Author Question: Among the gardeners studied by Ramirez and Hondagneu-Sotelo, what was their most common legal status ... (Read 63 times)

Tirant22 · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

Among the gardeners studied by Ramirez and Hondagneu-Sotelo, what was their most common legal status in the United States?

a. The majority of gardeners in this study were in the U.S. illegally and had to hide from the authorities, lest they get deported.
b. Most of the gardeners in this study were legal residents or naturalized citizens, with valid drivers' licenses and auto insurance for their trucks.
c. The gardeners in this study were evenly split between those who were in the United States legally and those who were undocumented and illegally residing in this country.
d. Due to strict laws in California governing gardening companies, all of the gardeners in the state are legal citizens.

Question 2

Which of the following was commonly needed for gardeners to start their own route and to open up their own independent operations?

a. Relatives or friends who wanted to downsize their businesses or get rid of low-paying customers would give them some of their clients.
b. They would borrow money from banks to get the needed capital to start their businesses.
c. Their wives often worked as domestics or nannies in the Los Angeles suburbs, and through word of mouth, were able to find jobs for their husbands as gardeners.
d. They began work as farmers for giant agricultural conglomerates, get a good reference from their supervisors after several years, and then go out on their own.