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How Did California Immigrants, Men And Women Suffers A Lot Of Injustices?

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How Did California Immigrants, Men And Women Suffers A Lot Of Injustices?
California Immigrants, Men and Women, suffered a lot of injustices in their work field and in life. California Immigrants want nothing more than to work and support their families, even if it means being away for months and years on end, just like Heraclio Astete who has not seen his daughter in twenty years, when she was a little over two years old. The Immigrants live sad lives when working because of unfair wages, poor living conditions, isolation, abuse, and sexual abuse. Not all Immigrants get to experience the same things other Immigrants do it goes ‘case by case’. Their days are long and nights are short, and no one is safe in the states from ‘la migra’, you could be a child, adult, or senor and they would still grab you and throw you in the back of a van and take you back to Mexico, if it was not for the Coyotes and by standing Taxi drivers at the boarders who knows how the Immigrants would be able to find their ways around the boarder patrol. Even though the Immigrants suffered all the injustices they all mainly did it for two things: to support their family and themselves. California Immigrants shared their brave stories with Gabriel Thompson and all the obstacles they …show more content…
I understood how the work was hard and tiresome, early mornings and late nights just not the conditions the workers had to live through. The California farmers did not treat the workers as well as they should have, they should have always had breaks, vacation, cold/hot water, air conditioning, heating, and indoor plumbing. I do not believe any of the farmers would have appreciated living like the immigrants do, I know I would not have liked it. In sum, the immigrants were thankfully able to get a union started so they can be treated better, however the laws were not entirely always

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