Latino USA — Head Down: Part I — A Look at the Human Impacts of Temporary Worker Programs

In the first of two episodes, Latino USA investigates the treatment of temporary farmworkers, which one observer characterized as “modern day slavery.”  Here is the teaser to the story:

“Every year, hundreds of thousands of foreign workers come to the United States to fill temporary agricultural jobs under the government-sponsored H-2A visa program. But instead of finding safe jobs to support their families back home, many farm workers end up getting deceived and abused.  

In the first episode of `Head Down,’ a two-part special from Futuro Investigates and Latino USA, in collaboration with Prism, we follow the journey of Mexican farm workers. Soon after they arrive in North Carolina with H-2A visas in 2018, they find  themselves in a nightmare they’re forced to escape.”

UPDATE (April 17):  Click here for more on the investigation.