When one enters a new country not knowing the language and with little money, it will be hard for them to adjust. This was especially true when the Asian immigrants came and they had to find a way to make a living but they did not know how to speak the language. This weakness of theirs led them to be taken advantage of. They did not know their rights so they worked long hours and in unsafe conditions. The immigrants also were not highly skilled so they had to stick to the lower level jobs and then work till they improve their English and then try to get a better job. They worked in fear. They never spoke bad of their jobs in the workplace and only did so once they were safe away from work. For example, one woman had a boss tell her that trying to file for unemployment or worker's compensation would actually wreck their immigration status. Therefore, there were groups like OSHA and unions to help these Asian immigrant workers but they still stayed largely skeptical in how much they would help them.…show more content… She spent a lot of time as a union organizer and is now teaching others about labor health. This shows she has experience in her field and makes everything she will say in the journal more reliable. The argument is compelling because Lee brings in stories of the workers that complain about their jobs and this anecdotal evidence is strong. She also tells the reader to place himself in the shoes of an immigrant worker and this helps Lee’s argument because it forces the reader to imagine themselves going through what those Asian immigrants went
