arrived, the day i came to immokalee, florida, the u.s. attorney was announcing an contractorsf some who employed people who worked in the field, on the grounds of slavery. this was the year 2007. people were being held in involuntary servitude by some contractors on the tomato fields. in immokalee, i saw the conditions in the exploitation undocumented workers lived under. they worked very long and irregular hours for very low wages. housing was abysmal. lives andy of their why they were able to be exploited was they could not stand up for their rights because they had no legal status. that is the simple factor. this story has a somewhat happy ending. we were able to hold a hearing on this issue when ted kennedy was chairman of the committee. we worked together. , a lot of people doing great work, we ended up improving wages and working conditions. people who aren in this country, they remain and are having and struggling to adequately feed their families. they came to this country to escape gang violence and desperate economic conditions.

arrived, the day i came to immokalee, florida, the u.s. attorney was announcing an contractorsf some who employed people who worked in the field, on the grounds of slavery. this was the year 2007. people were being held in involuntary servitude by some contractors on the tomato fields. in immokalee, i saw the conditions in the exploitation undocumented workers lived under. they worked very long and irregular hours for very low wages. housing was abysmal. lives andy of their why they were able to be exploited was they could not stand up for their rights because they had no legal status. that is the simple factor. this story has a somewhat happy ending. we were able to hold a hearing on this issue when ted kennedy was chairman of the committee. we worked together. , a lot of people doing great work, we ended up improving wages and working conditions. people who aren in this country, they remain and are having and struggling to adequately feed their families. they came to this country to escape gang violence and desperate economic conditions.

have you heard of immokalee, it is in naples. immokalee,t that in florida, that is where a lot of tomatoes are grown. low-grade tomatoes used in mcdonald's and and burger king. the people who harvest to those crops are undocumented by and large. on the day i arrived, the day i came to immokalee, florida, the u.s. attorney was announcing an indictment of some contractors there who employed people who worked in the field, on the grounds of slavery. this was the year 2007. people were being held in involuntary servitude by some contractors on the tomato fields. in immokalee, i saw the conditions, and the exploitation that undocumented workers lived under. they worked very long and irregular hours for very low wages. housing was abysmal. the reality of their lives and why they were able to be exploited was they could not stand up for their rights because they had no legal status. that the simple fact of it. this story has a somewhat happy ending in that we were able to hold a hearing on this issue when the late ted kennedy was chairm