Migrant Legal Action Program

This remarkable migrant student delivers a powerful speech about the struggles she faced and the sacrifices her family made for her to achieve Valedictorian status at her high school. Her story was also featured on Good Morning America.

To view her speech, click the link: https://streamable.com/s/qb499/rbgtbe?fbclid=IwAR3fBLPzzpB2qs2bqFT6DMiDHlhF6_TEwYT8dsLNJvsot2a8XJsoSNB725c

'Care for some strawberries?': Valedictorian honors immigrant parents in speech A Florida teen is capturing national attention with her powerful valedictorian speech and clever use of strawberries as a stage prop.

Here is an inspiring story of the daughter of farmworkers who dedicated her college graduation to them and their daily hard work for her and her siblings. She graduated this past Sunday and was the first in her family to graduate from a four year college. ¡Felicidades!

Latina college senior's tribute to immigrant farm worker parents goes viral Thousands responded to the tweet from the soon-to-be college grad Anna Ocegueda, flanked by her parents, immigrants from Mexico, who work in the fields.

An excellent story that portrays not only the squalid conditions in which many farmworkers are forced to live, but also the challenges of enforcing housing standards for them.

Senate committee considers overhaul of farmworker housing inspections Farmworkers forced to sleep in shipping containers and houses infested by scorpions. Housing facilities without indoor plumbing or beds.Farmworkers and