Alexander Stephens and William Lopez of the Immigration and the Carceral State component analyze the Covid-19 epidemic among food production workers through an historical analysis of the criminalization and expendability of immigrant labor since the 1950s. Read the full article here: Alexander Stephens and William D. Lopez, “Governments and Corporations Have Deemed Immigrant Workers Expendable During the Pandemic,” Jacobin (May 11, 2020).
Tagline: The coronavirus pandemic has exposed a deep contradiction at the heart of the US economy: immigrant labor is more essential than ever, yet immigrant workers continue to be under vicious attack by the government.
