we'd do thinning first, and then between the thinning, then he'd take us out to around the glyndon, dilworth area. we cut out, we're all over the place in the red river valley. my dad used to migrate with a crew of men. he secured a farm that we worked in pretty much until he retired. my husband and i, when we got married, we just decided to stay on and not migrate anymore, and just made it a home in minnesota. the regulations were there, but they weren't enforced. farmers were to look the other way most often. my parents would make us hide while there were inspectors, then once they left, we were back in the fields again. i thought it was normal, and that everybody was doing it. all we wanted to do is try to make it easy for my parents. my dad was an abuser, so we would do anything to alleviate some of the financial burden, so we just worked at that and put 100 and then some just to keep him happy so he wouldn't do anything to my mom. i am an intervention advocate for victims of domestic violence and victims of sexual assault. i've done a lot of things from grassroots, of course, i didn't w