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The Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996:
Implications for Hispanic Migrant Farmworkers
by Marvi S. Lacar
Kalamazoo College
Working
Paper No. 53
July 2001
Introduction:
America’s agribusiness employs 1.6 million migrant and seasonal
farmworkers who toil for low wages under high risk conditions. Migrant
and seasonal farmworkers face high health risks due to labor, geographic,
economic, as well as cultural, and sociological factors. For these reasons,
many migrant workers rely on federal, state, and community agencies
not only for medical and health related assistance but also for benefits
necessary for their maintenance in daily affairs. However, recent welfare
reforms (passed by the 104th Congress and signed into law by President
Bill Clinton on Aug. 22, 1996) placed new restrictions on the types
of benefits available to both legal and undocumented immigrants. Since
a significant percentage of migrant workers are not United States citizens,
many are affected by the new law.
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