The Long Road of Exploitation of Immigrants

Immigrants are often driven out of their countries due to repressive political climates, the theft of their homes or extreme poverty. Hoping to live the American Dream, many of them instead face xenophobia, racism and a hostile Trump administration here in the U.S.

REFERENCES
"Four Charts on Immigrant Worker Exploitation in America. The workers Trump has demonized take on some of the most essential and dangerous jobs for the lowest pay." by Sarah Anderson and Reyanna James for Inequality
https://inequality.org/article/charts-immigrant-worker-exploitation/

"To Combat Xenophobic Hate, End Immigrant Worker Exploitation" by Meagan Day for Jacobin Magazine
https://jacobin.com/2019/08/xenophobia-immigrant-worker-exploitation

"How the militarisation of mining threatens Indigenous defenders in the Philippines" by Global Witness
https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/land-and-environmental-defenders…

"In Data: Indigenous Filipinos lack the rights to stop land grabs" by Mariejo Ramos for Context
https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/in-data-indigenous-fil…

"Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country. President Trump has a history of insulting people from African countries, but the outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry. Vice President JD Vance banged the table in encouragement." by Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Shawn McCreesh for The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/politics/trump-somalia.html

"Trump Administration’s Halt in Processing of All Asylum Applications is Punitive, Extreme, and Undermines Our National Interest" by Human Rights First
https://humanrightsfirst.org/library/trump-administrations-halt-in-proc…