Canada must take better care of injured migrant workers
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A Bitter Harvest: Immigration Law and Migrant Farm Labor
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brought to america as a 6-month-old infant with his migrant farm working family. since he was 9 years old, he was working in the fields with his father picking tobacco, onions and oranges. despite living here his entire life, carlos still lives under the same constant threat and fear of prosecution and deportation. he and pascual have agreed to teach me how to pick oranges before i start my first day of work tomorrow. have you ever picked oranges or done any kind of field work? i picked things off trees. but you pick one. you pick it, you eat it. i ve never had to pick 2,500 to fill a tub. i think i m going to be sore by the end of the day tomorrow. my dad, he s 49. wow. that s nothing. i know people that are 70 picking oranges, because it s a necessity. you have to. hopefully, if i can better myself, i can help my family. what he did for me, i ll do it for him. what do you want to do with your life? i really want to go to law school. you want to be a lawyer?
of course, some people are taking these jobs. immigrant laborers. there s mainly two ways farm and citrus groves find workers. one way is the h 2 a guest worker program. a stop-gap measure to get workers in the field without granting them permanent residency. it s not a path to citizenship nor popular with the agricultural industry. so that leaves undocumented immigrants. after surviving a dangerous border crossing, they take whatever jobs they can find and generally live life in the shadows to avoid being deported. most see the risk as the only way to make a better life for themselves and their families. make a left up here. carlos is a 20-year-old undocumented immigrant. born in mexico, carlos was brought to america as a 6-month-old with his migrant farm working family. since he was 9 years old, he was