Thursday, March 19, 2015

Sigh

"Eventually, about 90 percent of kids living in seasonal worker housing drop out of school, according to the San Jose-based nonprofit human rights organization Human Agenda."

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/856d32f6268c4a2c9b9136b912b13c21/farmworker-children-uprooted-california-rule

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"Morales — in a large straw hat — joked with nearby planters, all bent at the waist, as loud music blared over the field. But he got serious when asked if Claudia, her brother Jose, 7, and sister Maria, 16, will ever join him. Legally they can start picking at 13. 'I want them to get a good education, I don't want them working here,' he said."

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/856d32f6268c4a2c9b9136b912b13c21/farmworker-children-uprooted-california-rules 

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