Immigration battleground.
Mount Olive in North Carolina is a small town transformed by the influx of Mexican workers. The financial benefits are welcomed, but to many the immigrants have forced down wages and are a burden on the education system. Mount Olive is symptomatic of many towns all over the USA. The proposed new law...
| Format: | Video |
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| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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London :
SW Pictures,
2007.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Mount Olive in North Carolina is a small town transformed by the influx of Mexican workers. The financial benefits are welcomed, but to many the immigrants have forced down wages and are a burden on the education system. Mount Olive is symptomatic of many towns all over the USA. The proposed new laws on illegal immigrants have been a battle-ground with opposition Senators in the US accusing the government of giving a free pass for lawbreakers. Senate leaders from both parties are trying to steer a compromise bill through Congress to provide a path to citizenship for up to 12 million illegal immigrants but is under fire from both left and right -̐ư while businesses fears they may lose the low wage workforce they rely on. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed September 16, 2016). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (7 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 00:06:47 |