... and workshops in Los Angeles, from 2,332 in 1970 to 6,364 in 1996, occurred mainly as a result of its superior access to immigrant labour'. Mostly from Mexico and largely, as mentioned above, undocumented . Nearly all the Garment workers in Los Angeles are immigrants, in 1990 the figure stood at around 93%, according to Ivan Light . Nearly all of these have arrived ... and Thailand. But by far the largest group are Mexican, making up some seventy five percent of the entire apparel industry workforce. A large number of these Mexican garment workers, as mentioned above, are undocumented a...

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