Coalition of Immokalee Workers
@immokaleeworkers.bsky.social
Worker-led human rights organization. Creator of the @fairfoodprogram & Campaign for Fair Food. Pioneer in fight to end modern slavery.
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H-2A visas are certain to remain in high demand, experts say. But without reform, instances of abuse and exploitation of migrant farmworkers are likely to increase too.
Here’s what experts, lawyers and advocates think would make the program safer.
Here’s what experts, lawyers and advocates think would make the program safer.
Employers Have Exploited and Abused H-2A Farmworkers for Years. It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way.
The seasonal visa program has failed to protect migrant farmworkers from wage theft, forced labor, violence and death. Experts, lawyers and advocates say there are ways to reduce and even stop the…
www.propublica.org
September 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
H-2A visas are certain to remain in high demand, experts say. But without reform, instances of abuse and exploitation of migrant farmworkers are likely to increase too.
Here’s what experts, lawyers and advocates think would make the program safer.
Here’s what experts, lawyers and advocates think would make the program safer.
And read the second piece, which singles out the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social as the only proven solution here: www.propublica.org/article/h-2a...
Employers Have Exploited and Abused H-2A Farmworkers for Years. It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way.
The seasonal visa program has failed to protect migrant farmworkers from wage theft, forced labor, violence and death. Experts, lawyers and advocates say there are ways to reduce and even stop the har...
www.propublica.org
September 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
And read the second piece, which singles out the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social as the only proven solution here: www.propublica.org/article/h-2a...
Read the first piece here: projects.propublica.org/h2a-visa-far...
A Farmworkers Visa Promised Her a Better Life. It Was a Trap.
Sofi left behind her child in Mexico for the promise of providing him a better life. She ended up a victim of an operation that is alleged to have exploited the H-2A visa program — and the workers it ...
projects.propublica.org
September 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Read the first piece here: projects.propublica.org/h2a-visa-far...
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In the wake of this unimaginable loss, his family must now navigate the painful return of his body to Mexico and the burden of medical and legal costs. To help Mr. Guevara’s family in their time of need, we are re-sharing this fundraiser:
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Donate to Help Support the Family of Marco Antonio Hernández Guevara, organized by Miguel Estrada
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August 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In the wake of this unimaginable loss, his family must now navigate the painful return of his body to Mexico and the burden of medical and legal costs. To help Mr. Guevara’s family in their time of need, we are re-sharing this fundraiser:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...
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"I just ask that this what happened to my husband is thoroughly investigated so that other families don't have to go through what I'm going through," Mr. Guevara's widow told WINK news.
"I just ask that this what happened to my husband is thoroughly investigated so that other families don't have to go through what I'm going through," Mr. Guevara's widow told WINK news.
Widow seeks answers after farmworker's possible heat-related death in Immokalee
The recent death of Marco Antonio Hernandez Guevara, a 35-year-old farmworker from Immokalee, has left his family devastated and searching for answers.
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August 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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"I just ask that this what happened to my husband is thoroughly investigated so that other families don't have to go through what I'm going through," Mr. Guevara's widow told WINK news.
"I just ask that this what happened to my husband is thoroughly investigated so that other families don't have to go through what I'm going through," Mr. Guevara's widow told WINK news.
In the wake of this unimaginable loss, his family must now navigate the painful return of his body to Mexico and the burden of medical and legal costs. To help Mr. Guevara’s family in their time of need, we are re-sharing this fundraiser:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...
Donate to Help Support the Family of Marco Antonio Hernández Guevara, organized by Miguel Estrada
Please note: Funds will be withdrawn by Zach Cole, a trusted … Miguel Estrada needs your support for Help Support the Family of Marco Antonio Hernández Guevara
www.gofundme.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In the wake of this unimaginable loss, his family must now navigate the painful return of his body to Mexico and the burden of medical and legal costs. To help Mr. Guevara’s family in their time of need, we are re-sharing this fundraiser:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...
DONATE: www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...
Let us honor her strength by rallying as a Fair Food Nation to support her family now, and by continuing the fight to extend the Fair Food Program’s life-saving protections to all workers in the future.
Let us honor her strength by rallying as a Fair Food Nation to support her family now, and by continuing the fight to extend the Fair Food Program’s life-saving protections to all workers in the future.
Donate to Help Support the Family of Marco Antonio Hernández Guevara, organized by Miguel Estrada
Please note: Funds will be withdrawn by Zach Cole, a trusted … Miguel Estrada needs your support for Help Support the Family of Marco Antonio Hernández Guevara
www.gofundme.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Let us honor her strength by rallying as a Fair Food Nation to support her family now, and by continuing the fight to extend the Fair Food Program’s life-saving protections to all workers in the future.
Let us honor her strength by rallying as a Fair Food Nation to support her family now, and by continuing the fight to extend the Fair Food Program’s life-saving protections to all workers in the future.
Remarkably, even in the midst of this tragedy, Mr. Guevara’s wife is thinking of others. “I would do anything to ensure that no one else ever has to go through what Marco and our family are going through today,” Ms. Jimenez told supporters in Immokalee.
DONATE: www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...
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Donate to Help Support the Family of Marco Antonio Hernández Guevara, organized by Miguel Estrada
Please note: Funds will be withdrawn by Zach Cole, a trusted … Miguel Estrada needs your support for Help Support the Family of Marco Antonio Hernández Guevara
www.gofundme.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Remarkably, even in the midst of this tragedy, Mr. Guevara’s wife is thinking of others. “I would do anything to ensure that no one else ever has to go through what Marco and our family are going through today,” Ms. Jimenez told supporters in Immokalee.
DONATE: www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...
DONATE: www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...
DONATE: www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...
His wife, Reyna Jimenez, arrived this morning from Mexico on a humanitarian visa to be by her husband’s side in these unimaginably difficult days.
His wife, Reyna Jimenez, arrived this morning from Mexico on a humanitarian visa to be by her husband’s side in these unimaginably difficult days.
Donate to Help Support the Family of Marco Antonio Hernández Guevara, organized by Miguel Estrada
Please note: Funds will be withdrawn by Zach Cole, a trusted … Miguel Estrada needs your support for Help Support the Family of Marco Antonio Hernández Guevara
www.gofundme.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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His wife, Reyna Jimenez, arrived this morning from Mexico on a humanitarian visa to be by her husband’s side in these unimaginably difficult days.
His wife, Reyna Jimenez, arrived this morning from Mexico on a humanitarian visa to be by her husband’s side in these unimaginably difficult days.
Late last week, news reached the Immokalee community of a worker felled by the intense heat and humidity of Florida’s summer season and taken to a hospital in nearby Naples, where he lay in a coma on life support.
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Donate to Help Support the Family of Marco Antonio Hernández Guevara, organized by Miguel Estrada
Please note: Funds will be withdrawn by Zach Cole, a trusted … Miguel Estrada needs your support for Help Support the Family of Marco Antonio Hernández Guevara
www.gofundme.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Late last week, news reached the Immokalee community of a worker felled by the intense heat and humidity of Florida’s summer season and taken to a hospital in nearby Naples, where he lay in a coma on life support.
DONATE: www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...
DONATE: www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...