The migrant laborers who staff American meat plants, construction sites and delivery services are working through the pandemic – and sending more funds back home than ever.
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Professor of Physiology, University of Kentucky
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Ph.D. Candidate and Instructor in Geography, University of Kentucky
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Associate Professor of Anthropology and African American & Africana Studies, University of Kentucky
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Professor of Sociology, University of Kentucky
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Associate Professor, University of Kentucky
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Kentucky
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Professor of Neurology, University of Kentucky
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University Research Professor, University of Kentucky
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Emeritus Professor of English, University of Kentucky
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Kentucky
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Assistant Professor of Law, University of Kentucky
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Professor of Political Science, University of Kentucky
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky
