TikTok Teens Are Exposing Brutal Conditions For Migrant Farmworkers

In the span of just two weeks, nearly 1.5 million acres of California have burned. The ongoing blazes represent yet another devastating blow to the thousands of farm workers who live and work throughut the state—a largely immigrant and undocumented workforce, many of whom are are children, teens and young adults.

As the scorching heat soars into the triple digits, wildfires decimate the state and the coronavirus pandemic shows no end in sight, these agricultural workers continue to toil in the fields, harvesting the food which keeps the United...