April 1995, Volume 1, Number 2
Rural America
Drug Making in Rural California?
Some of the same rural residents who provide housing and
transportation to newly-arrived farm workers also manufacture
methamphetamine -- a white
Farm Workers
Farm Workers and Immigration
Farm workers are one of only three US occupations with one million
or more workers in which the majority of workers are immigrants--the
other two
Grape Suit Dismissed
The lawsuit filed by the California Table Grape Commission against
the city of San Francisco for banning the sale of table grapes at
city-owned
Legal Services Terminated for Elimination
The Republican-controlled Congress began hearings on March 24 to
determine if it will cut or eliminate the $415 million budget the
Legal Services
Committee Approves ALRB Budget
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of California's Agricultural
Labor Relations Act's, June 5, 1995, the state's Legislative Analyst
proposed
Welfare Reform Protects H-2A Workers
The House in March 1995 approved a welfare reform proposal that
would make most legal aliens ineligible for most federal means-tested
benefits,
Farm Workers, Storms and the 1995 Agricultural Outlook
California produces about $20 billion worth of farm commodities
annually, which makes agriculture about 2.5 percent of the state's
$800 billion
Washington May Repeal Farmworker Safety Rules
A proposal in the Washington State Senate would exclude farm
workers from tougher state worker safety rules. The proposed law
would prevent the
Immigration
Illegal Immigration
Illegal immigration appears to be increasing, as indicated by
surveys in Mexico of persons intending to emigrate, apprehension
data, and reports
Predicting Mexico - US Migration
The spring and summer of 1995 will provide a test of how well
beefed-up US border controls can cope with sharp increases in Mexican
emigration
Guest Workers?
The United States today has 12 programs through which US employers
can legally employ foreign workers as non immigrants, meaning that
the foreign
Judge Curbs Police Immigraiton Rules
A federal judge in Oakland has ruled that Napa County sheriffs and
local police can no longer conduct raids to search for undocumented
or illegal
Mexican Farm Exports
One of the first beneficiaries of the peso devaluation were
Mexican fruit and vegetable exporters who saw their potential profits
rise 50 percent
Other
Naturalization
The number of immigrants electing to become naturalized US
citizens jumped 75 percent in the first four months of 1995. In FY94,
some 558,139
State Activities to Deter Illegal Immigration
Prop. 187 in California may have marked a new era in state and
local government activism to reduce illegal immigration. Virginia is
estimating the
Resources
DOL Releases Immigrant Date
DOL's ILAB has released a report that tabulates employment data on
foreign-and native-born adults in the US in March 1994. There
were 22