migrant workers
Traveling job seekers
Migrant workers are people who move from place to place for employment, typically following seasonal work.
The term most often describes agricultural laborers who travel to harvest crops: Migrant workers pick strawberries in California, then move north for the apple harvest.
It extends to anyone who relocates temporarily for work, including construction workers and those who cross international borders for employment.
The phrase sometimes carries connotations of economic vulnerability and exploitation.
Travel authorization stamp
- green cardU.S. residency document
- undocumentedNot officially recorded
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- asylumShelter from persecution
refugee · residency · citizenship · naturalization · documentation · sponsor · quota · DACA
Payments sent abroad
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- journeyTravel from place to place
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- borderOuter edge or limit
receiving country · transit · destination · origin · displacement · resettlement · relocation · temporary
Cultivation of land, livestock
- constructionProcess of building something
- seasonalRecurring at fixed intervals
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- meatpackingProcessing livestock into food
farmworker · harvest · picking · landscaping · hospitality · caregiving · manual labor · day laborer
Selfish use of others
- povertySevere lack of resources
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- wage theftEmployer withholding earned compensation
trafficking · isolation · marginalization · overcrowding · abuse · unsafe conditions · separation · xenophobia
Favorable circumstance for advancement
- family supportAid from relatives
- educationSystematic development of mind
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
better life · dream · perseverance · resilience · hope · ambition · savings · future
visa
Travel authorization stamp
- green cardU.S. residency document
- undocumentedNot officially recorded
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
asylum · refugee · residency · citizenship · naturalization · documentation · sponsor · quota · DACA · amnesty
remittances
Payments sent abroad
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- journeyTravel from place to place
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
receiving country · border · transit · destination · origin · displacement · resettlement · relocation · temporary · seasonal
agriculture
Cultivation of land, livestock
- constructionProcess of building something
- seasonalRecurring at fixed intervals
- factoryIndustrial production facility
meatpacking · farmworker · harvest · picking · landscaping · hospitality · caregiving · manual labor · day laborer · sweatshop
exploitation
Selfish use of others
- povertySevere lack of resources
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
wage theft · trafficking · isolation · marginalization · overcrowding · abuse · unsafe conditions · separation · xenophobia · precariousness
opportunity
Favorable circumstance for advancement
- family supportAid from relatives
- educationSystematic development of mind
- advancementForward movement or promotion
better life · sacrifice · dream · perseverance · resilience · hope · ambition · savings · future · homeownership
- Expatriatesexpats, emigres, permanent residents, green card holders, foreign workers
- Latino HistoryCesar Chavez, UFW, Mexican-American War, farmworkers, braceros
- Thai diasporaethnic identity, cultural assimilation, dual heritage, Thai temples, intermarriage
- Central Valley historySacramento, Stockton, Fresno, Modesto, Bakersfield
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
migrant workerspermanent residents
People living somewhere long-term
long-term residents · locals · homesteaders · homeowners · community members
migrant workersemployers
Those who hire staff
citizens · landowners · business owners · plantation owners · growers
work, worker, working, immigrant, migrate, migration, migrant, immigration, migratory