social justice event "The Hand that Feeds"

"The Hand that Feeds" was documentary about the struggles of unregistered immigrant workers who workers in New York.  Since the workers are undocumented, the employers can exploit them with the threat of deportation.  This gives them an excuse to pay them below minimum wage, violate workplace safety regulations, and prevent them from self-advocating in fear of being kicked out of the country.  These people were told that working hard was all they needed to succeed, but as Kristof pointed out it was not enough.  Since they are being refused the proper wages needed to get a better life, they are stuck in a cycle of abuse at the hand of their employer.  Like in SWAAMP; since they do not have a preferred trait of being registered, they are being exploited by their employers.  Johnson would have approved of us having a conversation about how these people have less privilege and advantage than we do.  Even to this day see undocumented workers being exploited as this conversation still goes on regarding Trumps hiring practices.  And these people this get exploited, even though it is illegal to do so.

• https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/08/politics/trump-national-golf-club-undocumented-workers/index.html
• http://time.com/4465744/donald-trump-undocumented-workers/
• https://www.workplacefairness.org/undocumented-workers