 FARM WORKER RESOURCES:
Organizations
 CAUSA - Oregon Immigrants Rights Coalition offers information and analysis on proposed state and federal legislation related to immigrants and opportunities for immediate response and actions:
Oregon New Sanctuary Movement offers a information kit and worship resources for communities of faith preparing to accompany undocumented families to a variety of ways. Contact ONSM for meeting dates or to schedule a speaker: 503.203.4267. portlandsanctuary@gmail.com.
Oregon Law Center offers a variety of legal services to low income people and others who are bilingual, with special attention to indigenous women and men and Legal Aid assists low income people. Both have offices throughout Oregon and offer discussions and legal clinics for community groups,
Analysis
Immigration articles and resources compiled by the New York Times, offers Q& A on the issues regarding comprehensive immigration law reform.
l WALL STREET AND IMMIGRATION: DIVIDING AMERICA FOR PROFIT is an instructive powerpoint presentation about one of the leading causes of the massive increase of migration to the U.S., produced by ENLACE, a membership organization comprised of work centers, unions and organizing groups in the US and Mexico dedicated to economic and social justice. ENLACE has a Portland office and staff who can travel throughout the state.
MAQUILAPOLIS: City of Factories is a film by the women who worked in the Tijuana maquiladoras (multinationally owned companies dotting the US/Mexican border). They visually and creatively tell the story of the invasion of the maquiladoras that employed thousands of workers, the affects of the companies on local communities, working conditions, union issues, toxic contamination, and how globalization moved the companies to seek work forces in Asia and the Mexican work force to the U.S. Film info
NOSOTROS: The Hispanic People of Oregon, Essays and Recollections, published by the Oregon Council for the Humanities, from the Spanish explorers of the 1770’s to the recently arrived immigrants from Mexico, Oregon has been home to Latinos. Read more about and order
 OUT OF SYNC: New Temporary worker Proposals Unlikely to Meet U.S. Labor Needs is a report by the American Immigration Law Foundation offers clear statistics and numbers on various industries and workers needed, and what the proposed legislation would and would not provide.
UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS ARE TAXPAYERS TOO, Issue Brief, April 10, 2007, Oregon Public Policy Center, delineates the annual state and local income tax, property and excise tax contributions of undocumented workers in Oregon, cumulative income, plus contributions to social security, medicare and unemployment insurance. In English and in Spanish.
FARMWORKERS IN OREGON, A Study of the League of Women Voters of Oregon Education Fund. While issued in Fall of 2000, this excellent document is comprehensive and relevant to current situations, offering the history of migrant and seasonal workers on Oregon, labor law and enforcement, worker rights and conditions, consumer issues.
THE NEW PLURALISM IN WOODBURN, OREGON: A Community Study Conducted 2003-2004, by the University of Oregon. Helpful resource that reflects the same type of transformation occurring in small towns throughout Oregon. About 30% of recent immigrants arriving in Oregon are indigenous people from Mexico and Guatemala.
Gender, Families, and Immigration in the Northwest Project is an initiative of the University Of Oregon’s Center for the Study of Women in Society. Includes excellent work of Lynn Stephen and her colleagues including The Gaze of Surveillance in the Lives of Mexican Workers
 IN OUR OWN WORDS: Immigrants’ Experiences in the Northwest is a 40 page booklet, produced by the Northwest Federation of Community Organizations (Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Washington) Feb 2006.
BAR TO A HEALTHY FUTURE: Stories of the Immigrant Children Left Behind, produced by the Northwest Federation of Community Organizations (Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Washington) June 2007.
Migrant Health Fact Sheet -- basic facts on farm workers in Oregon, 2002. Prepared by Alberto Moreno, MSW, Migrant Health Coordinator, Department of Human Services
Migrant Health Fact Powerpoint Presentation -- basic facts on farm workers in Oregon, 2002. Prepared by Alberto Moreno, MSW, Migrant Health Coordinator, Department of Human Services
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