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Western Farms Look for More Immigrant Workers

NPR

By Carrie Kahn

Published May 12, 2006 at 6:00 AM EDT

A field hand from Thailand harvests oranges in a grove in Visalia in Southern California.

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Carrie Kahn

Carrie Kahn is NPR's International Correspondent based in Mexico City, Mexico. She covers Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America. Kahn's reports can be heard on NPR's award-winning news programs including All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Weekend Edition, and on NPR.org.

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