They do not have the right to join a union for protection. They are not protected by a minimum wage and hour law. They have no workmens injury or unemployment compensation * * *. "Most of the families in the counties in which the migrants reside have less than $3.500 per year income. These are the main victims of this Nations bracero and commuter policies. but their fellow citizens who must assume increased taxes also suffer due to this great community of lowpaid workers." According to a 1964 U.S. Department of Agriculture leaflet. "Rural Poverty" (to which attention was called during the Tucson conference). there are 24 counties in the fiveState southwestern area that have a median rural family income between $1.535 and $2.212. causing them to fall among the 250 poorest counties In rural income in the country.
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