Low-income Latinos in the South have been routinely cheated out of wages, denied basic health protections and are victims of racial profiling, according to a report from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The report, "Under Siege: Life for Low-Income Latinos in the South," documents the experiences of 500 immigrants, said the center, a human rights law firm in Montgomery, Alabama.
"This report documents the human toll of failed policies that relegate millions of people to an underground economy, where they are beyond the protection of the law," said Mary Bauer, author of the report.
"Workplace abuses and racial profiling are rampant in the South."
The report details stories of a Tennessee woman who says she was jailed for asking for her pay after working at a cheese factory, a bean picker in Alabama who says police at a traffic stop took his life savings and a rapist in Georgia who was not arrested because the suspect's victim was an undocumented immigrant.
"This report documents the human toll of failed policies that relegate millions of people to an underground economy, where they are beyond the protection of the law," said Mary Bauer, author of the report.
"Workplace abuses and racial profiling are rampant in the South."
The report details stories of a Tennessee woman who says she was jailed for asking for her pay after working at a cheese factory, a bean picker in Alabama who says police at a traffic stop took his life savings and a rapist in Georgia who was not arrested because the suspect's victim was an undocumented immigrant.
Source: CNN
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