Long growing seasons, access to the Colorado River, and abundant sunlight all contribute to Yuma’s agricultural advantage. However, the crops don’t grow and get harvested on their own.

"We have to stay hidden," Lourdes Cardenas, a 62-year-old Mexican living in the city of Fresno ... as California alone relies on undocumented workers for 75% of its farm labor, according to the ...

A workers are at the total mercy of employers who control their livelihoods through the visas they obtain for their employees ...

“My mother still prefers to get her health care in Mexico,” Lepe said. “It’s easier for her.” Lepe and co-founders Wendy Johansson and Cindy Blanco Ochoa launched MiSalud Health in 2021 ...

Mercedes Falk is the president of the Wisconsin-based organization Puentes/Bridges, which leads the trips. Cole Hoscheit is a ...

Tepole and other Mexican workers estimated that it costs $25,000 ... and for the last two years has been milking cows on a dairy farm in Minnesota. “When they go, it’s sad,” Teresa said.

"We have to stay hidden," Lourdes Cardenas, a 62-year-old Mexican living in the city of Fresno ... That is why for the United Farm Workers, the largest farm workers' union in the United States, the ...