs immigrant slaves from Mexico and Central America . Hiring illegal immigrants makes for much cheaper labor. Slavery is an integral part of our society, and goes mostly overlooked by the general population and politicians alike. Since many immigrants are not protected by most basic labor rights, they are forced to undergo cruel,
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You may believe that illegal migrants have no right to be here, and should stay put in their home country. However, many people are forced to leave their native country, or be forced to sustain unacceptable environments they did not choose to live in. According to the National Center for Farmworker's Health, 72% of farmworkers were foreign born. In mexico, citizens face everyday violence, drugs, poor economy, and government corruption. It is a dangerous place to live, and difficult to make a good life in. A third of of Mexicans want to leave their home country to America, and half of those would do so illegally. 53% of Mexico's population is at the poverty line "A Mexican national can earn six times more working here in the United States than they can in Mexico", Erik Nicholson, npr.org. "Farmworkers’ average annual income is $11,000; for a family it is approximately $16,000.4 This makes farm work the second lowest paid job in the nation (after domestic labor)", -Student Action with Farmworkers, (saf-unite.org). Humans are willing to do anything to gain what they believe to be freedom, and many migrant Farmworkers do so.leave their homes t. Farm workers can be considered slaves, because due to poverty and violence in their mother country, have few options but to move to the U.S. and to work in the agriculture sector with a high risk of
You may believe that illegal migrants have no right to be here, and should stay put in their home country. However, many people are forced to leave their native country, or be forced to sustain unacceptable environments they did not choose to live in. According to the National Center for Farmworker's Health, 72% of farmworkers were foreign born. In mexico, citizens face everyday violence, drugs, poor economy, and government corruption. It is a dangerous place to live, and difficult to make a good life in. A third of of Mexicans want to leave their home country to America, and half of those would do so illegally. 53% of Mexico's population is at the poverty line "A Mexican national can earn six times more working here in the United States than they can in Mexico", Erik Nicholson, npr.org. "Farmworkers’ average annual income is $11,000; for a family it is approximately $16,000.4 This makes farm work the second lowest paid job in the nation (after domestic labor)", -Student Action with Farmworkers, (saf-unite.org). Humans are willing to do anything to gain what they believe to be freedom, and many migrant Farmworkers do so.leave their homes t. Farm workers can be considered slaves, because due to poverty and violence in their mother country, have few options but to move to the U.S. and to work in the agriculture sector with a high risk of