Immigrant Housecleaners in Freefall

Layoffs of housecleaners have skyrocketed in recent months. As professionals continue to lose their jobs and tighten their household budgets, maids are the first ones to be let go, said Altagracia Garcia, an organizer with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. Full Story »

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Elizabeth White-Nadler
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by Elizabeth White-Nadler - Apr. 17, 2009

This piece is quite superficial, but is valuable for raising awareness of a troubling situation. Casimir uses personal stories of individuals to convey the desperation this segment of our society is experiencing. A much more thorough discussion of the implications of this phenomenon would be welcome.

I've seen a few articles recently regarding "reverse immigration." I would like to read what a sociologist had to say about whether this painful situation might be a good thing for our country as a whole, or whether it only creates more problems for our country by further stressing (as in "stressing out") our lowest socioeconomic groups.

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