Migrant Legal Action Program

Here's a strong story about how a migrant/community health center is working to ensure access to healthcare in the face of the fears of the immigrant and refugee community in its service area. MLAP has worked with this excellent center in the past on a variety of issues.

In A Border Region Where Immigrants Are Wary, A Health Center Travels To Its Patients The staff of a health center in New York State noticed that farm workers were struggling to get to clinics. So the staff decided to bring check-ups to them — through video.

This remarkable migrant student delivers a powerful speech about the struggles she faced and the sacrifices her family made for her to achieve Valedictorian status at her high school. Her story was also featured on Good Morning America.

To view her speech, click the link: https://streamable.com/s/qb499/rbgtbe?fbclid=IwAR3fBLPzzpB2qs2bqFT6DMiDHlhF6_TEwYT8dsLNJvsot2a8XJsoSNB725c

'Care for some strawberries?': Valedictorian honors immigrant parents in speech A Florida teen is capturing national attention with her powerful valedictorian speech and clever use of strawberries as a stage prop.

Here is a wonderful story about a Salinas farmworker who just earned his bachelors with honors at 58 years old! Now he wants to give back to his community as a teacher. This article describes his amazing story, from leaving his native Oaxaca, Mexico to working in the fields of California, of the barriers he faced and the triumphs he achieved, for his family, his community, and eventually, his own education.

From fields to classrooms: Former Salinas farmworker earns bachelor's with honors at 58 He plans to get his master’s in education, too. But teaching in Salinas comes first.

Here is a wonderful piece about a successful farmworker student who, along with her parents, went on the morning show New Day this week on CNN. She persevered through numerous challenges and now has earned her Master's degree. She plans to give back to the community as a guidance counselor.

College graduate honors immigrant parents in powerful photo CNN's Alisyn Camerota speaks with Erica Alfaro, a college graduate from California, who decided to honor her parents in her graduation photos by standing in ...

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.

It is graduation season and we are seeing more and more migratory students graduating from college. Here are a few migrant students who proudly stand with their parents. They did not forget where they came from....

Varios hispanos que trabajaban en el campo, o hijos de campesinos, se están graduando de la universidad estos días. Con orgullo muestran sus orígenes en estas imágenes. ¡Felicitaciones a todos ellos!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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.

Here is an inspiring story of the daughter of farmworkers who dedicated her college graduation to them and their daily hard work for her and her siblings. She graduated this past Sunday and was the first in her family to graduate from a four year college. ¡Felicidades!

Latina college senior's tribute to immigrant farm worker parents goes viral Thousands responded to the tweet from the soon-to-be college grad Anna Ocegueda, flanked by her parents, immigrants from Mexico, who work in the fields.

Following is a story about the challenges faced by many farmworkers from Mexico in their quest to obtain an H-2A temporary agricultural worker visa to work in the U.S.

‘Be very careful’: the dangers for Mexicans working legally on US farms For Mexican farmworkers, seasonal employment in the US is an opportunity to earn more – but those who make the journey can be easily exploited by recruiters

An excellent story that portrays not only the squalid conditions in which many farmworkers are forced to live, but also the challenges of enforcing housing standards for them.

Senate committee considers overhaul of farmworker housing inspections Farmworkers forced to sleep in shipping containers and houses infested by scorpions. Housing facilities without indoor plumbing or beds.Farmworkers and

U.S. Department of Labor finds migrant farmworkers being housed in horrific conditions. Here's the story:

Firm fined $35K for housing farmworkers in filthy conditions PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A company in Silverton and its housing provider must pay $35,000 in penalties after an inspection found migrant farmworkers housed in filthy, rodent-infested quarters. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday that its...

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?