"... but the reality is that many immigrants actually take on jobs that U.S. born are unwilling to work at. You know, especially under certain conditions and certain wages. Particularly in areas like agriculture and construction but also domestic service so if you look at who provided care in the home for domestic care, things like nursing a lot of times, a significant proportion are immigrants." |
"There were two things that stood out to me. One, the specificity of the questions stood out to me. For example, the questions asked things like how many windows are facing West in your house or how many tree are on the south side of the property. Two, the gendered, classed, and racialized nature of the questions stood out to me. For example, the women in my family were asked questions about “good moral character” versus the men in my family. " |