1 00:00:07,340 --> 00:00:31,030 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:31,030 --> 00:00:32,031 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 3 00:00:32,031 --> 00:00:33,233 John: WELCOME, WELCOME, 4 00:00:33,233 --> 00:00:34,868 WELCOME TO "LAST WEEK TONIGHT." 5 00:00:34,868 --> 00:00:37,270 I'M JOHN OLIVER, THANKS SO MUCH 6 00:00:37,270 --> 00:00:38,138 FOR JOINING US. 7 00:00:38,138 --> 00:00:39,873 IT'S BEEN A BUSY WEEK! 8 00:00:39,873 --> 00:00:41,674 THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CHARGED A 9 00:00:41,674 --> 00:00:42,175 21-YEAR-OLD WITH LEAKING 10 00:00:42,175 --> 00:00:42,876 CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS, OUR 11 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:43,810 BUSINESS DADDY TOOK ITS CONTENT 12 00:00:43,810 --> 00:00:45,545 PURGE UP A NOTCH AND JUST THREW 13 00:00:45,545 --> 00:00:48,982 THE WHOLE HBO OUT. 14 00:00:48,982 --> 00:00:51,217 AND THE NRA HELD ITS ANNUAL 15 00:00:51,217 --> 00:00:52,452 CONVENTION, AT WHICH SOUTH 16 00:00:52,452 --> 00:00:54,187 DAKOTA GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM 17 00:00:54,187 --> 00:00:54,621 TRIED DESPERATELY TO 18 00:00:54,621 --> 00:00:55,622 DISPEL STEREOTYPES ABOUT THE 19 00:00:55,622 --> 00:00:56,523 GROUP, ONLY TO BE UNDERCUT BY A 20 00:00:56,523 --> 00:00:57,991 BRUTAL CUTAWAY. 21 00:00:57,991 --> 00:00:59,426 THE MEDIA WOULD HAVE 22 00:00:59,426 --> 00:01:00,860 US BELIEVE THAT THE NRA IS ONLY 23 00:01:00,860 --> 00:01:02,028 MADE UP OF OLD WHITE GUYS. 24 00:01:02,028 --> 00:01:05,932 BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER 25 00:01:05,932 --> 00:01:06,466 PEOPLE, A LOT OF DIVERSITY 26 00:01:06,466 --> 00:01:07,967 WITHIN THE NRA. 27 00:01:07,967 --> 00:01:11,538 WELL, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, 28 00:01:11,538 --> 00:01:12,305 I MAY BE A MOM AND A GRANDMA, 29 00:01:12,305 --> 00:01:17,410 BUT I AM THE NRA. 30 00:01:17,410 --> 00:01:17,677 [LAUGHTER] 31 00:01:17,677 --> 00:01:20,180 John: THAT'S AN OSCAR-WINNING 32 00:01:20,180 --> 00:01:21,347 EDIT RIGHT THERE. 33 00:01:21,347 --> 00:01:22,348 NOTHING UNDERMINES HER POINT 34 00:01:22,348 --> 00:01:23,416 BETTER THAN A CUTAWAY PROVING 35 00:01:23,416 --> 00:01:24,884 THE DIVERSITY IN THAT CROWD 36 00:01:24,884 --> 00:01:26,653 RANGE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 37 00:01:26,653 --> 00:01:28,021 "ANTIQUES ROADSHOW" AND "FRIENDS 38 00:01:28,021 --> 00:01:29,422 REUNION". 39 00:01:29,422 --> 00:01:30,423 THAT LOOKS LIKE A VERSION OF 40 00:01:30,423 --> 00:01:31,591 "GUESS WHO" THAT'S JUST "OOPS 41 00:01:31,591 --> 00:01:33,126 ALL PETER". 42 00:01:33,126 --> 00:01:34,594 BUT INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THAT, 43 00:01:34,594 --> 00:01:35,795 TONIGHT, LIKE EVERY FIGHT YOU'VE 44 00:01:35,795 --> 00:01:38,665 HAD WITH YOUR UNCLE SINCE 2016, 45 00:01:38,665 --> 00:01:39,299 WE'RE GOING TO START WITH 46 00:01:39,299 --> 00:01:40,500 ABORTION. 47 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:41,601 THE THING REPUBLICAN MEN LOVE TO 48 00:01:41,601 --> 00:01:43,002 BAN ALMOST AS MUCH AS THEY LOVE 49 00:01:43,002 --> 00:01:44,871 TO SECRETLY PAY FOR. 50 00:01:44,871 --> 00:01:46,606 JUST OVER A WEEK AGO, A TEXAS 51 00:01:46,606 --> 00:01:48,541 JUDGE SUSPENDED THE FDA'S 52 00:01:48,541 --> 00:01:49,776 APPROVAL OF MIFEPRISTONE, A KEY 53 00:01:49,776 --> 00:01:50,343 COMPONENT IN MEDICATION 54 00:01:50,343 --> 00:01:51,644 ABORTIONS. 55 00:01:51,644 --> 00:01:53,413 AND AS MANY QUICKLY POINTED OUT, 56 00:01:53,413 --> 00:01:55,381 THE RULING WAS SHAKY AT BEST. 57 00:01:55,381 --> 00:01:57,283 THE CONSERVATIVE TEXAS JUDGE 58 00:01:57,283 --> 00:01:58,885 BEHIND THE RULING TO BAN THE 59 00:01:58,885 --> 00:02:01,588 DRUG ARGUES THAT THE FDA 60 00:02:01,588 --> 00:02:03,256 IMPROPERLY APPROVED IT 23 YEARS 61 00:02:03,256 --> 00:02:06,392 AGO, IGNORING 62 00:02:06,392 --> 00:02:07,894 LEGITIMATE SAFETY CONCERNS. 63 00:02:07,894 --> 00:02:08,661 BUT AT THE TIME, THE FDA 64 00:02:08,661 --> 00:02:10,597 ACTUALLY SPENT TRIPLE THE 65 00:02:10,597 --> 00:02:11,898 AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TIME STUDYING 66 00:02:11,898 --> 00:02:12,899 THE DRUG. 67 00:02:12,899 --> 00:02:16,102 John: YEP. 68 00:02:16,102 --> 00:02:16,870 THE JUDGE IN QUESTION, 69 00:02:16,870 --> 00:02:17,537 MATTHEW KACSMARYK, ARGUED THAT A 70 00:02:17,537 --> 00:02:19,072 DRUG THAT'S BEEN ON THE MARKET 71 00:02:19,072 --> 00:02:20,173 IN THE U.S. FOR 23 YEARS, IS 72 00:02:20,173 --> 00:02:20,874 SOMEHOW TOO DANGEROUS. 73 00:02:20,874 --> 00:02:21,875 WHICH IS WILD, GIVEN THAT IT'S 74 00:02:21,875 --> 00:02:23,776 BEEN WIDELY AVAILABLE FOR A FULL 75 00:02:23,776 --> 00:02:25,879 KIERNAN SHIPKA NOW. 76 00:02:25,879 --> 00:02:27,180 AND IT'S NOT JUST THE FACT THAT 77 00:02:27,180 --> 00:02:29,015 MIFEPRISTONE WAS STUDIED FOR 78 00:02:29,015 --> 00:02:32,485 TRIPLE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THE 79 00:02:32,485 --> 00:02:33,653 FDA NORMALLY WOULD, IT'S THAT 80 00:02:33,653 --> 00:02:34,654 IT'S DEMONSTRABLY SAFER THAN 81 00:02:34,654 --> 00:02:39,526 MANY OTHERS ON THE MARKET. 82 00:02:39,526 --> 00:02:42,161 AND ANALYSIS FOUND THE RISK 83 00:02:42,161 --> 00:02:43,363 OF DIRECT FROM ANOTHER DRUG 84 00:02:43,363 --> 00:02:44,931 PENICILLIN IS FOUR TIMES GREATER 85 00:02:44,931 --> 00:02:47,133 THAN IT IS FOR THIS ABORTION 86 00:02:47,133 --> 00:02:47,800 MEDICATION. 87 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,003 THE RISK IN DEATH AFTER TAKING 88 00:02:50,003 --> 00:02:51,771 OTHER DRUG IS TEN TIMES GREATER 89 00:02:51,771 --> 00:02:53,206 AS WELL. 90 00:02:53,206 --> 00:02:53,840 John: RIGHT, ONCE IT'S CLEAR 91 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:54,474 THAT SOMETHING'S SAFER THAN BOTH 92 00:02:54,474 --> 00:02:55,241 TREATING STREP THROAT AND GIVING 93 00:02:55,241 --> 00:02:59,312 AN OLD GUY A BONER, IT'S PRETTY 94 00:02:59,312 --> 00:02:59,913 HARD TO PULL THE PUBLIC HEALTH 95 00:02:59,913 --> 00:03:01,014 CARD. 96 00:03:01,014 --> 00:03:02,949 AND LOOK, IT'S NOT THAT 97 00:03:02,949 --> 00:03:03,483 SURPRISING THAT THIS JUDGE 98 00:03:03,483 --> 00:03:04,017 ARRIVED AT A CONCLUSION 99 00:03:04,017 --> 00:03:04,684 NOT SUPPORTED BY THE EVIDENCE. 100 00:03:04,684 --> 00:03:05,852 NOT ONLY DOES HE HAVE A FACE 101 00:03:05,852 --> 00:03:06,286 THAT 102 00:03:06,286 --> 00:03:07,887 SCREAMS "HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL 103 00:03:07,887 --> 00:03:09,155 COACH WHO FOLLOWS ALL THE 104 00:03:09,155 --> 00:03:10,957 CHEERLEADERS ON INSTAGRAM", BUT 105 00:03:10,957 --> 00:03:12,892 PRIOR TO BEING APPOINTED TO THE 106 00:03:12,892 --> 00:03:13,593 COURT BY TRUMP, HE WAS LOUDLY 107 00:03:13,593 --> 00:03:16,696 ANTI-ABORTION AND PART 108 00:03:16,696 --> 00:03:17,163 OF A RIGHT-WING LEGAL 109 00:03:17,163 --> 00:03:17,830 ORGANIZATION. 110 00:03:17,830 --> 00:03:19,032 EVEN HIS CONFIRMATION HEARING 111 00:03:19,032 --> 00:03:19,899 FEATURED SOME PRETTY BIG RED 112 00:03:19,899 --> 00:03:23,403 FLAGS. 113 00:03:23,403 --> 00:03:27,006 YOU SAID IN 2015 THAT 114 00:03:27,006 --> 00:03:29,509 RECOGNIZING THE RIGHT TO SAME 115 00:03:29,509 --> 00:03:33,580 SEX MARRIAGE WOULD LEAD THIS 116 00:03:33,580 --> 00:03:35,648 COUNTRY ON QUOTE, "A ROAD TO 117 00:03:35,648 --> 00:03:38,418 POTENTIAL TYRANNY." 118 00:03:38,418 --> 00:03:41,554 DO YOU CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT? 119 00:03:41,554 --> 00:03:43,323 SENATOR, I AM, UH, I DON'T 120 00:03:43,323 --> 00:03:44,891 HAVE ANY RECOLLECTION OF THAT 121 00:03:44,891 --> 00:03:46,526 QUOTE. 122 00:03:46,526 --> 00:03:49,162 IT WAS IN AN AMICUS BRIEF 123 00:03:49,162 --> 00:03:49,562 THAT YOU WROTE IN 124 00:03:49,562 --> 00:03:51,664 OBERGEFELD V HODGES. 125 00:03:51,664 --> 00:03:52,498 I DON'T REMEMBER THAT 126 00:03:52,498 --> 00:03:54,267 PARTICULAR QUOTE. 127 00:03:54,267 --> 00:03:56,502 John: OH, YOU DON'T, DO YOU? 128 00:03:56,502 --> 00:03:58,438 IT'S PRETTY TELLING THAT INSTEAD 129 00:03:58,438 --> 00:03:59,606 OF AN OUTRIGHT "NO," HE SAID "I 130 00:03:59,606 --> 00:04:00,106 DON'T REMEMBER." 131 00:04:00,106 --> 00:04:01,307 INDICATING HE KNOWS IT'S 132 00:04:01,307 --> 00:04:02,742 SOMETHING THAT HE COULD'VE SAID. 133 00:04:02,742 --> 00:04:03,810 I DON'T REMEMBER EVERYTHING I'VE 134 00:04:03,810 --> 00:04:05,712 EVER SAID, BUT I CERTAINLY KNOW 135 00:04:05,712 --> 00:04:07,347 WHAT SOUNDS LIKE ME. 136 00:04:07,347 --> 00:04:08,514 HAVE I EVER SAID "YA GOTTA GIVE 137 00:04:08,514 --> 00:04:08,915 IT TO THE NAZIS?" 138 00:04:08,915 --> 00:04:10,650 NO, I HAVEN'T. 139 00:04:10,650 --> 00:04:11,884 HAVE I EVER SAID, "WHERE THE 140 00:04:11,884 --> 00:04:13,219 SKANKS AT, JOHNNY O WANTS TO GET 141 00:04:13,219 --> 00:04:13,753 HIS DICK WET" 142 00:04:13,753 --> 00:04:14,821 NO, I HAVEN'T. 143 00:04:14,821 --> 00:04:16,823 HAVE I EVER SAID, "THE GIRL ONE 144 00:04:16,823 --> 00:04:18,591 FROM GREMLINS 2 COULD 145 00:04:18,591 --> 00:04:19,125 GET IT?" 146 00:04:19,125 --> 00:04:19,659 SENATOR I DON'T HAVE ANY 147 00:04:19,659 --> 00:04:21,594 RECOLLECTION OF THAT PARTICULAR 148 00:04:21,594 --> 00:04:23,796 QUOTE. 