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00:00 - Introduction01:28 - What are guestworker programs?02:27 - What are the origins of guestworker programs?07:26 - How do guestworker programs differ from indentured labour and slavery?09:42 - What influences the development of the guestworker programs?14:04 - Why doesn't the government seem to take significant actions?17:58 - What other elements contribute to the exploitation within guestworker programs?22:54 - What was the role of guestworker programs in Jim Crow America?29:59 - Is it common for cases to go to court?31:35 - How have you gone about your research?34:30 - What are some of the benefits of guestworker programs?37:29 - How has anti-immigrant sentiment affected the expansion of guestworker programs over time?42:44 - What are some potential solutions to problems created by guestworker programs?47:23 - What is the current status of guestworker programs?51:12 - Guestworker programs increasing under Trump?56:36 - Are there any similarities between guestworker programs and the war on drugs?01:00:37 - Who is Cindy Hahamovitch?