Immigrant Farm Workers being used and discarded

It is getting hot here in California this time of the year, and stories of abused immigrant workers are news once again. This recent story of the death of a pregnant teenager pruning grape vines in 100-degree heat has outraged the farmworking community and sparked calls for safety reforms as laborers prepare for the long summer harvest. We also need to consider immigration reform for the thousands of undocumented workers picking our vegetables, once they become legal such human rights abuses might decrease.

Read the AP story here