Migrant+workers+in+the+news

Students can use Google News Timeline to research recent coverage of migrant workers and compare it with coverage in the past. For example, they can search for current articles in one search and set the parameters for a second search to show articles from 1950. The links will enable the students to read the actual articles on-line. For a current issue such as immigration legislation, the timeline can be used to explore the development of the arguments for and against the legislation.

[|Google News Timeline]

This recent article from a news website in Vermont discusses current issues facing migrant workers there: [|Vermont Digger article] (This connects to //Return to Sender// by Julia Alvarez which takes place in Vermont.)

To search for current coverage of migrant workers in the news, Google News is a good place to try. [|Google News]

Another good source of information is [|Rural Migration News]

[|Fatal Sunshine] An article from August 2009.