149 00:04:23,796 --> 00:04:25,198 SO WE ALWAYS KNEW WHERE 150 00:04:25,198 --> 00:04:25,965 KACSMARYK WOULD GO ON AN 151 00:04:25,965 --> 00:04:26,766 ABORTION CASE. 152 00:04:26,766 --> 00:04:27,767 BUT THE WAY HE GOT THERE WAS 153 00:04:27,767 --> 00:04:29,836 STILL SHOCKINGLY DISHONEST. 154 00:04:29,836 --> 00:04:31,571 AT ONE POINT, HIS RULING CITES A 155 00:04:31,571 --> 00:04:33,306 STATISTIC THAT 77% OF WOMEN WHO 156 00:04:33,306 --> 00:04:35,441 HAD A "CHEMICAL ABORTION" 157 00:04:35,441 --> 00:04:36,876 REPORTED A NEGATIVE CHANGE AS A 158 00:04:36,876 --> 00:04:38,478 RESULT. 159 00:04:38,478 --> 00:04:39,579 BUT THE SAMPLE FOR THAT STUDY 160 00:04:39,579 --> 00:04:41,648 WAS BASED ON 98 BLOG POSTS ON AN 161 00:04:41,648 --> 00:04:42,949 ANTI-ABORTION WEBSITE. 162 00:04:42,949 --> 00:04:46,085 EVEN THE STUDY ITSELF POINTED 163 00:04:46,085 --> 00:04:47,620 OUT HOW NON-REPRESENTATIVE IT 164 00:04:47,620 --> 00:04:49,822 WAS, SAYING, "MOST WOMEN 165 00:04:49,822 --> 00:04:50,423 REPORTED THAT THEIR MEDICATION 166 00:04:50,423 --> 00:04:51,924 ABORTION CHANGED THEM, WHICH IS 167 00:04:51,924 --> 00:04:55,828 NOT SURPRISING GIVEN THE 168 00:04:55,828 --> 00:04:57,397 NAME OF THE WEBSITE "ABORTION 169 00:04:57,397 --> 00:04:59,198 CHANGES YOU." 170 00:04:59,198 --> 00:05:00,166 AND THAT'S SOME HEAVY 171 00:05:00,166 --> 00:05:00,566 CONFIRMATION BIAS. 172 00:05:00,566 --> 00:05:01,167 THIS IS THAT SITE! 173 00:05:01,167 --> 00:05:02,168 AND USING THAT AS YOUR SOURCE IS 174 00:05:02,168 --> 00:05:03,603 LIKE CLAIMING THAT ABORTION 175 00:05:03,603 --> 00:05:05,071 MAKES YOU BETTER AT FRISBEE 176 00:05:05,071 --> 00:05:06,439 GOLF, BY CITING A POLL ON THE 177 00:05:06,439 --> 00:05:08,141 WEBSITE, "ABORTION MAKES YOU 178 00:05:08,141 --> 00:05:11,310 BETTER AT FRISBEE GOLF DOT COM." 179 00:05:11,310 --> 00:05:12,345 BY THE WAY, FUN FACT, WHENEVER 180 00:05:12,345 --> 00:05:13,413 WE MENTION A FAKE WEBSITE ON 181 00:05:13,413 --> 00:05:15,948 THIS SHOW, WE HAVE TO BUY THE 182 00:05:15,948 --> 00:05:17,817 ACTUAL URL TO MAKE SURE NO ONE 183 00:05:17,817 --> 00:05:19,385 TAKES IT. 184 00:05:19,385 --> 00:05:19,919 SO, WE NOW OWN THE DOMAIN 185 00:05:19,919 --> 00:05:20,853 "ABORTION MAKES YOU BETTER AT 186 00:05:20,853 --> 00:05:23,256 FRISBEE GOLF DOT COM." 187 00:05:23,256 --> 00:05:24,590 WHICH IS CURRENTLY JUST A PAGE 188 00:05:24,590 --> 00:05:25,658 WITH THE WORDS, "WHY ARE YOU 189 00:05:25,658 --> 00:05:28,761 HERE?" 190 00:05:28,761 --> 00:05:29,996 ALSO, ONE MORE THOUGHT ON 191 00:05:29,996 --> 00:05:34,200 "ABORTION CHANGES YOU". 192 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:35,168 NOT TO BE CRASS, BUT YOU KNOW 193 00:05:35,168 --> 00:05:36,135 WHAT ELSE DOES THAT? 194 00:05:36,135 --> 00:05:36,803 A FUCKING PREGNANCY. 195 00:05:36,803 --> 00:05:37,804 BECAUSE I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU, 196 00:05:37,804 --> 00:05:38,771 FOR WEEKS AFTER GIVING BIRTH, 197 00:05:38,771 --> 00:05:39,906 THAT BABY'S NOT THE ONLY ONE IN 198 00:05:39,906 --> 00:05:41,340 DIAPERS. 199 00:05:41,340 --> 00:05:43,509 ALSO THERE'S A BABY NOW. 200 00:05:43,509 --> 00:05:44,610 AND LOOK, ENDING ACCESS TO 201 00:05:44,610 --> 00:05:46,479 MIFEPRISTONE WON'T, IN ITSELF, 202 00:05:46,479 --> 00:05:47,346 END MEDICATION ABORTIONS 203 00:05:47,346 --> 00:05:51,951 ENTIRELY. 204 00:05:51,951 --> 00:05:52,585 IT IS POSSIBLE TO DO IT WITHOUT 205 00:05:52,585 --> 00:05:53,419 MIFEPRISTONE, BUT IT CAN BE MORE 206 00:05:53,419 --> 00:05:54,454 DIFFICULT AND MORE PAINFUL. 207 00:05:54,454 --> 00:05:55,755 ALSO, MIFEPRISTONE ISN'T JUST 208 00:05:55,755 --> 00:05:56,823 USED FOR ABORTIONS. 209 00:05:56,823 --> 00:05:58,057 IT'S A CRITICAL TOOL FOR 210 00:05:58,057 --> 00:05:59,692 TREATING MISCARRIAGES. 211 00:05:59,692 --> 00:06:01,360 SO, LIKE MOST ANTI-ABORTION 212 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:02,662 MEASURES, THIS RULING COULD ALSO 213 00:06:02,662 --> 00:06:04,063 END UP SEVERELY IMPACTING THOSE 214 00:06:04,063 --> 00:06:05,898 WITH MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS FROM 215 00:06:05,898 --> 00:06:07,233 WANTED PREGNANCIES AS WELL. 216 00:06:07,233 --> 00:06:08,868 AS THIS DOCTOR POINTS OUT, 217 00:06:08,868 --> 00:06:11,003 ANYONE HAVING A MISCARRIAGE WHO 218 00:06:11,003 --> 00:06:13,506 CAN'T ACCESS A MEDICATION 219 00:06:13,506 --> 00:06:14,907 ABORTION MAY BE SUBJECT TO SOME 220 00:06:14,907 --> 00:06:17,176 INTENSE SUFFERING. 221 00:06:17,176 --> 00:06:20,446 "THEY'LL HAVE TO EITHER HAVE 222 00:06:20,446 --> 00:06:21,147 SURGERY, OR THEY'LL HAVE TO 223 00:06:21,147 --> 00:06:22,181 WAIT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WAIT FOR 224 00:06:22,181 --> 00:06:23,850 THE PREGNANCY TO PASS ON ITS OWN 225 00:06:23,850 --> 00:06:24,684 WHICH COULD TAKE EIGHT WEEKS. 226 00:06:24,684 --> 00:06:25,785 AND THAT'S BRUTAL AND 227 00:06:25,785 --> 00:06:27,019 THAT'S, I MEAN, TORTURE FOR 228 00:06:27,019 --> 00:06:27,620 PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING THROUGH A 229 00:06:27,620 --> 00:06:30,757 MISCARRIAGE. 230 00:06:30,757 --> 00:06:31,324 John: EXACTLY, CAN YOU 231 00:06:31,324 --> 00:06:32,492 IMAGINE GETTING SOME 232 00:06:32,492 --> 00:06:33,726 OF THE WORST NEWS OF YOUR LIFE 233 00:06:33,726 --> 00:06:34,527 AND THEN HAVING TO CARRY IT 234 00:06:34,527 --> 00:06:36,462 AROUND PAINFULLY WITH YOU FOR 235 00:06:36,462 --> 00:06:41,734 EIGHT WEEKS, ALL BECAUSE SOME 236 00:06:41,734 --> 00:06:42,869 DISNEY CHANNEL VICE PRINCIPAL 237 00:06:42,869 --> 00:06:43,836 FROM TEXAS DECIDED TO PLAY 238 00:06:43,836 --> 00:06:44,470 DOCTOR FOR THE ENTIRE FUCKING 239 00:06:44,470 --> 00:06:45,238 COUNTRY? 240 00:06:45,238 --> 00:06:46,239 NOW, THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN A 241 00:06:46,239 --> 00:06:46,939 LOT OF APPEALS, AND THE SUPREME 242 00:06:46,939 --> 00:06:47,473 COURT JUST STEPPED IN, AND 243 00:06:47,473 --> 00:06:48,808 PUT KACSMARYK'S ORDER ON HOLD 244 00:06:48,808 --> 00:06:49,342 UNTIL AT LEAST THIS COMING 245 00:06:49,342 --> 00:06:49,609 WEDNESDAY. 246 00:06:49,609 --> 00:06:50,243 SO THERE'S A LOT UP IN THE AIR 247 00:06:50,243 --> 00:06:51,010 HERE. 248 00:06:51,010 --> 00:06:54,380 BUT IT'S NOT IDEAL THAT THE 249 00:06:54,380 --> 00:06:55,815 DREAM TEAM WHO OVERTURNED 250 00:06:55,815 --> 00:06:56,983 ROE V. WADE MAY SOON DECIDE 251 00:06:56,983 --> 00:06:57,784 WHETHER TO GREENLIGHT 252 00:06:57,784 --> 00:06:58,317 THE SEQUEL. 253 00:06:58,317 --> 00:06:59,819 BECAUSE OVERTURNING ROE WAS 254 00:06:59,819 --> 00:07:00,353 CLEARLY 255 00:07:00,353 --> 00:07:01,187 NEVER ABOUT "RETURNING IT TO THE 256 00:07:01,187 --> 00:07:02,989 STATES." 257 00:07:02,989 --> 00:07:04,357 IT WAS ALWAYS A STEP TOWARDS 258 00:07:04,357 --> 00:07:06,959 BANNING ABORTION ENTIRELY. 259 00:07:06,959 --> 00:07:08,227 AND IT'S FRANKLY BOTH ABSURD AND 260 00:07:08,227 --> 00:07:09,662 INFURIATING THAT SUCH VITAL 261 00:07:09,662 --> 00:07:10,797 HEALTHCARE CAN BE THROWN INTO 262 00:07:10,797 --> 00:07:12,265 CHAOS FOR EVERYONE, ALL BECAUSE 263 00:07:12,265 --> 00:07:14,433 OF THE BADLY-REASONED DECISIONS 264 00:07:14,433 --> 00:07:16,068 OF THIS FUCKING GUY. 265 00:07:16,068 --> 00:07:17,570 IT SEEMS LIKE ABORTION HAS 266 00:07:17,570 --> 00:07:19,839 BECOME A SCHRODINGER'S RIGHT IN 267 00:07:19,839 --> 00:07:21,507 THIS COUNTRY THAT PEOPLE 268 00:07:21,507 --> 00:07:22,642 SIMULTANEOUSLY DO AND DON'T 269 00:07:22,642 --> 00:07:23,943 HAVE, DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY 270 00:07:23,943 --> 00:07:25,178 LIVE, WHO'S IN THE WHITE HOUSE, 271 00:07:25,178 --> 00:07:26,579 AND WHAT THE SHITTIEST JUDGE IN 272 00:07:26,579 --> 00:07:27,947 AMERICA FEELS LIKE DOING. 273 00:07:27,947 --> 00:07:31,584 THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR 274 00:07:31,584 --> 00:07:33,119 IT TO BE PROTECTED BY LAW-- 275 00:07:33,119 --> 00:07:35,521 IDEALLY IN THE CONSTITUTION-- 276 00:07:35,521 --> 00:07:37,256 AND FOR IT TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR 277 00:07:37,256 --> 00:07:39,926 WHAT IS: A BASIC RIGHT, A HUMAN 278 00:07:39,926 --> 00:07:41,427 NECESSITY AND SOMETHING THAT I 279 00:07:41,427 --> 00:07:43,396 HEAR-- AND I GOT THIS FROM A 280 00:07:43,396 --> 00:07:44,163 COMPLETELY REPUTABLE WEBSITE-- 281 00:07:44,163 --> 00:07:45,865 COULD ACTUALLY MAKE YOU BETTER 282 00:07:45,865 --> 00:07:50,736 AT FRISBEE GOLF. 283 00:07:50,736 --> 00:07:53,539 AND NOW THIS. 284 00:07:53,539 --> 00:07:56,175 Announcer: AND NOW, DID YOU 285 00:07:56,175 --> 00:07:58,778 KNOW ACTION NEWS' ROBERT 286 00:07:58,778 --> 00:07:59,312 GRANT HAS A FUCKING DAIRY 287 00:07:59,312 --> 00:07:59,545 ALLERGY? 288 00:07:59,545 --> 00:08:00,413 I'VE NEVER HAD NUTELLA. 289 00:08:00,413 --> 00:08:02,148 I HAVE A FUN FACT, TOO! 290 00:08:02,148 --> 00:08:02,748 I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO 291 00:08:02,748 --> 00:08:04,150 SAY. 292 00:08:04,150 --> 00:08:05,818 I CAN'T HAVE NUTELLA BECAUSE 293 00:08:05,818 --> 00:08:11,991 I HAVE A DAIRY ALLERGY. 294 00:08:11,991 --> 00:08:12,992 WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME 295 00:08:12,992 --> 00:08:13,492 LIKE THAT? 296 00:08:13,492 --> 00:08:14,060 YOU HAVE TO BRING UP THE 297 00:08:14,060 --> 00:08:15,328 DAIRY THING? 