...This chapter examines the role of migrant workers in harvesting California's fruit and vegetable crops. It analyzes the interrelationships between immigration, farm employment, and poverty, and demonstrates that increases in farm jobs can also increase both immigration and poverty. California...

... migrant workers seasonal workers braceros Mexican migrant Agriculture is a sector of the economy riddled by paradoxes. Farmers are often praised as the independent yeomen who provide a living link to the nation's Founding Fathers, yet agriculture may be more dependent on federal subsidies than any...