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Immigration

The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is proud to cover issues related to immigration and immigrants around our state.

Health & Welfare

Fainting and freezing in the fields: Alleged labor trafficking victim tells of mistreatment in Wisconsin and Georgia

By Alexandra Hall (Wisconsin Public Radio/Wisconsin Watch) and Sarah Whites-Koditschek (Wisconsin Public Radio/Wisconsin Watch) | September 8, 2019

‘Roberto’ says he was taken from Georgia, where he worked legally but was exploited, to Wisconsin, where he worked illegally — and in the shadows.

Immigration

Behind the story: Why we delayed publication of our labor trafficking report

By Dee J. Hall (Wisconsin Watch) | September 8, 2019

While journalists’ first inclination is to bring you the news as soon as we learn it, we decided to delay release of the story and to conceal Roberto’s identity to minimize harm.

The Cannabis Question

Advice to immigrants: ‘Do not mess with marijuana’ even where it is legal

By Ting-Chia Kan (Wisconsin Watch) | August 4, 2019

Immigrants face a danger of deportation if they possess or invest in marijuana, even in states where it is legal.

Immigration

Video — Behind the story: For immigrants without lawyers, justice is hard to find

By Wisconsin Watch | May 19, 2019

Investigative reporter Natalie Yahr learned that having a lawyer greatly increases the chances of immigrants being able to stay in the U.S, once they have been put into deportation proceedings. Yahr talks about the role that lawyers play in immigration cases, and how she reported this story.

Immigration

Stuck in detention: For immigrants without lawyers, justice is hard to find

By Natalie Yahr (Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism) | May 19, 2019

Having a lawyer is an important factor in getting released. A Dane County, Wis., program helps immigrants get out of jail and challenge efforts to deport them.

Immigration

Dane County is home to pilot program that provides lawyers for immigrants

By Natalie Yahr (Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism) | May 19, 2019

Dane County, Wisconsin, has been selected as one of 13 sites across the country to test a new model: a public-defender-style system aimed at providing a lawyer to every detained, indigent immigrant.

Immigration

Now showing online: Our film on rising immigration tensions in America’s Dairyland

By Coburn Dukehart (Wisconsin Watch) | December 21, 2018

‘Los Lecheros’ (Dairy Farmers) played at 25 film festivals, bringing immigrant labor on dairies out of the shadows.

Immigration

As Trump disparages immigrants, Midwest dairy farmers build bridges to Mexico

By Madeline Heim (Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism) | October 16, 2018

The Puentes/Bridges program is a small nonprofit that organizes annual trips to Mexico to bridge the cultural gap between farmers and immigrant dairy workers — and the families they left behind.

Immigration

Asian restaurants and Chicago employment agencies accused of exploiting Latino workers in Midwest

By Belle Lin (Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism) and Alexandra Arriaga (Chicago Sun-Times) | October 7, 2018

The story, produced in collaboration with the Chicago Sun-Times, explores the practices of Chicago labor agencies that provide Latino workers to Asian restaurants across the Midwest, including in Wisconsin, under what the Illinois attorney general charges are illegal and exploitative conditions.

Immigration

How undocumented immigrants became the backbone of dairies — and how to keep the milk flowing in America’s Dairyland

By Dee J. Hall (Wisconsin Watch) and Riley Vetterkind (Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism) | October 6, 2017

Farmers, experts say reliance on immigrant workers, many of them in the U.S. illegally, will continue unless dairies — and Congress — make significant changes.

State of Change: Water, Food And The Future Of Wisconsin

America’s Dairyland and Trump in the rearview mirror as workers return to Mexico

By Alexandra Hall (Wisconsin Public Radio/Wisconsin Watch) | June 18, 2017

The Hernandez family and other dairy workers are heading back to Mexico amid hostile rhetoric and rising immigration arrests in the Midwest and nationwide.

State of Change: Water, Food And The Future Of Wisconsin

Under Trump, Wisconsin dairies struggle to keep immigrant workers

By Alexandra Hall (Wisconsin Public Radio/Wisconsin Watch) | March 19, 2017

Dairy farmers raise wages to attract and keep Mexican and Central American employees. Workers cite hostility and heightened enforcement.

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