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The fear of deportation hangs over unauthorized workers trying to fight exploitation, but all workers in the US have rights

  • Written by Xóchitl Bada, Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies, University of Illinois Chicago
imageHandcuffed food-processing workers are escorted into a bus after an ICE raid in Morton, Miss., in 2019.AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis

The Trump administration has repeatedly said it wants to deport as many people as possible. What that means for the estimated 8.3 million unauthorized immigrants in the American workforce is unclear.

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