Immigrant Labor and the New Precariat Immigrant Labor and the New Precariat
Immigration and Society

Immigrant Labor and the New Precariat

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Publisher Description

Immigration has been a contentious issue for decades, but in the twenty-first century it has moved to center stage, propelled by an immigrant threat narrative that blames foreign-born workers, and especially the undocumented, for the collapsing living standards of American workers.  According to that narrative, if immigration were summarily curtailed, border security established, and ""illegal aliens"" removed, the American Dream would be restored.

In this book, Ruth Milkman demonstrates that immigration is not the cause of economic precarity and growing inequality, as Trump and other promoters of the immigrant threat narrative claim. Rather, the influx of low-wage immigrants since the 1970s was a consequence of concerted employer efforts to weaken labor unions, along with neoliberal policies fostering outsourcing, deregulation, and skyrocketing inequality. 

These dynamics have remained largely invisible to the public. The justifiable anger of US-born workers whose jobs have been eliminated or degraded has been tragically misdirected, with even some liberal voices recently advocating immigration restriction. This provocative book argues that progressives should instead challenge right-wing populism, redirecting workers' anger toward employers and political elites, demanding upgraded jobs for foreign-born and US-born workers alike, along with public policies to reduce inequality.

GENRE
Business & Personal Finance
RELEASED
2020
19 May
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
200
Pages
PUBLISHER
Polity Press
SIZE
962.2
KB

More Books by Ruth Milkman

Immigration Matters Immigration Matters
2021
On Gender, Labor, and Inequality On Gender, Labor, and Inequality
2016
What Works for Workers? What Works for Workers?
2014
Women, Work, and Protest Women, Work, and Protest
2013

Other Books in This Series

Immigration in the Court of Public Opinion Immigration in the Court of Public Opinion
2022
The Integration Nation The Integration Nation
2022
Immigration and the City Immigration and the City
2017
Gender and Migration Gender and Migration
2017
Immigrant Families Immigrant Families
2016
The Rise of the New Second Generation The Rise of the New Second Generation
2016