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 From picker to boss to land owner, generations of Mexican immigrants have
worked their way to citizenship and prosperity in Washington's orchards and
farms. As they leave the fields for better jobs, new immigrants enter the
pipeline behind them, starting the cycle anew. First step on this economic
ladder: workers, usually undocumented, who work in U.S. fields to feed their
families back home. Crucial to this steady supply of farmworkers is the
Mexican foreman. José Alejo, foreground on right, helps shepherd workers
from his hometown of Pajacuarán, Mexico, into the orchard he manages in
Manson, Chelan County. Here he visits with the orchard owners' son, Brooke
Peterson, center, during Christmas holidays in Pajacuarán. |
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