“Migrant farm worker deaths show cost of the 'American Dream'”

…Hugo, which is not his real name, has spent most of his time in the US as a migrant farm worker, a job where the pay generally hovers at or below minimum wage, and where work conditions can be fatal…

From farmers and meatpackers to line cooks and construction workers, migrants often do dangerous jobs where workplace deaths typically go unnoticed by the wider public. But in the past year, the issue has been thrust into the spotlight, by multiple high-profile deaths and by a migrant crisis at the border that has amplified anti-immigrant rhetoric…

The details are outlined in a report by the North Carolina Department of Labor, external, which fined the farm - Barnes Farming Corporation - this year for its “hazardous” conditions…

The farm's legal representation said in a statement to the BBC that it takes the health and safety of its workers "very seriously" and is contesting the labour department's findings…

…And almost half of agricultural workers are undocumented, according to the Centre for Migration Studies….

Olga, who moved to the US from Mexico as a teenager, is an undocumented migrant dairy farm worker in Vermont. She says she saw her sister nearly trampled to death by a cow….