THAT PROGRAM, SOME CROPS WOULD
BE DYING ON THE VINE.
REPORTER: THESE BUSES AND VANS
ARE CARRYING HUNDREDS OF
FARMWORKERS FROM A HOTEL IN
DOWNTOWN STOCKTON TO BLUEBERRY
FIELDS IN THE DELTA.
THEY ARE ALL FROM MEXICO AND ARE
WORKING HERE ON FEDERAL H2 A
WORK VISAS.
WITHOUT THEM, THE GROWER SAYS
THESE BLUEBERRIES MIGHT NOT MAKE
IT TO THE GROCERY STORE.
>> THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS
PROGRAM IS PEOPLE DON'T RISK
THEIR LIVES WHEN THEY ARE
CROSSING THE BORDER.
NOW THAT THE BORDER IS VERY
ENFORCED.
REPORTER: LUIS MONITORS HAVE
THESE WORKERS ARE TREATED.
HE SAYS THE FEDERAL PROGRAM
REQUIRES THE EMPLOYER TO HOUSE,
FEED AND TRANSPORT THE WORKERS.
ALTHOUGH LOCAL FARMWORKERS.
LOSS OF JOBS TO THE VISA
WORKERS, IT APPEARS THERE IS
PLENTY OF WORK TO GO AROUND
BECAUSE SHORTAGES STILL EXISTS.
>> WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH
WORKERS.
REPORTER: JORGE IS A LABOR
CONTRACTOR.
ALTHOUGH HE DOESN'T USE THE VISA
WORKERS NOW IF IT IS MORE
REGULATED, HE SAYS IT IS ONLY A
MATTER OF TIME HE WILL NEED
THEM.
>> I KNOW IT IS COMING FOR ME,
BUT I AM HANGING IN THERE.
IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS I
WILL HAVE TO GET THE VISA
WORKERS.
REPORTER: AND THE TREND FOR
RECRUITING VISA WORKERS IS
UPWARD.
ACCORDING TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF LABOR, IN 2011, CALIFORNIA
HAD NEARLY 1800 WORKERS ON THE H
2A THESIS, LAST YEAR THAT THE
WOUND -- BALLOONED TO MORE THAN
11,000.
THERE ARE EVEN MORE GUESTWORKERS
HERE THIS YEAR.
THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR VISA
WORKERS HAVE PICKED THESE
BLUEBERRIES, A $20 MILLION CROP
IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY.
For more infomation >> In the video, the unidentified flying objects. 2 h. 2017 - Duration: 12:37. 
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