298 00:08:15,328 --> 00:08:16,729 WE KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE. 299 00:08:16,729 --> 00:08:18,264 WE RECOGNIZE THE ORGANIZATION 300 00:08:18,264 --> 00:08:22,101 THAT GAVE US HOW YOU SAY THIS? 301 00:08:22,101 --> 00:08:25,905 TAGALOG? 302 00:08:25,905 --> 00:08:26,472 I HAVE A DAIRY ALLERGY, SO I 303 00:08:26,472 --> 00:08:30,409 DON'T KNOW. 304 00:08:30,409 --> 00:08:33,045 ROBERT, CAN YOU EAT SNICKERS? 305 00:08:33,045 --> 00:08:33,579 YOU KNOW I CAN'T EAT-- 306 00:08:33,579 --> 00:08:34,146 YOU HAVE A DAIRY ALLERGY. 307 00:08:34,146 --> 00:08:42,088 I DON'T MEAN TO OVER SHARE, 308 00:08:42,088 --> 00:08:42,588 BUT I AM ALLERGIC DAIRY. 309 00:08:42,588 --> 00:08:43,222 I'M PRETTY SURE YOU CAN'T EAT 310 00:08:43,222 --> 00:08:43,389 IT. 311 00:08:43,389 --> 00:08:43,823 I CAN'T EAT IT. 312 00:08:43,823 --> 00:08:44,423 THE DAIRY ALLERGY ALWAYS GETS 313 00:08:44,423 --> 00:08:44,590 ME. 314 00:08:44,590 --> 00:08:45,124 THE HOT CUP OF COFFEE. 315 00:08:45,124 --> 00:08:46,058 THE HOT CHOCOLATE'S NOT FOR YOU, 316 00:08:46,058 --> 00:08:46,792 THOUGH, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE 317 00:08:46,792 --> 00:08:47,827 DAIRY. 318 00:08:47,827 --> 00:08:50,129 WHY, MEGAN? 319 00:08:50,129 --> 00:08:51,697 I LIKE POPCORN WITH A BUNCH 320 00:08:51,697 --> 00:08:52,531 OF CRUNCH ON TOP. 321 00:08:52,531 --> 00:08:54,267 I DON'T KNOW WHAT CRUNCH IS. 322 00:08:54,267 --> 00:08:55,801 IT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE DAIRY 323 00:08:55,801 --> 00:08:56,369 IN IT AND YOU CAN'T EAT IT. 324 00:08:56,369 --> 00:08:56,969 SORRY, ROBERT. 325 00:08:56,969 --> 00:08:59,805 YOU CANNOT PARTAKE IN THAT. 326 00:08:59,805 --> 00:09:00,606 DAIRY ALLERGY IF YOU DIDN'T 327 00:09:00,606 --> 00:09:03,709 KNOW. 328 00:09:03,709 --> 00:09:04,277 ROBERT CAN'T HAVE IT BECAUSE 329 00:09:04,277 --> 00:09:04,844 DAIRY. 330 00:09:04,844 --> 00:09:05,478 THE CHOCO TACO MAY BE THE 331 00:09:05,478 --> 00:09:05,945 RETURN. 332 00:09:05,945 --> 00:09:07,914 ROBERT CALLS IT THE CHOKE-O TACO 333 00:09:07,914 --> 00:09:12,685 SO YOU KNOW WHO EATS ICE CREAM 334 00:09:12,685 --> 00:09:13,286 IN THIS STUDIO. 335 00:09:13,286 --> 00:09:16,088 I HAVE DAIRY ALLERGIES. 336 00:09:16,088 --> 00:09:16,589 [LAUGHTER] 337 00:09:16,589 --> 00:09:17,356 John: MOVING ON. 338 00:09:17,356 --> 00:09:17,990 OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS 339 00:09:17,990 --> 00:09:18,557 FARMING. 340 00:09:18,557 --> 00:09:19,992 FARMS ARE WHERE WE GET OUR FOOD, 341 00:09:19,992 --> 00:09:21,560 OUR METAPHORS ABOUT FASCISM, AND 342 00:09:21,560 --> 00:09:23,029 THEY'RE EVEN THE SUBJECT OF 343 00:09:23,029 --> 00:09:24,030 SURPRISINGLY POPULAR VIDEO GAMES 344 00:09:24,030 --> 00:09:25,464 LIKE THIS. 345 00:09:25,464 --> 00:09:25,898 I PLAYED FARMING 346 00:09:25,898 --> 00:09:27,934 SIMULATOR. 347 00:09:27,934 --> 00:09:29,068 A WHOLE NEW WORLD WAS REVEALED 348 00:09:29,068 --> 00:09:29,936 TO ME. 349 00:09:29,936 --> 00:09:33,272 AGRICULTURE. 350 00:09:33,272 --> 00:09:34,674 ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. 351 00:09:34,674 --> 00:09:36,509 FORESTRY. 352 00:09:36,509 --> 00:09:38,844 AND A LOT OF EXCITING MACHINERY. 353 00:09:38,844 --> 00:09:42,515 NEVER CULTIVATED A FIELD BEFORE. 354 00:09:42,515 --> 00:09:44,250 AND, OH BOY, LET ME TELL YOU 355 00:09:44,250 --> 00:09:45,785 ABOUT SPRAYING A FIELD WITH A 356 00:09:45,785 --> 00:09:46,786 DOUBLE APPLICATION RATE, AND 357 00:09:46,786 --> 00:09:47,987 DYNAMIC WORKING WIDTH. 358 00:09:47,987 --> 00:09:49,655 THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE! 359 00:09:49,655 --> 00:09:50,523 BELIEVE ME, FARMING IS 360 00:09:50,523 --> 00:09:52,825 EASY. 361 00:09:52,825 --> 00:09:54,694 MASTERING IT IS A CHALLENGE. 362 00:09:54,694 --> 00:09:55,227 AND THERE'S ALWAYS TIME TO 363 00:09:55,227 --> 00:09:57,830 RELAX. 364 00:09:57,830 --> 00:10:00,566 John: I HAVE GREAT NEWS FOR 365 00:10:00,566 --> 00:10:05,071 THAT GUY WHO'S "NEVER CULTIVATED 366 00:10:05,071 --> 00:10:05,438 A FIELD BEFORE". 367 00:10:05,438 --> 00:10:05,972 YOU STILL HAVEN'T. 368 00:10:05,972 --> 00:10:07,073 YOU HAVEN'T GROWN A VEGETABLE, 369 00:10:07,073 --> 00:10:08,240 YOU HAVEN'T SPRAYED ANYTHING 370 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:08,874 WITH A DOUBLE RATE OF ANYTHING, 371 00:10:08,874 --> 00:10:09,775 AND YOU HAVEN'T EVEN 372 00:10:09,775 --> 00:10:10,910 REALLY WATCHED ANY BARNYARD 373 00:10:10,910 --> 00:10:11,544 ANIMALS GO TO POUND-TOWN. 374 00:10:11,544 --> 00:10:14,680 THAT GAME IS TO FARMING WHAT 375 00:10:14,680 --> 00:10:17,817 CALL OF DUTY IS TO WAR. 376 00:10:17,817 --> 00:10:18,818 IT LOOKS SIMILAR, BUT IF YOU 377 00:10:18,818 --> 00:10:19,785 WERE EVER CALLED ON TO DO THE 378 00:10:19,785 --> 00:10:20,486 REAL THING, YOU'D BE 379 00:10:20,486 --> 00:10:20,987 CATEGORICALLY FUCKED. 380 00:10:20,987 --> 00:10:22,154 NOW, THAT FARMER LOOKS PRETTY 381 00:10:22,154 --> 00:10:23,189 MUCH LIKE THE STEREOTYPICAL ONE 382 00:10:23,189 --> 00:10:24,623 IN MOST PEOPLE'S MINDS-- A 383 00:10:24,623 --> 00:10:25,257 WHITE GUY IN OVERALLS ON A 384 00:10:25,257 --> 00:10:28,327 TRACTOR. 385 00:10:28,327 --> 00:10:28,961 IT'S A TROPE DRAWN STRAIGHT FROM 386 00:10:28,961 --> 00:10:29,862 CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS, WHERE 387 00:10:29,862 --> 00:10:30,930 FARMERS ALWAYS SEEM TO BE A 388 00:10:30,930 --> 00:10:32,098 WHITE MAN WITH SOME STRAW IN HIS 389 00:10:32,098 --> 00:10:33,265 MOUTH WHO'S HOLDING AN ADORABLE 390 00:10:33,265 --> 00:10:34,533 LITTLE PIGLET THAT, WHILE THE 391 00:10:34,533 --> 00:10:35,701 BOOK SKIPS OVER IT, HE DOES 392 00:10:35,701 --> 00:10:37,236 EVENTUALLY KILL AND EAT. 393 00:10:37,236 --> 00:10:38,571 BUT WHILE SOME FARMERS DO INDEED 394 00:10:38,571 --> 00:10:39,805 LOOK LIKE THAT, MANY OF THE 395 00:10:39,805 --> 00:10:42,141 PEOPLE DOING SOME OF THE HARDEST 396 00:10:42,141 --> 00:10:43,642 WORK ON FARMS-- HIRED FARM 397 00:10:43,642 --> 00:10:45,144 LABORERS-- DO NOT. 398 00:10:45,144 --> 00:10:48,014 THERE ARE ROUGHLY ONE AND A HALF 399 00:10:48,014 --> 00:10:49,849 MILLION HIRED FARMWORKERS IN THE 400 00:10:49,849 --> 00:10:50,649 U.S., MOSTLY CROP 401 00:10:50,649 --> 00:10:51,250 WORKERS. 402 00:10:51,250 --> 00:10:52,251 AND GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES 403 00:10:52,251 --> 00:10:52,885 INDICATE THAT MOST OF THOSE ARE 404 00:10:52,885 --> 00:10:53,652 FOREIGN-BORN. 405 00:10:53,652 --> 00:10:54,286 AND AMONG THEM, THE MAJORITY ARE 406 00:10:54,286 --> 00:10:56,288 UNDOCUMENTED. 407 00:10:56,288 --> 00:11:00,860 AND THIS HAS BEEN AN OPEN SECRET 408 00:11:00,860 --> 00:11:02,094 FOR YEARS NOW. 409 00:11:02,094 --> 00:11:03,262 JUST WATCH THIS INTERVIEW WITH A 410 00:11:03,262 --> 00:11:03,863 FARM OWNER FROM 2009, QUICKLY 411 00:11:03,863 --> 00:11:04,530 TAKE A TURN. 412 00:11:04,530 --> 00:11:05,197 HOW MANY GUYS DO YOU EMPLOY?' 413 00:11:05,197 --> 00:11:05,664 I HAVE 22 FULL-TIME 414 00:11:05,664 --> 00:11:07,566 EMPLOYEES. 415 00:11:07,566 --> 00:11:09,402 ARE MOST OF THEM LATINO GUYS 416 00:11:09,402 --> 00:11:11,370 OR THEY-- 417 00:11:11,370 --> 00:11:12,972 100%. 418 00:11:12,972 --> 00:11:13,873 THESE GUYS CITIZENS? 419 00:11:13,873 --> 00:11:15,474 RESIDENTS? 420 00:11:15,474 --> 00:11:17,510 THEY ALL ARE LEGAL. 421 00:11:17,510 --> 00:11:19,945 HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT? 422 00:11:19,945 --> 00:11:23,849 CUT THE CAMERA. 423 00:11:23,849 --> 00:11:24,450 WE TALKED OFF-CAMERA AND A 424 00:11:24,450 --> 00:11:25,284 FEW MINUTES LATER, MYERS ALLOWED 425 00:11:25,284 --> 00:11:26,385 US TO RESUME THE INTERVIEW. 426 00:11:26,385 --> 00:11:27,853 THE LEGAL DOCUMENTATION THAT 427 00:11:27,853 --> 00:11:29,155 THEY PRESENTED TO ME 428 00:11:29,155 --> 00:11:34,226 IS-- THEY ARE LEGAL. 429 00:11:34,226 --> 00:11:34,860 John: OH, THEY ARE, ARE THEY? 430 00:11:34,860 --> 00:11:35,428 I'VE GOTTA SAY, THAT'S NOT A 431 00:11:35,428 --> 00:11:36,028 PARTICULARLY CONVINCING BIT OF 432 00:11:36,028 --> 00:11:36,362 MISDIRECTION. 433 00:11:36,362 --> 00:11:37,296 COVER-WISE, THAT'S ABOUT AS 434 00:11:37,296 --> 00:11:39,265 EFFECTIVE AS A CAMOUFLAGE OUTFIT 435 00:11:39,265 --> 00:11:39,865 THAT JUST SAYS "NOT A GUY" ON 436 00:11:39,865 --> 00:11:41,000 IT. 437 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,568 THE TRUTH IS, FARMS DEPEND 438 00:11:42,568 --> 00:11:44,270 HEAVILY ON FOREIGN-BORN WORKERS 439 00:11:44,270 --> 00:11:45,871 TO DO HARVESTING AND PICKING, AS 440 00:11:45,871 --> 00:11:46,772 MANY CROPS ARE TOO DELICATE TO 441 00:11:46,772 --> 00:11:48,074 BE MECHANIZED. 442 00:11:48,074 --> 00:11:49,942 THAT'S WHY MOST FRUITS AND 443 00:11:49,942 --> 00:11:51,077 VEGETABLES ARE STILL HARVESTED 444 00:11:51,077 --> 00:11:52,611 BY HAND. 445 00:11:52,611 --> 00:11:54,246 AND BY AND LARGE, AMERICAN 446 00:11:54,246 --> 00:11:55,381 CITIZENS HAVE SHOWN VERY LITTLE 447 00:11:55,381 --> 00:11:56,682 INTEREST IN DOING THAT. 448 00:11:56,682 --> 00:11:59,018 IN FACT, WHEN WASHINGTON STATE 449 00:11:59,018 --> 00:11:59,919 SPENT THOUSANDS ON AN 450 00:11:59,919 --> 00:12:01,587 ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN TO FIND 451 00:12:01,587 --> 00:12:03,222 U.S. FARMWORKERS IN 2021, IT 452 00:12:03,222 --> 00:12:05,591 RESULTED IN ONE JOB REFERRAL AND 453 00:12:05,591 --> 00:12:07,626 ZERO HIRES. 