David Bacon - Type Investigations https://www.typeinvestigations.org/reporter/davidbacon/ A Newsroom for Independent Journalists Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:09:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.typeinvestigations.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-ti-favicon-32x32.png David Bacon - Type Investigations https://www.typeinvestigations.org/reporter/davidbacon/ 32 32 NAFTA’s Human Costs https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2012/01/10/naftas-human-costs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=naftas-human-costs Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:00:23 +0000 https://www.typeinvestigations.org/?post_type=investigations_posts&p=2808 NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, was hailed as a boon to economies on both sides of the border. A look at the policy's human costs.

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]]> How US Policies Fueled Mexico’s Migration https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2012/01/04/us-policies-fueled-mexicos-migration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=us-policies-fueled-mexicos-migration Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:00:23 +0000 https://www.typeinvestigations.org/?post_type=investigations_posts&p=2817 Impoverished by NAFTA, residents of Veracruz crossed the border to work in Smithfield's Tar Heel slaughterhouse. Now they're condemned as "illegals."

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]]> Letter from Oaxaca https://www.typeinvestigations.org/analysis/2011/10/24/letter-oaxaca/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-oaxaca Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:48:06 +0000 https://www.typeinvestigations.org/?p=4293 If there's one experience that Mexicans have in common more than any other, more even than hatred and repudiation of the mutual violence of the narcos and the government, it's migration.

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]]> In Arizona, Undocumented Immigrants Face Federal Criminal Charges https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2008/10/06/arizona-undocumented-immigrants-face-federal-criminal-charges/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=arizona-undocumented-immigrants-face-federal-criminal-charges Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:00:45 +0000 https://www.typeinvestigations.org/?post_type=investigations_posts&p=2960 Drastic changes in immigration enforcement mean that undocumented immigrants who were once allowed to leave voluntarily are now being tried as criminals.

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