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The grocery store, and you see green ones, you complain to the store. the store will complain to the ranch and the ranch will complain to me, the worker. you make $8 an hour, minimum wage. and split 30 cents for each big box of grapes you pack between three partners. the third is his wife, maria, who is loading up the grapes for the grocery store. she tells me it makes her back hurt and it's hot. but we have to work hard. it puts food on the table. we have to do it. if i don't work fast, i cost him money. so there is some pressure. it's not just doing a story. maria and ben have five children,...

The grocery store and then you go to the grocery store and buy grapes and see green ones, you'll complain to the store, the store will complain to the ranch and the ranch will complain to me, the worker. you make $8 an hour, minimum wage and split 30 cents for each box of grapes you pack between three partners. the third is benjamin's wife, maria, who is loading up the grapes for the grocery store. she tells me it makes her back hurt and it's hot but we have to work hard. it puts food on our table. we have to do it. benjamin is my partner today. if i don't work fast, i cost him money. so, ther...

They, like all the other workers here, won't discuss their immigration status. if you're legal, you would usually seek a less punishing occupation. either way, taxes are taken out of all the paychecks. they each make a base rate of $64 for the day. after taxes it's about $45 for the eight hours. as the hours go by, the workers sing to help make time pass, take their minds off the heat. they're aware many people believe mexican immigrants take away american jobs, but over the years on this ranch -- [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: i asked him how many americans he has seen in his 32 years in t...

The third is benjamin's wife, maria, who is loading up the grapes for the grocery store. she tells me it makes her back hurt and it's hot "but we have to work hard. it puts food on our table. we have to do it." >> benjamin's my partner today. if i don't work fast, i cost him money. so there is some pressure. it's not just doing the story. >> reporter: maria and benjamin have five children, two of them grown. they, like all the other workers here, won't discuss their immigration status. but if you're legal, you would usually seek a less punishing occupation. either way, taxes are taken out of a...

Big box of grapes you pack between three part arners. the third is benjamin's wife, maria, who is loading the grapes for the grocery store. she tells me it makes her back hurt and it's hot. but we have to work hard. it puts food on the table. we have to do it. benjamin is my partner today. if i don't work fast, i cost him money. so there's some pressure, it's not just doing the story. maria and benjamin have five children, two of them grown. they, like all the other workers here, won't discuss their immigration status. but if you're legal, you would usually seek a less-punishing occupation. ei...