Immigration
Stuck in detention: For immigrants without lawyers, justice is hard to find
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Having a lawyer is an important factor in getting released. A Dane County, Wis., program helps immigrants get out of jail and challenge efforts to deport them.
Immigration
Dane County is home to pilot program that provides lawyers for immigrants
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Dane County, Wisconsin, has been selected as one of 13 sites across the country to test a new model: a public-defender-style system aimed at providing a lawyer to every detained, indigent immigrant.
Immigration
As Trump disparages immigrants, Midwest dairy farmers build bridges to Mexico
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The Puentes/Bridges program is a small nonprofit that organizes annual trips to Mexico to bridge the cultural gap between farmers and immigrant dairy workers — and the families they left behind.
Immigration
How undocumented immigrants became the backbone of dairies — and how to keep the milk flowing in America’s Dairyland
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Farmers, experts say reliance on immigrant workers, many of them in the U.S. illegally, will continue unless dairies — and Congress — make significant changes.
State of Change: Water, Food And The Future Of Wisconsin
America’s Dairyland and Trump in the rearview mirror as workers return to Mexico
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The Hernandez family and other dairy workers are heading back to Mexico amid hostile rhetoric and rising immigration arrests in the Midwest and nationwide.
State of Change: Water, Food And The Future Of Wisconsin
Under Trump, Wisconsin dairies struggle to keep immigrant workers
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Dairy farmers raise wages to attract and keep Mexican and Central American employees. Workers cite hostility and heightened enforcement.
Dairy
No new penalties for hiring illegal immigrants
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The state senate rejected a measure to impose strict penalties on companies found to have employed an undocumented worker. The bill’s failure is big news for Wisconsin’s dairy farmers, who increasingly rely on Hispanic immigrants to milk their herds. A report by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism in November revealed the difficulties dairy farmers face finding legal workers for their operations.