Since 1938, federal labor laws have left out child farm workers from labor protections given to other working children. Unlike most other jobs, children over the age of 12 can legally work in agriculture if they have their parent’s permission and are working on the same farm as their parents. Children are allowed to work in the fields at very young ages, for many hours a day. Because of this, hundreds of thousands of U.S. children work in agriculture. Many of the workers haven’t been allowed legal status to live in the United States and therefore are treated unfairly and are not give basic rights. Out of fear of displacement and deportation, farm workers often are unable to protest poor conditions or report employer’s violation of labor, health or safety laws.
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The cycle begins when undocumented Mexican and Central American people have to cross the United States border to escape their crime filled and dangerous cities. Because of the U.S laws that make it extremely difficult for people to obtain U.S citizenship they are forced to live in the shadows. Because these Migrants are undocumented it is hard for them to find well paying work. People in large companies are able to take advantage of this and don’t give the migrants fair and legal pay. So migrants are forced to work one of the most difficult jobs, with the most hazardous conditions, for the longest hours and for the worst pay in order to make enough money. The cycle continues when the families have children, children often work in the fields alongside their parent at very young ages in hopes to support their families. Because these children work in the fields they aren’t always able to go to school the whole year, without attending school they don’t get the education needed in order to get a higher paying job that will break the
The cycle begins when undocumented Mexican and Central American people have to cross the United States border to escape their crime filled and dangerous cities. Because of the U.S laws that make it extremely difficult for people to obtain U.S citizenship they are forced to live in the shadows. Because these Migrants are undocumented it is hard for them to find well paying work. People in large companies are able to take advantage of this and don’t give the migrants fair and legal pay. So migrants are forced to work one of the most difficult jobs, with the most hazardous conditions, for the longest hours and for the worst pay in order to make enough money. The cycle continues when the families have children, children often work in the fields alongside their parent at very young ages in hopes to support their families. Because these children work in the fields they aren’t always able to go to school the whole year, without attending school they don’t get the education needed in order to get a higher paying job that will break the