454 00:12:07,626 --> 00:12:08,561 BUT OVER THE PAST DECADE AND A 455 00:12:08,561 --> 00:12:09,895 HALF, CHANGES IN IMMIGRATION 456 00:12:09,895 --> 00:12:12,131 POLICY 457 00:12:12,131 --> 00:12:13,165 AND ENFORCEMENT HAVE MADE IT 458 00:12:13,165 --> 00:12:14,200 MUCH MORE DIFFICULT FOR FARMERS 459 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:15,201 TO FIND WORKERS-- FORCING SOME 460 00:12:15,201 --> 00:12:17,036 EXTREME CHOICES. 461 00:12:17,036 --> 00:12:19,138 6,000 PEOPLE SHOWED UP ON A 462 00:12:19,138 --> 00:12:20,239 SATURDAY FOR THE CHANCE 463 00:12:20,239 --> 00:12:22,708 TO PICK SOME FREE VEGGIES. 464 00:12:22,708 --> 00:12:24,844 THE FARMER WHOSE FAMILY OWNS THE 465 00:12:24,844 --> 00:12:26,645 FIELD, HAD BEEN SLEEPLESS FOR 466 00:12:26,645 --> 00:12:28,481 DAYS, AND GETTING EVER MORE 467 00:12:28,481 --> 00:12:30,916 AGITATED ON TIKTOK-- 468 00:12:30,916 --> 00:12:32,284 I NEED THIS VIDEO TO GO OUT 469 00:12:32,284 --> 00:12:33,319 FOR PEOPLE TO SEE IT AND 470 00:12:33,319 --> 00:12:36,155 UNDERSTAND THE RAMIFICATIONS OF 471 00:12:36,155 --> 00:12:37,923 WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE BORDER, 472 00:12:37,923 --> 00:12:39,058 AND THE LACK OF LABOR THAT WE 473 00:12:39,058 --> 00:12:40,626 HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY. 474 00:12:40,626 --> 00:12:42,528 AGITATED THAT HE 475 00:12:42,528 --> 00:12:43,863 COULDN'T HIRE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO 476 00:12:43,863 --> 00:12:46,632 PICK THE ASPARAGUS CROP, SOME 477 00:12:46,632 --> 00:12:48,701 $180,000 WORTH. 478 00:12:48,701 --> 00:12:50,669 SO, INSTEAD OF THROWING IT AWAY, 479 00:12:50,669 --> 00:12:51,704 HE GAVE IT AWAY. 480 00:12:51,704 --> 00:12:52,638 DO YOU GUYS LIKE EATING 481 00:12:52,638 --> 00:12:53,072 ASPARAGUS? 482 00:12:53,072 --> 00:12:53,739 NO. 483 00:12:53,739 --> 00:12:55,975 YES. 484 00:12:55,975 --> 00:12:58,144 John: OKAY, THAT THIRD GIRL 485 00:12:58,144 --> 00:12:59,478 IS CLEARLY TORN BETWEEN A 486 00:12:59,478 --> 00:13:00,746 CHILD'S NATURAL HATRED OF 487 00:13:00,746 --> 00:13:02,314 ASPARAGUS AND THEIR NATURAL LOVE 488 00:13:02,314 --> 00:13:03,682 OF DISAGREEING WITH SIBLINGS. 489 00:13:03,682 --> 00:13:06,418 ALSO, I'M A LITTLE EMBARRASSED 490 00:13:06,418 --> 00:13:09,021 TO ADMIT, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT'S 491 00:13:09,021 --> 00:13:09,655 WHAT A FIELD OF ASPARAGUS LOOKS 492 00:13:09,655 --> 00:13:09,955 LIKE. 493 00:13:09,955 --> 00:13:10,823 YOU'RE TELLING ME IT DOESN'T 494 00:13:10,823 --> 00:13:11,423 GROW TOGETHER IN A NICE LITTLE 495 00:13:11,423 --> 00:13:12,124 BUNCH? 496 00:13:12,124 --> 00:13:13,926 IT JUST STICKS OUT OF THE GROUND 497 00:13:13,926 --> 00:13:15,094 INDIVIDUALLY LIKE A BIG FIELD OF 498 00:13:15,094 --> 00:13:16,095 BODY HAIR? 499 00:13:16,095 --> 00:13:17,863 TELL ME THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE 500 00:13:17,863 --> 00:13:19,765 YOU PUT THE JOLLY GREEN GIANT'S 501 00:13:19,765 --> 00:13:22,034 HAPPY TRAIL UNDER A MICROSCOPE. 502 00:13:22,034 --> 00:13:23,369 I'M MAD. 503 00:13:23,369 --> 00:13:25,371 THE POINT IS, WITHOUT ACCESS TO 504 00:13:25,371 --> 00:13:26,338 LABOR, CROPS JUST ROT IN THE 505 00:13:26,338 --> 00:13:27,072 FIELD. 506 00:13:27,072 --> 00:13:28,941 IT'S PROBABLY WHY FARMWORKERS 507 00:13:28,941 --> 00:13:30,576 WERE CATEGORIZED AS ESSENTIAL BY 508 00:13:30,576 --> 00:13:31,644 THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 509 00:13:31,644 --> 00:13:33,345 SECURITY DURING THE PANDEMIC. 510 00:13:33,345 --> 00:13:35,614 AND YET, WHILE WE CLAIM THEY'RE 511 00:13:35,614 --> 00:13:37,249 ESSENTIAL, WE SUR DON'T TREAT 512 00:13:37,249 --> 00:13:38,884 THEM LIKE IT. 513 00:13:38,884 --> 00:13:40,819 FARM WORKERS ARE AMONG OUR 514 00:13:40,819 --> 00:13:42,021 LOWEST PAID WORKERS, MAKING ON 515 00:13:42,021 --> 00:13:44,323 AVERAGE IN THE RANGE OF $20,000 516 00:13:44,323 --> 00:13:44,790 TO $25,000 A YEAR. 517 00:13:44,790 --> 00:13:45,658 AND THEY'RE OFTEN SUBJECTED TO 518 00:13:45,658 --> 00:13:47,126 DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENTS. 519 00:13:47,126 --> 00:13:50,196 DURING THE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE 520 00:13:50,196 --> 00:13:51,163 SEASON, YOU MAY'VE SEEN VIDEOS 521 00:13:51,163 --> 00:13:51,697 OF FARM WORKERS TOILING IN 522 00:13:51,697 --> 00:13:53,399 THE FOREGROUND OF A RAGING FIRE. 523 00:13:53,399 --> 00:13:54,500 AND EVEN WHEN THEIR WORKPLACE 524 00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:56,769 ISN'T ACTIVELY BURNING TO THE 525 00:13:56,769 --> 00:13:58,404 GROUND, THEY'LL TELL YOU-- 526 00:13:58,404 --> 00:13:59,305 THEIR WORK CAN SOMETIMES FEEL 527 00:13:59,305 --> 00:14:02,508 PRETTY DEHUMANIZING. 528 00:14:02,508 --> 00:14:03,442 ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT 529 00:14:03,442 --> 00:14:05,277 THINGS IS JUST TO COME TO A 530 00:14:05,277 --> 00:14:08,847 REALIZATION, HOW LITTLE YOU MEAN 531 00:14:08,847 --> 00:14:10,382 TO THE PEOPLE THAT-- THAT YOU 532 00:14:10,382 --> 00:14:12,251 ARE WORKING FOR. 533 00:14:12,251 --> 00:14:14,753 YOU DON'T OFFICIALLY START 534 00:14:14,753 --> 00:14:16,121 GETTING PAID UNTIL YOUR FIRST 535 00:14:16,121 --> 00:14:17,423 BUCKET IS FILLED. 536 00:14:17,423 --> 00:14:18,891 IF YOU FALL BEHIND, YOU HAVE TO 537 00:14:18,891 --> 00:14:22,628 RUN TO TRY AND CATCH UP. 538 00:14:22,628 --> 00:14:23,796 A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN'T STAND 539 00:14:23,796 --> 00:14:25,397 IT BECAUSE IT'S SO HOT. 540 00:14:25,397 --> 00:14:26,232 SOMETIMES YOU COULD FEEL THE 541 00:14:26,232 --> 00:14:27,499 BREEZE FROM THE PESTICIDE THEY 542 00:14:27,499 --> 00:14:29,435 WERE SPRAYING OVER THERE. 543 00:14:29,435 --> 00:14:31,003 IT FELT GOOD. 544 00:14:31,003 --> 00:14:32,371 John: THAT'S PRETTY BRUTAL. 545 00:14:32,371 --> 00:14:33,606 ALTHOUGH APPRECIATING THE 546 00:14:33,606 --> 00:14:34,940 COOLING AIR FROM THE PESTICIDES 547 00:14:34,940 --> 00:14:37,109 IS SOME LEGENDARY GLASS HALF 548 00:14:37,109 --> 00:14:38,544 FULL THINKING. 549 00:14:38,544 --> 00:14:40,479 "SURE, IT'S HARD WORK, BUT THE 550 00:14:40,479 --> 00:14:43,015 POISON BREEZE IS NICE. 551 00:14:43,015 --> 00:14:43,916 SO IT KIND OF BALANCES OUT." 552 00:14:43,916 --> 00:14:44,883 THE WAY OUR FARM LABOR SYSTEM 553 00:14:44,883 --> 00:14:46,552 WORKS IS DEEPLY EXPLOITATIVE. 554 00:14:46,552 --> 00:14:47,686 BUT THE THING IS, THAT'S VERY 555 00:14:47,686 --> 00:14:49,121 MUCH BY DESIGN. 556 00:14:49,121 --> 00:14:52,958 SO TONIGHT LET'S TALK ABOUT 557 00:14:52,958 --> 00:14:55,828 FARMWORKERS: THE CONDITIONS THEY 558 00:14:55,828 --> 00:14:56,729 FACE, HOW WE'VE FAILED TO 559 00:14:56,729 --> 00:14:57,596 PROTECT THEM, AND WHAT WE CAN DO 560 00:14:57,596 --> 00:14:58,197 GOING FORWARD. 561 00:14:58,197 --> 00:14:58,931 AND LET'S START BY ACKNOWLEDGING 562 00:14:58,931 --> 00:14:59,932 THE HISTORY OF FARM WORK IN 563 00:14:59,932 --> 00:15:00,933 AMERICA HAS ALWAYS BEEN ROOTED 564 00:15:00,933 --> 00:15:01,467 IN EXPLOITATION. 565 00:15:01,467 --> 00:15:03,435 FROM ITS ORIGINS IN SLAVERY, TO 566 00:15:03,435 --> 00:15:04,103 ITS LATER EVOLUTION INTO 567 00:15:04,103 --> 00:15:05,437 SHARECROPPING. 568 00:15:05,437 --> 00:15:06,772 BUT WHAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW IS 569 00:15:06,772 --> 00:15:08,207 THAT DURING THE NEW DEAL, AS 570 00:15:08,207 --> 00:15:09,541 LAWS WERE FINALLY PASSED TO 571 00:15:09,541 --> 00:15:12,544 ESTABLISH SOME BEDROCK LABOR 572 00:15:12,544 --> 00:15:13,846 PROTECTIONS, FARMWORKERS WERE 573 00:15:13,846 --> 00:15:14,613 REPEATEDLY AND SPECIFICALLY 574 00:15:14,613 --> 00:15:16,649 EXCLUDED FROM THEM. 575 00:15:16,649 --> 00:15:18,550 SO, FOR INSTANCE, THE 1935 LAW 576 00:15:18,550 --> 00:15:19,618 WHICH PROTECTED EMPLOYEES' 577 00:15:19,618 --> 00:15:21,320 RIGHTS TO JOIN UNIONS EXPLICITLY 578 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:23,589 STATED THAT "THE TERM EMPLOYEE 579 00:15:23,589 --> 00:15:25,491 SHALL NOT INCLUDE "ANY 580 00:15:25,491 --> 00:15:26,859 INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYED AS 581 00:15:26,859 --> 00:15:28,560 AN AGRICULTURAL LABORER". 582 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:30,062 AND THE 1938 LAW WHICH CREATED A 583 00:15:30,062 --> 00:15:33,098 FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE AND 584 00:15:33,098 --> 00:15:35,067 OVERTIME, AGAIN, CARVED OUT AN 585 00:15:35,067 --> 00:15:36,235 EXCEPTION SO THOSE PROVISIONS 586 00:15:36,235 --> 00:15:37,403 SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANYONE 587 00:15:37,403 --> 00:15:37,903 EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURE. 588 00:15:37,903 --> 00:15:39,571 WHICH IS PRETTY INSULTING. 