Migrant Workers
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Migrant Students and Their Families
By: Kristy Gavason
Table of Contents
Table of contents....................................................................2
Introduction...........................................................................3
Research............................................................................4-7
Conclusion..........................................................................8
References.............................................................................9
Introduction
Migrant work is not a new subject of discussion here in the united states, but it is one that has changed over time slowly growing .During the early years when views were much different in regards to Migrant Workers they were denied education and entry to the United States which only favored certain parts around the world and setting such high standards for immigrants that some could simply not meet the requirements. People would battle the two sides of this argument and laws would be implemented and then removed, which did nothing to help the problem until it was excepted and seen that it would never go away and these migrant workers were given certain rights here in the United states. “By denying these children a basic education, we deny them the ability to live within the structure of our civic institutions, and foreclose any realistic possibility that they will contribute in even the smallest way to the progress of the nation.(Justice thurgood Marshall, quoted in plyler v. Doe, 1982, p. 231)(Green, 2003) However the education of the Migrant workers and their children is still at an all time low and poses problems socially, politically, and educationally according to Green(Green,2003). The social and educational problems stem from the students missing school which causes gaps in their education from one school to another or in between grade levels, socially it has to do with poverty, not having a stable home to raise their...
By: Kristy Gavason
Table of Contents
Table of contents....................................................................2
Introduction...........................................................................3
Research............................................................................4-7
Conclusion..........................................................................8
References.............................................................................9
Introduction
Migrant work is not a new subject of discussion here in the united states, but it is one that has changed over time slowly growing .During the early years when views were much different in regards to Migrant Workers they were denied education and entry to the United States which only favored certain parts around the world and setting such high standards for immigrants that some could simply not meet the requirements. People would battle the two sides of this argument and laws would be implemented and then removed, which did nothing to help the problem until it was excepted and seen that it would never go away and these migrant workers were given certain rights here in the United states. “By denying these children a basic education, we deny them the ability to live within the structure of our civic institutions, and foreclose any realistic possibility that they will contribute in even the smallest way to the progress of the nation.(Justice thurgood Marshall, quoted in plyler v. Doe, 1982, p. 231)(Green, 2003) However the education of the Migrant workers and their children is still at an all time low and poses problems socially, politically, and educationally according to Green(Green,2003). The social and educational problems stem from the students missing school which causes gaps in their education from one school to another or in between grade levels, socially it has to do with poverty, not having a stable home to raise their...