The Ins and Outs of Starting a US Business as a Non-Citizen

This section is all about the bigger picture for migrant farm workers and how they navigate their social and cultural changes.

 It's super important to recognize the diverse and sometimes tough perspectives and experiences within different migrant groups, ya know? The section starts by flexing on the forces that cause migration and if those forces are linked to the equality of cultural clout. So like, it's all about how much connection farm workers have with their peeps and their local communities. Can they turn their social clout into cultural clout? And how does that affect their cultural status?OMG, like, most of the peeps in the study say that money is the main reason why people move, but idk if that actually affects how much cultural clout they have. Celina spilled the tea on her reasons for the migration:

I peeped that there was like zero growth in the agriculture scene in Poland. OMG, when Poland joined the EU in 2004, I was like, "Yasss, the UK job market is gonna be lit!" I like, totally entered the UK in late 2008 and got myself a basic job at this fresh herb grower in Scotland. No biggie. I thought my educa-shun and job experience in Poland and Scotland would like totally help me score a better position, ya know? For Mareks from Latvia, money was like the main reason why he came to Scotland, ya know? Ausra spilled the tea: My life got shook by my friend and it wasn't until the harsh realities slapped me that my friend was jetting off to the UK 'cause the bag was way fatter there than back home.  Zoran's story lowkey shows how less and less locals are putting in that hustle in the labor-intensive subsectors of growing fresh fruits and veggies, while migrants be grinding in the fields and pack houses, ya feel? OMG this story shows how farmers are like so reliant on migrant workers cuz it's, like, super hard for them to find local peeps. It's like, the tea on why migrants should be treated with equality, you know? 

Zoran spilled the tea on why he dipped:

I studied hella hard, like, trying to grind for a lit firm that makes software in Slovakia. I didn't find my dream job, but I'm vibin' with my pops at our fam's lit computer repair shop. OMG, like studying and working abroad has always been my ultimate dream, you know? OMG when I found out that peeps from A8 countries can enter, work, and live in the UK as an EEA national, I was like, I gotta dip from the economic stress in Slovakia and secure a lit future in the UK. In early 2009, the dream totally came true 'cause I got into the UK, y'know? The policy experts lowkey said that there were hella reasons for migrations, but the economic situation in their own country was like the main vibe for people wanting to dip. A CAB official spilled the tea: Economic disparities, like, totally affect how much money people make, their jobs, and how they live. And when the economy sucks, it's, like, a major reason why people move. For many of them who come to Scotland, their econ situation is not very gucci. They came to Scotland by sheer luck, fam. Gettin' them high-paying gigs was the main reason peeps wanted to bounce and that's what the research peeps were sayin', even tho' not many expected to make new friends, share ideas and stories, find their squad, and build relationships. It's, so, like, it's hella important to, like, recognize the importance of, you know, acknowledging and addressing the conflicting views and perceptions on, like, a super important aspect of migrants' life, ya know? Like, their social capital and how they interact with local communities and stuff.

It's like, this totally shows how employers suck at handling migrant farm workers and like, not appreciating and protecting their cultural vibes.

The tea from chats with policy makers suggests that equality is like, totally at the heart of the Scottish government. An equality and diversity official was like:The Scottish gov has totally slayed the major inequalities and been all about that equality of opportunity and outcome in Scottish society. Yas queen! Yo, public authorities gotta flex with the public sector equality duty, ya feel? Plus, they can't be out here discriminating against anyone, no cap. Private orgs and charities gotta follow the public sector equality duty when they do public stuff.Recognizing the importance of migrants' cultural cap can sometimes be lowkey useless when someone's potentials are straight up undermined. Yo, dissin' peeps' cultural clout, like their diverse vibes, norms, and lifestyles, can seriously mess with social inclusion and straight up exclude certain groups from gettin' in on the action totally vibin' in the community/social scene and gettin' used to a new culture (acculturation). This whole situation is like a never-ending cycle of being included or excluded, you know? It's all about not recognizing someone's cultural worth, and that leads to unfairness in getting what they need and deserve. It's like a total inequality in cultural worth, you feel me? This study, like, totally gets that it's super important to go from being included to being excluded, ya know? It's all about how migrants go through the whole social and cultural transition thing.