[lit-ideas] Re: US Immigration policies

Probably depends where you are. In Sussex they seem to work in the fields, 
whilst elsewhere I've heard that they create small workgangs concentrating on 
labouring jobs like painting and decorating. 

I noticed one girl working in a cafe I used to frequent. She was employed as 
the 'collector of dirty plates', the most menial job on offer, yet outworked 
everybody there whilst still maintaining her dignity. I got the impression her 
fellow workers weren't that impressed, whereas as I admired her work ethic. 

I was also introduced to a Pole in his early twenties. An extremely talented 
artist - I watched him produce a portrait in pastels - who was desperate to 
find work having been thrown off the caravan site he was living on. He settled 
for gardening work. 

Simon
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  From: Judith Evans 
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  Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 7:56 PM
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  Oh yes true -- I forgot the "Eastern Europe" factor.  But I read that most 
Eastern  Europeans who've come here are well educated and skilled and don't do 
the dreadful jobs.  Indeed, there are Eastern European doctors working in 
Cardiff.

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