America's Hidden Workforce
America's Hidden Workforce
The laborers in the tomato fields of central Florida prefer to work without gloves because they can pick quicker and therefore earn more.
A tobacco worker arrives for guest worker orientation at a farm in North Carolina.
Workers rest in a camp provided by an employer. The camps are often raided for unsanitary conditions, but are rarely shut down.
A worker eats dinner at a camp on a Christmas tree farm in North Carolina.
The crowded trailers at this camp in Florida lack air conditioning, so the workers prefer to spend as much time as possible outside.
A documentary about leftist Mexican politician Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador plays on the Zocalo in Mexico City.
Mexicans wait in the line outside the consular section at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City. Applicant who have been caught trying to cross the border illegally are unlikely to get visas.
The rejection rate for visas is extremely high.
Mexicans and Central Americans wait in a holding area for busses that will take them back to the capitals of their respective countries.
A young girl enters the room she shares with her aunt, uncle and cousin. Her mother is the cook for the workers in the North Carolina camp.
The Immokalee Coalition of Workers gathers once a week. The Coalition has been instrumental in securing rights for workers at farms that supply Taco Bell and McDonald's.
A worker suffering from pesticide poisoning rests in a dorm in Immokalee.
Workers watch the police arrest an American man outside a bar in Immokalee for alleged theft. Local police say the laborers try to keep a low profile and cause little trouble.
A young girl attends a Quinciañera, a traditional coming-of-age celebration for 15-year-old Mexican girls.
Migrants and their children attend an Easter service in Immokalee.
A young man prays at the Easter service.