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Immigrant Rights Protest in the Rural West
Latino Studies (2009)
  • Francisco Rios, Western Washington University
  • Margaret Zamudio
  • Cecilia Aragón
  • Leticia Alvarez
Abstract
While Wyoming's Republican US Representative Barbara Cubin is hardly calling out very loudly for la migra (immigration officials), Wyoming has a share of undocumented immigrants who, along with other low-paid workers, help prop up the boom and bust economy. Early Latino settlers worked in the sugar-beet fields, provided ranch hands, herded sheep, worked on the railroad, cleaned hotel rooms and settled in the tiny windblown towns and spectacular mountain enclaves that make up Wyoming.
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring 2009
Publisher Statement
© Palgrave Macmillan 2009
Citation Information
Francisco Rios, Margaret Zamudio, Cecilia Aragón and Leticia Alvarez. "Immigrant Rights Protest in the Rural West" Latino Studies Vol. 7 Iss. 1 (2009)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/francisco_rios/67/