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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 tu...

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 the...

His migrant farm working family. since he was nine years old, he was working with his father pasqal. despite living here his entire life, carlos lives under the p constant threat and fear of deportation. they have decided to teach me how to pick oranges before i start my first day of work tomorrow. >> have you ever picked oranges or done field work? >> i picked things off trees. but you pick one. you pick it, you eat it. i've never had to pick 2500 to fill a tub. i think i'm going to be sore by the end of the day tomorrow. >> my dad, he's 49. that's nothing. i know people that are 70 picking o...

Taking these jobs. immigrant laborers. there's mainly 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 residency. it's neither a path to citizenship nor particularly popular with the agriculture 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 li...