| Sumario: | A study was conducted to examine the organization of labor among immigrant domestic workers and employers of domestic workers in the U.S. Findings revealed that employers of domestic workers depend on paid service workers to provide extra labor, but domestic workers depend on the unpaid labor of family members. It is demonstrated that neither group depends primarily on support from the government, although the strategies of both groups are influenced by differences in citizenship status. It is concluded that, in some areas, social reproduction has come to involve networks that move over international borders; and that the strategies used to access domestic labor are informed by and contribute to class and racial-ethnic differences.
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