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...ARTICLE announcing the GAO report appeared on page 15 of the New York Times below a larger article on the preservation of sea turtles. While not to demean the plight of the sea turtle, the prioritization in this case is reflective of a national problem...
According to the GAO, migrant workers' problems included wages below minimum wage, work in pesticide covered fields and a lack of adequate drinking water and toilets on the job. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated that farm workers suffer nearly 300,000 "acute illnesses" per year due to these sub-standard working conditions...
...GAO reports went on to say that these conditions effect entire families since most migrant farm workers are heads of a household and do not receive the Social Security and medical benefits to which they are entitled. Also, many children begin working in the same conditions, foregoing educational opportunities, in order to help support their families. The children work in the same miserable conditions as their parents...
...ideal society, the GAO report would raise awareness and justice would be carried out. But we don't live in an ideal society. For Hispanics to have a stronger voice in his country two things must happen. First, Hispanics need a national leader. Second, as an ethnic group it must exercise its voting rights...
...SECOND, and more important, problem is that Hispanics don't vote. The GAO report cited a lack of federal protection as a major cause of the problems. Consequently, increased participation in government would "inspire" the government to act on behalf of the victims...