589 00:15:39,571 --> 00:15:40,739 IT'S LIKE ANNOUNCING YOUR 590 00:15:40,739 --> 00:15:42,174 COMPANY'S NEW 591 00:15:42,174 --> 00:15:42,808 ANTI-SEXUAL-HARASSMENT POLICY 592 00:15:42,808 --> 00:15:44,109 BUT CLARIFYING THAT NONE OF IT 593 00:15:44,109 --> 00:15:46,378 PROTECTS JEFF. 594 00:15:46,378 --> 00:15:47,579 JEFF'S EXEMPT, SO: SLAP HIS ASS, 595 00:15:47,579 --> 00:15:49,415 TWIST HIS NIPS, WE DON'T CARE. 596 00:15:49,415 --> 00:15:52,518 IT'S OPEN SEASON ON JEFF. 597 00:15:52,518 --> 00:15:53,919 AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE REASONS 598 00:15:53,919 --> 00:15:56,555 FOR THAT WERE EXPLICITLY RACIST. 599 00:15:56,555 --> 00:15:57,823 ONE REPRESENTATIVE EVEN WARNED 600 00:15:57,823 --> 00:15:59,425 DURING DEBATE ON THE MINIMUM 601 00:15:59,425 --> 00:16:01,226 WAGE BILL THAT "YOU CANNOT PUT 602 00:16:01,226 --> 00:16:04,096 THE NEGRO AND THE WHITE MAN ON 603 00:16:04,096 --> 00:16:04,797 THE SAME BASIS AND GET AWAY WITH 604 00:16:04,797 --> 00:16:05,030 IT." 605 00:16:05,030 --> 00:16:07,900 THAT REPRESENTATIVE? 606 00:16:07,900 --> 00:16:10,769 IT WAS ACTUALLY TUCKER CARLSON. 607 00:16:10,769 --> 00:16:12,037 IT TURNS OUT HE'S A HIGHLANDER. 608 00:16:12,037 --> 00:16:13,238 NOW, SINCE THEN, THE LABOR FORCE 609 00:16:13,238 --> 00:16:13,605 HAS CHANGED. 610 00:16:13,605 --> 00:16:14,973 BLACK AMERICANS LEFT THE 611 00:16:14,973 --> 00:16:16,075 SHARECROPPING SYSTEM DURING THE 612 00:16:16,075 --> 00:16:17,142 GREAT MIGRATION, AND FARMERS 613 00:16:17,142 --> 00:16:18,143 INCREASINGLY CAME TO RELY ON 614 00:16:18,143 --> 00:16:19,144 LABORERS FROM MEXICO AND OTHER 615 00:16:19,144 --> 00:16:20,946 CENTRAL AMERICAN NATIONS. 616 00:16:20,946 --> 00:16:22,214 AND OVER THE YEARS, LEADERS LIKE 617 00:16:22,214 --> 00:16:23,482 CESAR CHAVEZ AND DOLORES HUERTA 618 00:16:23,482 --> 00:16:25,451 FORMED THE UNITED FARM WORKERS 619 00:16:25,451 --> 00:16:26,685 AND WON SOME SIGNIFICANT GAINS. 620 00:16:26,685 --> 00:16:27,686 THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE WAS 621 00:16:27,686 --> 00:16:29,421 EXPANDED TO INCLUDE FARMWORKERS 622 00:16:29,421 --> 00:16:30,322 IN 1978. 623 00:16:30,322 --> 00:16:31,890 AND SOME STATES DO NOW PROVIDE 624 00:16:31,890 --> 00:16:34,593 AT LEAST SOME ACCESS TO OVERTIME 625 00:16:34,593 --> 00:16:36,095 PAY AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. 626 00:16:36,095 --> 00:16:37,730 BUT THE FACT IS, FARMWORKERS ARE 627 00:16:37,730 --> 00:16:42,334 STILL EXCLUDED FROM A LOT OF 628 00:16:42,334 --> 00:16:43,569 BASIC LABOR PROTECTIONS, 629 00:16:43,569 --> 00:16:44,103 INCLUDING THIS MAJOR ONE. 630 00:16:44,103 --> 00:16:44,703 THE CHILD LABOR LAW IN THE 631 00:16:44,703 --> 00:16:46,739 U.S. IS PRETTY GOOD, EXCEPT WHEN 632 00:16:46,739 --> 00:16:47,773 IT COMES TO AGRICULTURE. 633 00:16:47,773 --> 00:16:48,841 AND THEN IT HAS A BIG GAPING 634 00:16:48,841 --> 00:16:49,641 HOLE. 635 00:16:49,641 --> 00:16:51,043 U.S. LAW ALLOWS CHILDREN TO 636 00:16:51,043 --> 00:16:52,711 WORK IN AGRICULTURE AT FAR 637 00:16:52,711 --> 00:16:55,180 YOUNGER AGES FOR UNLIMITED HOURS 638 00:16:55,180 --> 00:16:57,316 OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL IN MUCH MORE 639 00:16:57,316 --> 00:16:58,717 DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THAN ANY 640 00:16:58,717 --> 00:17:00,419 OTHER SECTOR. 641 00:17:00,419 --> 00:17:01,787 SO, A CHILD CAN WORK PERFECTLY 642 00:17:01,787 --> 00:17:04,022 LEGALLY FOR ANY FARMER AT AGE 643 00:17:04,022 --> 00:17:06,058 12. 644 00:17:06,058 --> 00:17:07,359 THAT CHILD COULDN'T WORK SERVING 645 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:08,927 THE FOOD THAT HE CAN WORK 10, 646 00:17:08,927 --> 00:17:11,163 12, 14 HOURS PICKING. 647 00:17:11,163 --> 00:17:12,264 John: YEAH, THAT'S ABSURD. 648 00:17:12,264 --> 00:17:13,866 AND LOOK, I'M NOT SAYING WORKING 649 00:17:13,866 --> 00:17:16,034 IN A RESTAURANT ISN'T TOUGH, 650 00:17:16,034 --> 00:17:17,469 ANYONE WHO THINKS OTHERWISE 651 00:17:17,469 --> 00:17:20,038 SHOULD BE FORCED TO SERVE AN 652 00:17:20,038 --> 00:17:20,472 IMPERFECT OMELET TO 653 00:17:20,472 --> 00:17:21,473 JAMES CORDEN. 654 00:17:21,473 --> 00:17:22,741 BUT IT'S CLEARLY NOT THE SAME 655 00:17:22,741 --> 00:17:24,510 THING. 656 00:17:24,510 --> 00:17:25,544 AND THIS EXCEPTION ISN'T JUST TO 657 00:17:25,544 --> 00:17:26,912 LET KIDS WORK ON THEIR OWN 658 00:17:26,912 --> 00:17:28,347 FAMILIES' FARMS. 659 00:17:28,347 --> 00:17:29,715 THERE ARE HIRED CHILDREN WORKING 660 00:17:29,715 --> 00:17:31,116 IN FIELDS, ALL ACROSS AMERICA, 661 00:17:31,116 --> 00:17:33,252 PICKING OUR FOOD. 662 00:17:33,252 --> 00:17:36,655 BECAUSE WHILE MOST JOBS ARE 663 00:17:36,655 --> 00:17:39,992 OFF-LIMITS TO KIDS UNDER 14, 664 00:17:39,992 --> 00:17:41,160 AGRICULTURAL "EMPLOYERS MAY EVEN 665 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:42,094 HIRE CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 12 TO 666 00:17:42,094 --> 00:17:43,028 WORK ON SMALL FARMS WITH WRITTEN 667 00:17:43,028 --> 00:17:44,229 PARENTAL CONSENT." 668 00:17:44,229 --> 00:17:45,397 AND THIS SHOULD PROBABLY GO 669 00:17:45,397 --> 00:17:48,534 WITHOUT SAYING, BUT THIS WORK 670 00:17:48,534 --> 00:17:49,568 CAN BE DANGEROUS FOR KIDS. 671 00:17:49,568 --> 00:17:50,602 JUST LISTEN TO THIS GIRL, WHO 672 00:17:50,602 --> 00:17:52,070 STARTED WORKING IN TOBACCO 673 00:17:52,070 --> 00:17:53,272 FIELDS WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 674 00:17:53,272 --> 00:17:54,239 12, DESCRIBE HER FIRST DAY ON 675 00:17:54,239 --> 00:17:56,041 THE JOB. 676 00:17:56,041 --> 00:17:58,110 I FELT REALLY LIGHTHEADED AND 677 00:17:58,110 --> 00:18:00,045 DIZZY, AND I WANTED TO GO GET A 678 00:18:00,045 --> 00:18:03,849 CUP OF WATER AND I COULD NOT SEE 679 00:18:03,849 --> 00:18:05,617 TO WHERE THE TRUCK WAS THAT 680 00:18:05,617 --> 00:18:07,986 CONTAINED THE WATER. 681 00:18:07,986 --> 00:18:09,154 AND I WAS LOOKING FOR MY MOM AND 682 00:18:09,154 --> 00:18:12,524 I COULDN'T FIND MY MOM. 683 00:18:12,524 --> 00:18:14,092 EVENTUALLY, I JUST FELL. 684 00:18:14,092 --> 00:18:15,627 YOU DON'T REALLY THINK 685 00:18:15,627 --> 00:18:17,863 ABOUT A CHILDHOOD, LIKE, I'VE 686 00:18:17,863 --> 00:18:19,398 NEVER REALLY THOUGHT THAT A 687 00:18:19,398 --> 00:18:20,933 CHILD IS REALLY SUPPOSED TO-- A 688 00:18:20,933 --> 00:18:21,967 12-YEAR-OLD IS SUPPOSED TO 689 00:18:21,967 --> 00:18:23,268 HAVE FUN, EXACTLY. 690 00:18:23,268 --> 00:18:24,303 I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE 691 00:18:24,303 --> 00:18:25,304 SUPPOSED TO WORK. 692 00:18:25,304 --> 00:18:29,775 John: THAT'S TERRIBLE. 693 00:18:29,775 --> 00:18:31,243 ALTHOUGH, WHILE A 12-YEAR-OLD 694 00:18:31,243 --> 00:18:32,211 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD BE 695 00:18:32,211 --> 00:18:34,146 FAINTING IN A FIELD, I WILL SAY, 696 00:18:34,146 --> 00:18:40,452 IT'S A BIT OF A STRETCH TO SAY 697 00:18:40,452 --> 00:18:43,922 "A 12-YEAR-OLD IS SUPPOSED TO 698 00:18:43,922 --> 00:18:44,256 HAVE FUN." 699 00:18:44,256 --> 00:18:45,023 BECAUSE FUNDAMENTALLY, THEY ARE 700 00:18:45,023 --> 00:18:45,424 STILL 12. 701 00:18:45,424 --> 00:18:46,358 THIS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER 702 00:18:46,358 --> 00:18:46,792 FOR THEM. 703 00:18:46,792 --> 00:18:47,392 YOU'RE A HORMONAL TICKING TIME 704 00:18:47,392 --> 00:18:48,594 BOMB. 705 00:18:48,594 --> 00:18:49,194 HONESTLY, THE CLOSEST THING TO 706 00:18:49,194 --> 00:18:50,629 FUN THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU AT 707 00:18:50,629 --> 00:18:51,663 12 IS GOING TO THE MALL BY 708 00:18:51,663 --> 00:18:53,198 YOURSELF FOR THE FIRST TIME TO 709 00:18:53,198 --> 00:18:53,765 JUST KIND OF WALK AROUND, I 710 00:18:53,765 --> 00:18:54,399 GUESS, SINCE YOU DON'T 711 00:18:54,399 --> 00:18:55,033 REALLY HAVE ANY MONEY EXCEPT FOR 712 00:18:55,033 --> 00:18:56,268 LIKE A SMOOTHIE OR SOMETHING IF 713 00:18:56,268 --> 00:18:56,902 YOU WANT TO GET A SMOOTHIE OR 714 00:18:56,902 --> 00:18:58,070 WHATEVER. 715 00:18:58,070 --> 00:18:59,838 THE LACK OF LAWS APPLYING TO 716 00:18:59,838 --> 00:19:00,906 FARMWORKERS HAS LEFT THEM FACING 717 00:19:00,906 --> 00:19:03,008 TRULY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. 718 00:19:03,008 --> 00:19:04,176 AGRICULTURAL WORKERS SUFFER 719 00:19:04,176 --> 00:19:05,511 FATAL ON-THE-JOB INJURIES AT A 720 00:19:05,511 --> 00:19:06,945 RATE FAR HIGHER THAN POLICE 721 00:19:06,945 --> 00:19:09,348 OFFICERS AND MORE THAN TWICE THE 722 00:19:09,348 --> 00:19:10,315 RATE OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. 723 00:19:10,315 --> 00:19:13,719 WHICH IS WILD. 724 00:19:13,719 --> 00:19:14,753 IT'S ONE THING TO LOOK UP AT A 725 00:19:14,753 --> 00:19:15,687 BIG TALL BUILDING AND SHUDDER 726 00:19:15,687 --> 00:19:16,788 THINKING ABOUT THE PHYSICAL RISK 727 00:19:16,788 --> 00:19:17,990 IT MUST HAVE TAKEN TO PUT A PANE 728 00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:18,724 OF GLASS UP THAT HIGH. 729 00:19:18,724 --> 00:19:19,858 BUT IT FEELS RIDICULOUS TO FEEL 730 00:19:19,858 --> 00:19:22,027 THE SAME WAY ABOUT A BEET AND 731 00:19:22,027 --> 00:19:23,862 GOAT CHEESE SALAD. 732 00:19:23,862 --> 00:19:25,230 FARMWORKERS FACE EXPOSURE TO 733 00:19:25,230 --> 00:19:27,032 EXTREME HEAT, DANGEROUS 734 00:19:27,032 --> 00:19:28,300 MACHINERY, UNSAFE AIR QUALITY, 735 00:19:28,300 --> 00:19:30,435 AND IMPROMPTU PESTICIDE SHOWERS. 