Melanie
Manuel
ASA 114
001
25 January
2020
One thing
that struck me about Pei-Chia Lan’s “Legal Servitude and Free Illegality: Migrant
‘Guest’ Works in Taiwan” was how undocumented workers seemed to have more
freedom than workers coming from agencies. Despite not having government
support, undocumented workers garner more popularity and autonomy than those
contracted, because there is such a huge obstacle for the ones following the
law. I find this rather ironic, because you would think that those following
the law would have more benefits; however, from this article, it clearly does
not appear to be the case. It makes me wonder about the United States and how
it seems like the reverse occurs; so, undocumented workers are not necessarily
allotted the same kind of respect and autonomy like in the case study of
Taiwan, while workers backed by the government have a little more leeway. However,
I’m not all too familiar with how the United States treats their overseas workers,
so I can’t say for certain if it is entirely different since I heard that
teachers who come from other countries are sometimes mistreated in their pay
and amount of hours worked.
I’ve
included an image of what the projected population of the United States is
looking like, because it seems to suggest that more folks of color will be
coming in, which depicts a shift in population demographics. Unfortunately, it
does not say whether they are overseas workers, but one might infer that they play
a part in the shift.
Works
Cited
Lan, Pei-Chia.
“Legal Servitude and Free Illegality: Migrant ‘Guest’ Workers in Taiwan.” Asian
Diasporas, Stanford University Press, 2007, pp. 253-277.
Image
Used
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/reports/2012/07/06/11888/the-facts-on-immigration-today/
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