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An attendee at the House Homeland Security Committee field hearing at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi, holds a sign written in English and Spanish, stating Let us work, Nov. 7, 2019. Credit:
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Adareli Ponce tried for 20 years to get an H-2A visa allowing her to work on farms across the US.
But Ponce said that time and time again, farm labor recruiters in Mexico told her farm work is better suited for men.
“There wasn’t much opportunity for me as a woman.
Adareli Ponce, seasonal worker, Hidalgo, Mexico
“There wasn’t much opportunity for me as a woman,” she said.