736 00:19:30,435 --> 00:19:31,837 AND SOME FARM OWNERS CAN BE 737 00:19:31,837 --> 00:19:35,440 ABUSIVE EMPLOYERS. 738 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:36,375 JUST TAKE THIS STORY FROM A FEW 739 00:19:36,375 --> 00:19:37,042 YEARS AGO. 740 00:19:37,042 --> 00:19:42,014 IT'S QUIET BUT CLOUDY AT 741 00:19:42,014 --> 00:19:43,549 EDS SCHOENBORN ORCHARD TODAY. 742 00:19:43,549 --> 00:19:44,683 A LOUDMOUTH [BLEEP] [BLEEP]. 743 00:19:44,683 --> 00:19:46,418 BUT NOT ON THIS DAY. 744 00:19:46,418 --> 00:19:47,452 A PUNK MOTHER [BLEEP]. 745 00:19:47,452 --> 00:19:49,588 IT WAS HOT. 746 00:19:49,588 --> 00:19:50,956 IF A COWARD [BLEEP] [BLEEP] 747 00:19:50,956 --> 00:19:52,824 [BLEEP]. 748 00:19:52,824 --> 00:19:54,459 THE VOICE ON TAPE, TRAVIS 749 00:19:54,459 --> 00:19:56,161 SCHOENBORN, THE SON OF FARM 750 00:19:56,161 --> 00:19:56,828 OWNERS DAVID AND VALERIE 751 00:19:56,828 --> 00:19:58,564 SCHOENBORN. 752 00:19:58,564 --> 00:20:00,165 HE WAS ANGRY AT ONE OF THE 753 00:20:00,165 --> 00:20:01,433 WORKERS AND LET IT BE KNOWN IN 754 00:20:01,433 --> 00:20:03,035 FRONT OF OTHERS. 755 00:20:03,035 --> 00:20:04,903 TELL HIM TO PACK HIS GOD 756 00:20:04,903 --> 00:20:06,405 [BLEEP] [BLEEP] AND GET THE 757 00:20:06,405 --> 00:20:08,106 [BLEEP] OUT OF HERE WHILE HE 758 00:20:08,106 --> 00:20:10,842 STILL CAN. 759 00:20:10,842 --> 00:20:12,544 HE IS NOT [BLEEP] WITH ME OR MY 760 00:20:12,544 --> 00:20:17,149 MOTHER AT ALL. 761 00:20:17,149 --> 00:20:18,083 John: HOLY SHIT, THAT WAS 762 00:20:18,083 --> 00:20:19,151 ABOUT 95% BLEEPS. 763 00:20:19,151 --> 00:20:20,385 AND TRUST LOCAL NEWS TO ALWAYS 764 00:20:20,385 --> 00:20:21,720 FIND A DIPLOMATIC WAY TO 765 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:22,487 DESCRIBE THINGS. 766 00:20:22,487 --> 00:20:24,256 "HE WAS ANGRY AND LET IT BE 767 00:20:24,256 --> 00:20:25,424 KNOWN IN FRONT OF OTHERS". 768 00:20:25,424 --> 00:20:29,227 SURE. 769 00:20:29,227 --> 00:20:29,828 THAT'S NOT TECHNICALLY UNTRUE. 770 00:20:29,828 --> 00:20:30,462 BUT I'D HAVE GONE WITH THE MORE 771 00:20:30,462 --> 00:20:31,563 ACCURATE, "HE LOST HIS FUCKING 772 00:20:31,563 --> 00:20:32,998 SHIT AT AN APPLE FARM." 773 00:20:32,998 --> 00:20:34,700 A FARM, REMEMBER, THAT HIS 774 00:20:34,700 --> 00:20:35,767 PARENTS OWNED, AND THEY HAD A 775 00:20:35,767 --> 00:20:36,835 TRULY SPECIAL RESPONSE WHEN 776 00:20:36,835 --> 00:20:38,203 CONFRONTED WITH THAT VIDEO. 777 00:20:38,203 --> 00:20:40,105 THEY BLAME THE MIGRANT 778 00:20:40,105 --> 00:20:42,808 WORKER ALLEGED VICTIM IN THIS 779 00:20:42,808 --> 00:20:44,076 CASE, AND ACCUSE HIM OF 780 00:20:44,076 --> 00:20:46,478 BEING OBSCENE. 781 00:20:46,478 --> 00:20:47,713 WHAT DID HE DO TO THREATEN YOU? 782 00:20:47,713 --> 00:20:49,181 HE CALLED ME A NAME IN 783 00:20:49,181 --> 00:20:50,616 SPANISH, I'M NOT REPEATING IT. 784 00:20:50,616 --> 00:20:51,350 THERE WAS NO OUTRIGHT 785 00:20:51,350 --> 00:20:52,484 APOLOGY. 786 00:20:52,484 --> 00:20:54,019 INSTEAD, THIS. 787 00:20:54,019 --> 00:20:57,823 FIRST OF ALL, THEY WEREN'T 788 00:20:57,823 --> 00:20:59,224 BLACK, THEY WERE MEXICANS, SO I 789 00:20:59,224 --> 00:20:59,825 DON'T KNOW WHY HE CALLED THEM 790 00:20:59,825 --> 00:21:00,125 THE N-WORD. 791 00:21:00,125 --> 00:21:01,026 I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A 792 00:21:01,026 --> 00:21:01,660 CHANCE TO BE-- TO BE CLEAR AND 793 00:21:01,660 --> 00:21:02,260 RESPOND. 794 00:21:02,260 --> 00:21:03,095 YEAH. 795 00:21:03,095 --> 00:21:05,497 DID YOU HEAR HIM REFERRING TO 796 00:21:05,497 --> 00:21:09,301 PEOPLE AS "[BLEEP] [BLEEP]?" 797 00:21:09,301 --> 00:21:10,202 WE DON'T HAVE-- WE DON'T 798 00:21:10,202 --> 00:21:10,802 HAVE NO [BLEEP] WORK HERE THAT 799 00:21:10,802 --> 00:21:18,343 I KNOW OF. 800 00:21:18,343 --> 00:21:18,944 John: NO, OKAY, OKAY, OKAY, 801 00:21:18,944 --> 00:21:19,778 HERE'S THE THING. 802 00:21:19,778 --> 00:21:21,346 WELL, THERE'S CLEARLY NINE 803 00:21:21,346 --> 00:21:26,918 THOUSAND THINGS THERE, BUT 804 00:21:26,918 --> 00:21:27,853 HERE'S JUST ONE OF THEM. 805 00:21:27,853 --> 00:21:28,587 I BET YOU HEARD HER SAY "THEY 806 00:21:28,587 --> 00:21:29,154 WERE MEXICAN SO I'M NOT SURE 807 00:21:29,154 --> 00:21:30,455 WHY HE CALLED THEM THE N-WORD" 808 00:21:30,455 --> 00:21:31,390 AND THOUGHT, WOW, THAT'S THE 809 00:21:31,390 --> 00:21:32,257 WILDEST SHIT ANYBODY IN THIS 810 00:21:32,257 --> 00:21:33,358 MARRIAGE IS GOING TO SAY IN THE 811 00:21:33,358 --> 00:21:33,992 NEXT FIFTEEN SECONDS, AND THEN 812 00:21:33,992 --> 00:21:34,993 YOU WERE DEAD WRONG. 813 00:21:34,993 --> 00:21:35,961 ALSO, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT 814 00:21:35,961 --> 00:21:37,696 THE INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN HAVING 815 00:21:37,696 --> 00:21:38,230 A PROBLEM WITH SAYING A 816 00:21:38,230 --> 00:21:39,731 VAGUE, UNKNOWN WORD IN SPANISH 817 00:21:39,731 --> 00:21:41,033 AND HAVING NO PROBLEM AT ALL 818 00:21:41,033 --> 00:21:42,067 SAYING AN EXTREMELY SPECIFIC ONE 819 00:21:42,067 --> 00:21:43,301 IN ENGLISH. 820 00:21:43,301 --> 00:21:44,436 "I WON'T REPEAT THIS SPANISH 821 00:21:44,436 --> 00:21:46,238 WORD BECAUSE IT'S OFFENSIVE, BUT 822 00:21:46,238 --> 00:21:49,307 IF YOU TALK TO MY HUSBAND HE'LL 823 00:21:49,307 --> 00:21:50,609 SAY THE N-WORD IN ABOUT FOUR 824 00:21:50,609 --> 00:21:52,477 SECONDS. 825 00:21:52,477 --> 00:21:53,745 ANYWAY, I RAISED MY SON BETTER 826 00:21:53,745 --> 00:21:54,379 THAN TO USE SLURS INCORRECTLY." 827 00:21:54,379 --> 00:21:55,514 NOW, IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE, A 828 00:21:55,514 --> 00:21:56,882 WORKER CAUGHT THAT TIRADE ON 829 00:21:56,882 --> 00:21:58,383 VIDEO AND GAVE IT TO MIGRANT 830 00:21:58,383 --> 00:21:59,785 LEGAL AID. 831 00:21:59,785 --> 00:22:02,854 AND THE SON LATER PLED GUILTY 832 00:22:02,854 --> 00:22:03,488 TO, OF ALL THINGS, "DISTURBING 833 00:22:03,488 --> 00:22:04,322 THE PEACE". 834 00:22:04,322 --> 00:22:05,924 BUT EVEN THAT PATHETIC LEVEL OF 835 00:22:05,924 --> 00:22:07,025 ACCOUNTABILITY IS EXTREMELY 836 00:22:07,025 --> 00:22:10,362 RARE. 837 00:22:10,362 --> 00:22:11,229 AND LOOK, CLEARLY, NOT ALL 838 00:22:11,229 --> 00:22:12,130 FARMERS ARE ABUSIVE EMPLOYERS. 839 00:22:12,130 --> 00:22:14,399 BUT TO THE EXTENT ANY WANT TO 840 00:22:14,399 --> 00:22:15,634 BE, THERE CAN BE SHOCKINGLY 841 00:22:15,634 --> 00:22:17,169 LITTLE TO STOP THEM. 842 00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:18,537 BECAUSE EVEN WHEN LABOR LAWS DO 843 00:22:18,537 --> 00:22:20,405 APPLY TO AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, 844 00:22:20,405 --> 00:22:22,607 THERE'S ALMOST NO WAY TO ENFORCE 845 00:22:22,607 --> 00:22:22,808 THEM. 846 00:22:22,808 --> 00:22:23,975 TAKE CALIFORNIA, THE MOST 847 00:22:23,975 --> 00:22:25,210 PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURAL 848 00:22:25,210 --> 00:22:26,678 STATE IN THE NATION. 849 00:22:26,678 --> 00:22:27,913 THE AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR 850 00:22:27,913 --> 00:22:29,314 MONITORING WORKPLACE SAFETY 851 00:22:29,314 --> 00:22:30,415 THERE IS SO UNDERSTAFFED THAT IT 852 00:22:30,415 --> 00:22:31,950 CURRENTLY HAS ROUGHLY ONE FIELD 853 00:22:31,950 --> 00:22:33,585 INSPECTOR AVAILABLE FOR EVERY 854 00:22:33,585 --> 00:22:35,520 90,000 WORKERS, WITH ONLY A 855 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,222 HANDFUL OF THOSE INSPECTORS 856 00:22:37,222 --> 00:22:38,557 SPEAKING ANY LANGUAGE OTHER THAN 857 00:22:38,557 --> 00:22:39,991 ENGLISH. 858 00:22:39,991 --> 00:22:41,660 AND EVEN WHEN THERE ARE 859 00:22:41,660 --> 00:22:42,194 CONSEQUENCES, THEY CAN BE 860 00:22:42,194 --> 00:22:43,195 LAUGHABLE. 861 00:22:43,195 --> 00:22:45,731 AFTER TWO FARMWORKERS IN IDAHO 862 00:22:45,731 --> 00:22:47,299 DROWNED IN PITS OF COW MANURE AT 863 00:22:47,299 --> 00:22:49,701 DAIRY OPERATIONS, OSHA IMPOSED 864 00:22:49,701 --> 00:22:53,472 FINES OF JUST $5,000 FOR EACH OF 865 00:22:53,472 --> 00:22:53,905 THE MENS' DEATHS. 866 00:22:53,905 --> 00:22:54,773 WHICH IS NOTHING. 867 00:22:54,773 --> 00:22:57,109 IF AN EMPLOYEE DROWNS IN THE 868 00:22:57,109 --> 00:22:58,577 UNIVERSALLY-AGREED-UPON "WORST 869 00:22:58,577 --> 00:23:00,378 THING TO DROWN IN," THAT SHOULD 870 00:23:00,378 --> 00:23:02,547 COST THEIR EMPLOYER A LOT MORE 871 00:23:02,547 --> 00:23:03,115 THAN A FIFTH OF A HYUNDAI 872 00:23:03,115 --> 00:23:04,549 SONATA. 873 00:23:04,549 --> 00:23:05,717 AND THAT'S NOT EVEN GETTING INTO 874 00:23:05,717 --> 00:23:07,385 THE FACT THAT SOME FARMS LIMIT 875 00:23:07,385 --> 00:23:08,854 THEIR LIABILITY BY USING 876 00:23:08,854 --> 00:23:10,622 SO-CALLED "FARM LABOR 877 00:23:10,622 --> 00:23:11,757 CONTRACTORS", WHO HIRE WORKERS 878 00:23:11,757 --> 00:23:12,557 AND THEN CONTRACT THEM 879 00:23:12,557 --> 00:23:17,028 OUT, AND WHO'VE BEEN FOUND TO BE 880 00:23:17,028 --> 00:23:19,931 THE WORST VIOLATORS OF 881 00:23:19,931 --> 00:23:20,866 EMPLOYMENT LAW IN AGRICULTURE. 