When a U.Va. Most migrant workers, without marketable U.S. job training, make minimum wage or less. They do the work that American laborers, even those without much education, usually can avoid. People live in these places while the work is there and then they move on. The reason they do it is because no one else will do it.
Migrant workers fill a void in the American agriculture system.
Their lack of job skills puts a damper on these immigrants ability to make a living. More fundamental, however, is their inability to speak English, which can doom them to a permanent place at the bottom of the American economic barrel. Most only speak Spanish. The English skills of these people are really lacking, so this is the focus of the program. By participating in Migrant Aid, I can help them feel less isolated.