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Just see how difficult and strenuous it is and try and get a better sense of why people arent taking these jobs. of course, some people are taking these jobs. immigrant laborers. there is maybe two ways that farms and citrus groves find workers. one way is the h-2a guest worker visa program, a sort of stopgap measure designed to get immigrant workers in the field without granting them permanent residen residency,. its neither a path to citizenship nor particularly popular with the agriculture in...

When i was 17 years old i had a summer job at bakery in new york city. in that bakery working alongside me were a bunch of guys from a province south of mexico city, called puebla. they worked the overnight shift. and sometimes i would stay up all night with them. i would help them with the baking, and they would help me get better at spanish. now all of these guys were in the country without permission. but because i worked with them, i learned something i hadnt known until i started this job, ...

When i was 17 years old i had a summer job at bakery in new york city. in that bakery working alongside me were a bunch of guys from a province south of mexico city, called pu, bla. i would stay up all night with them, theyd help me be the baking and theyd help me get better with spanish. because i worked with them, i learned something i hadnt known until i started this job, all of them actually had social security numbers. way it generally works in this countrys vast gray labor market is unauth...

>> reporter: one of the most familiar storefronts in america, instead of a big gulp, many 7-eleven employees and customers got a big surprise. nine store owners and managers arrested for running what the feds are calling "modern day plantations." harboring and exploiting illegal immigrant workers who were given stolen identities, forced to live in cramped boardinghouses, work 100 hour weeks and paid for a fraction of their time. >> the franchise owners that we have charged were engaged in a patt...

Virginia, the investigation far from over. here is abcs marci gonzalez. >> reporter: 7-elevens across the country now under the microscope of federal investigators after the justice department uncovered what it calls, "a modern day plantation system" in more than a dozen stores. nine 7-eleven managers and owners on long island and eastern virginia accused of hiring and exploiting more than 50 illegal immigrants over the past 13 years. using stolen identities to sneak them into 7-elevens corporat...

This morning on "world news now" -- stop talking. thats what family members are telling nsa whistle blower, eric snowden. -- edward snowden. latest revelations as snowden reveals more secrets. >> federal takedown. agents raid convenience stores, managers and owners accuse of recruiting and mistreating immigrant workers. the long list of charges in the disturbing labor scandal. >> new developments after a disturbing picture of a celebrity chef splashed on screens worldwide. an explanation about t...

♪ >> good morning. it is tuesday june 18th. a live look for you at 6th avenue right outside of our studios in new york city as people get ready for their dachlt looks like it will be a great day. >> it will be. >> i am heather childers welcome to fox and friends first. >> it is 5:30 on the bought. a modern day planned system federal authorities say was in place at more than a dozen stores in new york and virginia. nine store owners and managers facing charges for bringing over undocumented wor...

After arrests in new york and virginia, the investigation far from over. here is abcs marci gonzalez. >> reporter: 7-elevens across the country now under the microscope of federal investigators after the justice department uncovered what it calls, "a modern day plantation system" in more than a dozen stores. nine 7-eleven managers and owners on long island and eastern virginia accused of hiring and exploiting more than 50 illegal immigrants over the past 13 years. using stolen identities to snea...

Immigration reform was brought up in a sense of dividing immigrant workers and them dividing. >> youre going to see that rhetoric getting ramped up even more, particularly in the house where we have a more resistant strain to republican colleagues of any form, any reform dealing with immigrants, period, and theyre going to be resisting and trying to poison any legislation as much as they can. but the fact remains that the old tired rhetoric that divided this country for the last decade is not wo...

Targeted by opposition groups trying to kill immigration reform. groups like numbers usa which back in 2007 played an integral role in torpedoing a deal. >> who elected lindsey graham to demand millions more immigrant workers when so many south carolinians are job letters. >> not me. >> this "gang of 8" eight of working night and day to legalize illegal aliens. show me when people up in congress are working night and day to put americans back to work. >> reporter: evan gel kal are working with a...