882 00:23:20,866 --> 00:23:21,700 SOME OF THEM HAVE CONFISCATED 883 00:23:21,700 --> 00:23:22,734 WORKERS PASSPORTS, CHARGED THEM 884 00:23:22,734 --> 00:23:25,137 IF THEY WANTED TO QUIT THEIR 885 00:23:25,137 --> 00:23:26,905 JOBS, OR THREATENED THEM WITH 886 00:23:26,905 --> 00:23:27,239 DEPORTATION. 887 00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:27,839 SO AT EVERY TURN, THIS IS AN 888 00:23:27,839 --> 00:23:28,607 ENVIRONMENT WHERE VULNERABLE 889 00:23:28,607 --> 00:23:30,075 WORKERS CAN UNDERSTANDABLY FEEL 890 00:23:30,075 --> 00:23:31,109 RELUCTANT TO COME FORWARD. 891 00:23:31,109 --> 00:23:33,111 TAKE SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND 892 00:23:33,111 --> 00:23:35,447 ASSAULT, WHICH FARM WORKERS SAY 893 00:23:35,447 --> 00:23:37,182 IS A BIG PROBLEM-- AND YET, 894 00:23:37,182 --> 00:23:39,017 JUST WATCH HOW THIS HEAD OF A 895 00:23:39,017 --> 00:23:39,651 FARMOWNERS' TRADE GROUP RESPONDS 896 00:23:39,651 --> 00:23:41,219 WHEN ASKED ABOUT IT. 897 00:23:41,219 --> 00:23:42,587 YOU KNOW DOLORES HUERTA, YOU 898 00:23:42,587 --> 00:23:43,588 KNOW WHO SHE IS. 899 00:23:43,588 --> 00:23:44,790 YES. 900 00:23:44,790 --> 00:23:45,490 CAN I READ YOU SOMETHING SHE 901 00:23:45,490 --> 00:23:46,658 SAID? 902 00:23:46,658 --> 00:23:47,592 OH, PLEASE. 903 00:23:47,592 --> 00:23:49,628 I'D LIKE TO HEAR HER COMMENT. 904 00:23:49,628 --> 00:23:51,029 OKAY. 905 00:23:51,029 --> 00:23:51,963 SHE SAYS THAT THIS SEXUAL 906 00:23:51,963 --> 00:23:53,932 HARASSMENT THAT WE'RE TALKING 907 00:23:53,932 --> 00:23:54,933 ABOUT IS AN EPIDEMIC IN THE 908 00:23:54,933 --> 00:23:56,268 FIELDS. 909 00:23:56,268 --> 00:23:57,469 DOLORES HUERTA, BRING ME 910 00:23:57,469 --> 00:23:58,737 THOSE CASES. 911 00:23:58,737 --> 00:24:00,505 DOLORES HUERTA, GO HAVE 912 00:24:00,505 --> 00:24:02,340 YOUR UFW GO PICKET THE GROWER IF 913 00:24:02,340 --> 00:24:03,775 ALL THESE CASES HAVE BEEN GOING 914 00:24:03,775 --> 00:24:05,410 ON. 915 00:24:05,410 --> 00:24:06,611 IF OUR GROWERS KNOW THERE IS A 916 00:24:06,611 --> 00:24:07,212 PROBLEM, WE ARE GOING TO DEAL 917 00:24:07,212 --> 00:24:08,580 WITH IT. 918 00:24:08,580 --> 00:24:10,916 WHY DIDN'T YOU GO TO THE GROWER? 919 00:24:10,916 --> 00:24:12,384 AND TELL ME THAT, "BECAUSE, 920 00:24:12,384 --> 00:24:14,586 WELL, WE WERE FEARFUL FOR 921 00:24:14,586 --> 00:24:15,220 THEIR JOBS AND THEIR LIVES." 922 00:24:15,220 --> 00:24:18,523 NO, THAT'S A POOR EXCUSE. 923 00:24:18,523 --> 00:24:20,725 John: YEAH, IS IT, THOUGH? 924 00:24:20,725 --> 00:24:21,226 IS IT? 925 00:24:21,226 --> 00:24:21,960 BECAUSE I'VE GOT TO SAY, I CAN 926 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:23,562 BELIEVE PEOPLE AREN'T BRINGING 927 00:24:23,562 --> 00:24:24,629 HARASSMENT CASES TO GROWERS, IF 928 00:24:24,629 --> 00:24:25,263 THEY'RE ACTING ANYTHING LIKE HE 929 00:24:25,263 --> 00:24:26,198 JUST DID. 930 00:24:26,198 --> 00:24:27,766 AFTER ALL, MERELY HEARING THE 931 00:24:27,766 --> 00:24:29,167 NAME "DOLORES HUERTA" SENT HIM 932 00:24:29,167 --> 00:24:30,902 INTO A VISIBLE RAGE, SO I HAVE 933 00:24:30,902 --> 00:24:33,038 TO IMAGINE OFF-CAMERA HE'S EVEN 934 00:24:33,038 --> 00:24:35,140 MORE OF A TEDDY BEAR. 935 00:24:35,140 --> 00:24:36,274 AND AT THIS POINT, YOU MIGHT BE 936 00:24:36,274 --> 00:24:37,375 THINKING, "PERHAPS ONE WAY TO 937 00:24:37,375 --> 00:24:38,910 HELP WORKERS WOULD BE TO REMOVE 938 00:24:38,910 --> 00:24:40,245 THEIR FEAR OF DEPORTATION, AND 939 00:24:40,245 --> 00:24:41,980 CREATE A SYSTEM WHERE THEY CAN 940 00:24:41,980 --> 00:24:45,183 COME INTO THIS COUNTRY LEGALLY." 941 00:24:45,183 --> 00:24:45,750 WELL, WE ACTUALLY DID THAT. 942 00:24:45,750 --> 00:24:47,385 BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE WAY WE DID 943 00:24:47,385 --> 00:24:48,687 IT LEFT MASSIVE GAPS FOR BAD 944 00:24:48,687 --> 00:24:50,655 ACTORS TO OPERATE IN. 945 00:24:50,655 --> 00:24:52,591 BACK IN 1986, WE CREATED WHAT'S 946 00:24:52,591 --> 00:24:53,992 KNOWN AS THE H2-A VISA PROGRAM. 947 00:24:53,992 --> 00:24:55,560 IT ALLOWS MIGRANT WORKERS TO 948 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,162 LEGALLY ENTER THE COUNTRY 949 00:24:57,162 --> 00:24:57,729 TEMPORARILY FOR AGRICULTURAL 950 00:24:57,729 --> 00:24:59,664 WORK. 951 00:24:59,664 --> 00:25:01,099 FOR YEARS, EMPLOYERS SHIED AWAY 952 00:25:01,099 --> 00:25:02,667 FROM USING IT, BECAUSE IT WAS 953 00:25:02,667 --> 00:25:04,102 CHEAPER AND EASIER TO SIMPLY 954 00:25:04,102 --> 00:25:05,303 HIRE UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS. 955 00:25:05,303 --> 00:25:06,938 BUT AS IT'S BECOME HARDER TO 956 00:25:06,938 --> 00:25:08,106 FIND THEM, THE USE OF H-2A HAS 957 00:25:08,106 --> 00:25:10,442 BEEN RAMPED UP CONSIDERABLY. 958 00:25:10,442 --> 00:25:12,611 IN FACT, THE NUMBER OF H-2A 959 00:25:12,611 --> 00:25:13,945 POSITIONS HAS INCREASED MORE 960 00:25:13,945 --> 00:25:14,546 THAN SEVENFOLD IN THE PAST 17 961 00:25:14,546 --> 00:25:15,680 YEARS. 962 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,450 BASICALLY, THE PROGRAM'S BEEN 963 00:25:18,450 --> 00:25:20,285 AROUND SINCE THE '80S, WAS ON 964 00:25:20,285 --> 00:25:21,453 THE BACKBURNER UNTIL A FEW YEARS 965 00:25:21,453 --> 00:25:22,053 AGO, AND NOW IT'S EXTREMELY 966 00:25:22,053 --> 00:25:22,520 POPULAR. 967 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:24,189 THINK OF IT AS THE KIERAN CULKIN 968 00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:26,024 OF THE AGRICULTURAL WORLD. 969 00:25:26,024 --> 00:25:26,992 AND, IN PRINCIPLE, H-2A DOES 970 00:25:26,992 --> 00:25:28,660 SOUND GOOD. 971 00:25:28,660 --> 00:25:29,895 MORE FARMWORKERS GET TEMPORARY 972 00:25:29,895 --> 00:25:31,396 LEGAL STATUS, WHICH, YOU'D 973 00:25:31,396 --> 00:25:32,163 ASSUME, WOULD MAKE THEM FEEL 974 00:25:32,163 --> 00:25:32,864 SAFER. 975 00:25:32,864 --> 00:25:34,866 BUT SADLY, THAT HASN'T BEEN THE 976 00:25:34,866 --> 00:25:35,967 CASE. 977 00:25:35,967 --> 00:25:37,335 FOR ONE THING, LIKE MANY WORK 978 00:25:37,335 --> 00:25:39,838 VISAS, THESE ARE TIED TO YOUR 979 00:25:39,838 --> 00:25:41,239 EMPLOYER. 980 00:25:41,239 --> 00:25:41,806 SO IF YOU LOSE YOUR JOB, YOU 981 00:25:41,806 --> 00:25:42,941 ALSO LOSE YOUR RIGHT TO BE 982 00:25:42,941 --> 00:25:44,075 IN THE COUNTRY, CAUSING A 983 00:25:44,075 --> 00:25:44,576 MASSIVE POWER IMBALANCE. 984 00:25:44,576 --> 00:25:45,810 AND GIVEN THAT IMBALANCE, IT'S 985 00:25:45,810 --> 00:25:47,479 NO SURPRISE MANY EMPLOYERS FEEL 986 00:25:47,479 --> 00:25:48,613 COMFORTABLE SKIRTING THE 987 00:25:48,613 --> 00:25:50,015 PROTECTIONS WORKERS ARE SUPPOSED 988 00:25:50,015 --> 00:25:51,216 TO RECEIVE. 989 00:25:51,216 --> 00:25:52,550 FOR INSTANCE, UNDER THE LAW, 990 00:25:52,550 --> 00:25:55,153 EMPLOYERS MUST PROVIDE HOUSING 991 00:25:55,153 --> 00:25:56,388 FOR THEIR H-2A WORKERS. 992 00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:58,223 BUT IN PRACTICE, THE CONDITIONS 993 00:25:58,223 --> 00:25:59,557 CAN BE FAR BELOW WHAT THE 994 00:25:59,557 --> 00:26:00,158 PROGRAM REQUIRES, AS THIS MAN 995 00:26:00,158 --> 00:26:03,361 QUICKLY FOUND OUT. 996 00:26:03,361 --> 00:26:04,796 THE HOUSE WHERE WE LIVED, 997 00:26:04,796 --> 00:26:05,897 WHERE MANUEL BROUGHT US TO, WAS 998 00:26:05,897 --> 00:26:07,165 VERY OLD. 999 00:26:07,165 --> 00:26:11,736 IT HAD SPIDERS, COCKROACHES, AND 1000 00:26:11,736 --> 00:26:12,470 THE BATHROOMS DIDN'T WORK. 1001 00:26:12,470 --> 00:26:12,904 THE HOUSE WAS GROSS. 1002 00:26:12,904 --> 00:26:14,472 IT WAS VERY DIRTY. 1003 00:26:14,472 --> 00:26:16,107 YOU COULD CLEARLY TELL THAT THE 1004 00:26:16,107 --> 00:26:17,409 HOUSE WAS ABANDONED FOR A LONG 1005 00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:17,943 TIME AND MANUEL BROUGHT US 1006 00:26:17,943 --> 00:26:18,910 THERE. 1007 00:26:18,910 --> 00:26:20,879 THE HOUSE DIDN'T HAVE HEAT, AND 1008 00:26:20,879 --> 00:26:21,947 THE TEMPERATURE HIT SIX DEGREES 1009 00:26:21,947 --> 00:26:23,181 CELSIUS. 1010 00:26:23,181 --> 00:26:24,983 AND FOUR OF MY COWORKERS AND I 1011 00:26:24,983 --> 00:26:26,418 HAD TO SLEEP OUTSIDE. 1012 00:26:26,418 --> 00:26:27,152 WE FELT LIKE WE WERE ON THE 1013 00:26:27,152 --> 00:26:31,389 BORDER OF DEATH. 1014 00:26:31,389 --> 00:26:31,923 John: THAT IS HORRIFIC. 1015 00:26:31,923 --> 00:26:32,524 NO ONE WOULD SEE THAT AND SAY, 1016 00:26:32,524 --> 00:26:33,391 "THAT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR PEOPLE 1017 00:26:33,391 --> 00:26:34,859 TO LIVE." 1018 00:26:34,859 --> 00:26:36,861 THEY'D MAYBE SAY, "THAT'S A NICE 1019 00:26:36,861 --> 00:26:38,263 SPOT FOR GHOSTS TO THROW UP," 1020 00:26:38,263 --> 00:26:39,798 BUT THAT'S IT. 1021 00:26:39,798 --> 00:26:41,499 AND THAT'S NOT A ONE-OFF. 1022 00:26:41,499 --> 00:26:42,133 A DOL INVESTIGATION A FEW YEARS 1023 00:26:42,133 --> 00:26:43,969 BACK FOUND ONE LABOR CONTRACTOR 1024 00:26:43,969 --> 00:26:47,005 HOUSED H-2A WORKERS IN AN OLD 1025 00:26:47,005 --> 00:26:47,605 COUNTY JAIL THAT HAD RECENTLY 1026 00:26:47,605 --> 00:26:48,773 SERVED AS THE COMMUNITY'S 1027 00:26:48,773 --> 00:26:50,241 HALLOWEEN HAUNTED HOUSE. 1028 00:26:50,241 --> 00:26:51,977 THIS IS THE KITCHEN, WHICH, YOU 1029 00:26:51,977 --> 00:26:53,812 CAN SEE, STILL HAD FAKE BLOOD ON 1030 00:26:53,812 --> 00:26:55,447 THE REFRIGERATORS AND THE FLOOR. 