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Worldview 11/20/2008
Agricultural Migrant Workers in Mexico




 
 
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In the United States, we’re used to hearing about migrant workers. Coming from Mexico and Central America, these workers are critical to our agriculture.

But migrant workers are not just working on farms in the U.S.

Monica Jasis is the Co-Founder of Centro Mujeres in the state of Baja California Sur in Mexico. She works with agricultural migrant workers in her state that come from other parts of Mexico.

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