Farmingville: a PBS Point of View documentary about the plight of undocumented workers in a small New Jersey town. It leaves the issue unresolved and works very well as a public forum disucssion starter. (80 mintues long) (To access the streamed video, click here)
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2004/farmingville/about.html

Dying to Cross, a non-fiction book by Jorge Ramos regarding the worst immigrant tragedy in American History, published in 2003.
http://www.jorgeramos.com/books.htm

The Keep on Crossin' Manifesto, by Victor Payan and Perry Vasquez (January 18, 2003 San Diego): a short, humorous piece gets right to the point in a way that anyone interested in social justice issues will understand.
http://www.keeponcrossin.com/

UCLA Magazine: Hard Labor (April 1, 2006 ). The first national study of day laborers paints a bleak picture: a report from street level.
http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/features/daylabor/

UCLA Magazine - Web Exculsives
Day Laborer conference webcast
http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/exclusives/daylabor/

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