immigrant labor
Migrant worker employment
Immigrant labor refers to work performed by people who have moved from one country to another, or to the workers themselves as a group.
The term often appears in discussions of economics, policy, and workforce composition: The agricultural industry depends heavily on immigrant labor.
It can be neutral or carry political charge depending on context—sometimes emphasizing contribution, sometimes exploitation or competition with native workers.
- wagesPayment for work
- under the tableWithout official documentation
- remittancesPayments sent abroad
- domestic workUnpaid home labor
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
work visas · work permit · food service · construction · bracero · manufacturing · meatpacking · assimilation · asylum seekers · border crossing · guest worker · discrimination · language barriers · wage theft · xenophobia · family reunification · green cards · economic mobility
- laborwork, laborers, workers, hard work, employment
- Gilded AgeGilded Age, robber baron, robber barons, Carnegie, Rockefeller
- labor fictionfactory workers, working class, workers, coal miners, factory life
- labor migrationmigrant worker, migrant workers, guest workers, guest worker, foreign workers
- textilescotton, wool, silk, fabric, thread
- immigrationimmigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship, asylum