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David Bacon

A worker cuts lettuce in a crew in California's Coachella Valley. (David Bacon)

America’s Farmworkers—Now ‘Essential,’ but Denied the Just-Enacted Benefits

The undocumented workers who pick the nation’s food are excluded from the CARES Act.

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