Bar chart showing that since 2000, undocumented workers have accounted for 40-50% of crop farm workers hired in the U.S.
Nearly half of hired crop farm workers in the US are undocumented
The share of hired crop farmworkers who were not legally authorized to work in the United States grew from roughly 14% in 1989–91 to almost 55% in 1999–2001. In recent years it has declined to about 40%. Undocumented workers are especially vulnerable to abuse in the workplace, including sexual violence, because they may fear being deported if they protest.
