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Health & Welfare

Fainting and freezing in the fields: Alleged labor trafficking victim tells of mistreatment in Wisconsin and Georgia

By Alexandra Hall (Wisconsin Public Radio/Wisconsin Watch) and Sarah Whites-Koditschek (Wisconsin Public Radio/Wisconsin Watch) | September 8, 2019

‘Roberto’ says he was taken from Georgia, where he worked legally but was exploited, to Wisconsin, where he worked illegally — and in the shadows.

Immigration

Now showing online: Our film on rising immigration tensions in America’s Dairyland

By Coburn Dukehart (Wisconsin Watch) | December 21, 2018

‘Los Lecheros’ (Dairy Farmers) played at 25 film festivals, bringing immigrant labor on dairies out of the shadows.

Letters to the Editor

Thank you for a wonderful story that lifted my spirits today

By Jody Gemmell | October 17, 2018

This letter was written in response to the Center’s Oct. 16, 2018 collaborative report with HuffPost titled: As Trump disparages immigrants, Midwest dairy farmers build bridges to Mexico.

Immigration

As Trump disparages immigrants, Midwest dairy farmers build bridges to Mexico

By Madeline Heim (Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism) | October 16, 2018

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

Asian restaurants and Chicago employment agencies accused of exploiting Latino workers in Midwest

By Belle Lin (Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism) and Alexandra Arriaga (Chicago Sun-Times) | October 7, 2018

The story, produced in collaboration with the Chicago Sun-Times, explores the practices of Chicago labor agencies that provide Latino workers to Asian restaurants across the Midwest, including in Wisconsin, under what the Illinois attorney general charges are illegal and exploitative conditions.

Immigration

How undocumented immigrants became the backbone of dairies — and how to keep the milk flowing in America’s Dairyland

By Dee J. Hall (Wisconsin Watch) and Riley Vetterkind (Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism) | October 6, 2017

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

By Alexandra Hall (Wisconsin Public Radio/Wisconsin Watch) | June 18, 2017

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

By Alexandra Hall (Wisconsin Public Radio/Wisconsin Watch) | March 19, 2017

Dairy farmers raise wages to attract and keep Mexican and Central American employees. Workers cite hostility and heightened enforcement.

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