1031 00:26:55,447 --> 00:26:57,716 AND WORKERS SHOULDN'T BE FORCED 1032 00:26:57,716 --> 00:26:59,351 TO SLEEP AROUND A BUNCH OF 1033 00:26:59,351 --> 00:27:02,721 SPOOKY DECORATIONS. 1034 00:27:02,721 --> 00:27:03,321 EVEN PEOPLE WHO WORK AT SPIRIT 1035 00:27:03,321 --> 00:27:03,888 HALLOWEEN DON'T SLEEP IN THE 1036 00:27:03,888 --> 00:27:04,889 STORE. 1037 00:27:04,889 --> 00:27:06,324 EXCEPT, OF COURSE, FOR DENNIS, 1038 00:27:06,324 --> 00:27:07,559 BUT HE'S MADE IT VERY CLEAR 1039 00:27:07,559 --> 00:27:10,395 THAT THAT'S A SEX THING. 1040 00:27:10,395 --> 00:27:11,696 BUT POOR LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS 1041 00:27:11,696 --> 00:27:13,498 ARE JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. 1042 00:27:13,498 --> 00:27:14,966 IN 2021, THE DOJ LAUNCHED A 1043 00:27:14,966 --> 00:27:17,369 MASSIVE INDICTMENT INVOLVING THE 1044 00:27:17,369 --> 00:27:18,870 TREATMENT OF H-2A WORKERS ON 1045 00:27:18,870 --> 00:27:20,205 GEORGIA FARMS. 1046 00:27:20,205 --> 00:27:26,444 AND THE DETAILS ARE APPALLING. 1047 00:27:26,444 --> 00:27:26,911 "MODERN-DAY SLAVERY." 1048 00:27:26,911 --> 00:27:31,316 IN THE FIELDS OF SOUTHERN 1049 00:27:31,316 --> 00:27:32,083 GEORGIA, YEARS WORTH OF DAMNING, 1050 00:27:32,083 --> 00:27:32,851 HORRIFIC ALLEGATIONS. 1051 00:27:32,851 --> 00:27:33,451 VICTIMS ALLEGEDLY FORCED TO LIVE 1052 00:27:33,451 --> 00:27:34,719 IN CRAMPED, DIRTY TRAILERS WITH 1053 00:27:34,719 --> 00:27:38,623 RAW SEWAGE LEAKING INTO THE 1054 00:27:38,623 --> 00:27:39,224 TRAILERS, THREATENED THEM WITH 1055 00:27:39,224 --> 00:27:40,058 DEPORTATION, AND DETAINED THEM 1056 00:27:40,058 --> 00:27:41,059 IN A WORK CAMP SURROUNDED BY AN 1057 00:27:41,059 --> 00:27:43,094 ELECTRIC FENCE. 1058 00:27:43,094 --> 00:27:45,296 AND IN 2018, 30, INDIVIDUALS 1059 00:27:45,296 --> 00:27:47,899 ALLEGEDLY SOLD TO ANOTHER MAN IN 1060 00:27:47,899 --> 00:27:53,238 INDIANA FOR $21,481 DOLLARS. 1061 00:27:53,238 --> 00:27:54,439 John: WOW. 1062 00:27:54,439 --> 00:27:56,708 YOU KNOW, AT TIMES, SOME PEOPLE 1063 00:27:56,708 --> 00:27:58,309 CAN BE QUICK TO PLAY THE "THIS 1064 00:27:58,309 --> 00:27:59,277 IS SLAVERY" CARD, WHETHER YOU'RE 1065 00:27:59,277 --> 00:28:00,745 A TEENAGER ASKED TO MOW THE 1066 00:28:00,745 --> 00:28:02,514 LAWN, OR AN OFFICE WORKER WHO 1067 00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:03,848 HAS TO COME IN ON SUNDAY. 1068 00:28:03,848 --> 00:28:04,883 BUT AS FRUSTRATING AS THOSE 1069 00:28:04,883 --> 00:28:06,451 SITUATIONS CAN BE, NEITHER 1070 00:28:06,451 --> 00:28:07,819 INVOLVES BEING SOLD IN BULK TO A 1071 00:28:07,819 --> 00:28:09,487 MAN IN INDIANA. 1072 00:28:09,487 --> 00:28:10,188 BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUAL FUCKING 1073 00:28:10,188 --> 00:28:13,725 SLAVERY. 1074 00:28:13,725 --> 00:28:14,325 THIS CASE IS ONGOING, BUT THE 1075 00:28:14,325 --> 00:28:15,026 INDICTMENT ASSERTS THIS WAS A 1076 00:28:15,026 --> 00:28:16,361 MASSIVE OPERATION, WHICH SOUGHT 1077 00:28:16,361 --> 00:28:17,562 VISAS FOR OVER 71,000 FOREIGN 1078 00:28:17,562 --> 00:28:19,097 WORKERS TO HARVEST ONIONS AND 1079 00:28:19,097 --> 00:28:20,832 OTHER CROPS. 1080 00:28:20,832 --> 00:28:23,101 AND THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT AT 1081 00:28:23,101 --> 00:28:23,735 LEAST TWO DIED AS A RESULT OF 1082 00:28:23,735 --> 00:28:25,703 THE WORKPLACE CONDITIONS THERE. 1083 00:28:25,703 --> 00:28:27,472 AND WHILE I'M GLAD ACTION WAS 1084 00:28:27,472 --> 00:28:29,340 EVENTUALLY TAKEN, I WILL SAY: 1085 00:28:29,340 --> 00:28:31,943 FOR A LIST OF CHARGES THIS 1086 00:28:31,943 --> 00:28:33,478 SINISTER, THE NAME THEY CHOSE... 1087 00:28:33,478 --> 00:28:34,813 COULD HAVE USED SOME WORK. 1088 00:28:34,813 --> 00:28:36,514 A NEW 54-PAGE INDICTMENT 1089 00:28:36,514 --> 00:28:38,149 BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF 1090 00:28:38,149 --> 00:28:41,186 JUSTICE, CHARGING 24 INDIVIDUALS 1091 00:28:41,186 --> 00:28:43,822 AS PART OF WHAT IT CALLS 1092 00:28:43,822 --> 00:28:45,290 "OPERATION: BLOOMING ONION". 1093 00:28:45,290 --> 00:28:47,892 John: OKAY. 1094 00:28:47,892 --> 00:28:49,327 OKAY. 1095 00:28:49,327 --> 00:28:50,261 JUST POUR ONE OUT FOR THE SOCIAL 1096 00:28:50,261 --> 00:28:54,666 MEDIA PERSON AT OUTBACK 1097 00:28:54,666 --> 00:28:56,201 STEAKHOUSE WHO SAW "BLOOMING 1098 00:28:56,201 --> 00:28:57,235 ONION" TRENDING ON TWITTER AND 1099 00:28:57,235 --> 00:28:57,702 THOUGHT THEIR JOB GOT 1100 00:28:57,702 --> 00:28:58,303 EASIER FOR TWO SECONDS BEFORE 1101 00:28:58,303 --> 00:28:58,937 REALIZING IT ACTUALLY JUST GOT A 1102 00:28:58,937 --> 00:28:59,237 LOT HARDER. 1103 00:28:59,237 --> 00:29:00,538 AND AT THIS POINT, I'VE TOLD YOU 1104 00:29:00,538 --> 00:29:01,539 ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM CHILD 1105 00:29:01,539 --> 00:29:04,375 LABOR TO WORKERS DROWNING IN 1106 00:29:04,375 --> 00:29:05,877 MANURE, TO THE SALE OF HUMAN 1107 00:29:05,877 --> 00:29:10,014 BEINGS, SO YOU'RE HOPEFULLY 1108 00:29:10,014 --> 00:29:10,949 WONDERING HOW DO WE FIX THIS? 1109 00:29:10,949 --> 00:29:12,016 WELL, FARM WORKERS HAVE BEEN 1110 00:29:12,016 --> 00:29:12,884 ORGANIZING TO ADDRESS SOME OF 1111 00:29:12,884 --> 00:29:13,585 THESE ISSUES FOR YEARS. 1112 00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:14,385 TAKE WHAT HAPPENED IN IMMOKALEE, 1113 00:29:14,385 --> 00:29:14,786 FLORIDA. 1114 00:29:14,786 --> 00:29:15,720 AS RECENTLY AS A DECADE AGO, THE 1115 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,255 TOMATO FIELDS THERE WERE BEING 1116 00:29:17,255 --> 00:29:20,825 CALLED "GROUND ZERO FOR 1117 00:29:20,825 --> 00:29:21,793 MODERN-DAY SLAVERY". 1118 00:29:21,793 --> 00:29:23,361 BUT A GROUP CALLED THE COALITION 1119 00:29:23,361 --> 00:29:26,464 OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS LAUNCHED A 1120 00:29:26,464 --> 00:29:27,065 CAMPAIGN TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS 1121 00:29:27,065 --> 00:29:27,899 PRESSURING NOT JUST 1122 00:29:27,899 --> 00:29:28,433 FARMERS, BUT THE BIG NAME 1123 00:29:28,433 --> 00:29:29,067 BUSINESSES THAT RELIED ON THEIR 1124 00:29:29,067 --> 00:29:31,035 PRODUCE. 1125 00:29:31,035 --> 00:29:32,036 IN 2005, TACO BELL BECAME THE 1126 00:29:32,036 --> 00:29:34,305 FIRST BIG BUYER TO SIGN ON TO 1127 00:29:34,305 --> 00:29:36,474 THE CIW'S FAIR FOOD PROGRAM. 1128 00:29:36,474 --> 00:29:38,610 BUYERS AGREE TO PAY AN EXTRA 1129 00:29:38,610 --> 00:29:40,411 PENNY PER POUND FOR TOMATO, 1130 00:29:40,411 --> 00:29:41,646 MONEY THAT GOES TO WORKERS, AND 1131 00:29:41,646 --> 00:29:43,915 BUYERS ONLY DO BUSINESS WITH 1132 00:29:43,915 --> 00:29:46,117 PARTICIPATING FLORIDA FARMERS. 1133 00:29:46,117 --> 00:29:47,819 MORE THAN A DOZEN RESTAURANT 1134 00:29:47,819 --> 00:29:50,955 CHAINS AND RETAILERS HAVE SIGNED 1135 00:29:50,955 --> 00:29:51,556 ON, INCLUDING McDONALDS, 1136 00:29:51,556 --> 00:29:53,491 CHIPOTLE, TRADER JOES, AND 1137 00:29:53,491 --> 00:29:56,928 LAST YEAR WALMART, WHICH SELLS 1138 00:29:56,928 --> 00:29:58,563 20% OF AMERICA'S TOMATOES. 1139 00:29:58,563 --> 00:29:59,731 John: WOW, THOSE ARE SOME 1140 00:29:59,731 --> 00:30:01,900 MASSIVE BRANDS THAT YOU CAN NOW, 1141 00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:05,937 SURPRISINGLY, FEEL KIND OF OKAY 1142 00:30:05,937 --> 00:30:06,538 ABOUT IN THIS ONE VERY NARROW 1143 00:30:06,538 --> 00:30:07,138 WAY. 1144 00:30:07,138 --> 00:30:07,872 IS WALMART A GOOD COMPANY 1145 00:30:07,872 --> 00:30:08,706 OVERALL? 1146 00:30:08,706 --> 00:30:10,642 IT'S NOT UP TO ME TO SAY, BUT 1147 00:30:10,642 --> 00:30:11,142 LET'S SAY: NO. 1148 00:30:11,142 --> 00:30:13,011 IT'S TERRIBLE. 1149 00:30:13,011 --> 00:30:14,245 BUT IS IT A GOOD COMPANY 1150 00:30:14,245 --> 00:30:15,413 REGARDING THE TOMATOES IT SELLS 1151 00:30:15,413 --> 00:30:16,281 FROM FLORIDA SPECIFICALLY? 1152 00:30:16,281 --> 00:30:17,582 SURE. 1153 00:30:17,582 --> 00:30:19,184 ON THAT ONE ISSUE, THEY HAVE MY 1154 00:30:19,184 --> 00:30:21,085 FULL, FLORIDA-TOMATO-SPECIFIC 1155 00:30:21,085 --> 00:30:22,554 SUPPORT. 1156 00:30:22,554 --> 00:30:23,788 WHICH IS FRANKLY MORE THAN I CAN 1157 00:30:23,788 --> 00:30:25,990 SAY FOR WENDYS, KROGER AND 1158 00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:26,891 PUBLIX, WHO-- AMAZINGLY-- HAVE 1159 00:30:26,891 --> 00:30:27,692 YET TO SIGN ON. 1160 00:30:27,692 --> 00:30:33,865 SO FUCK THEM. 1161 00:30:33,865 --> 00:30:34,365 EXACTLY! 1162 00:30:34,365 --> 00:30:34,933 UNDER THE FAIR FOOD PROGRAM, 1163 00:30:34,933 --> 00:30:37,035 SIGNATORIES AGREED TO PURCHASE 1164 00:30:37,035 --> 00:30:38,269 ONLY FROM GROWERS WHO 1165 00:30:38,269 --> 00:30:39,737 IMPLEMENTED A HUMAN 1166 00:30:39,737 --> 00:30:40,572 RIGHTS-BASED CODE OF CONDUCT ON 1167 00:30:40,572 --> 00:30:41,706 THEIR FARMS. 1168 00:30:41,706 --> 00:30:43,208 IT ALSO COVERS A 24/7 COMPLAINT 1169 00:30:43,208 --> 00:30:44,776 LINE FOR WORKERS, AND, PERHAPS 1170 00:30:44,776 --> 00:30:45,410 MOST IMPORTANTLY, AN INDEPENDENT 1171 00:30:45,410 --> 00:30:46,344 REGULATORY BODY THAT CONDUCTS 1172 00:30:46,344 --> 00:30:47,946 AUDITS IN WHICH THEY INTERVIEW 1173 00:30:47,946 --> 00:30:49,681 AT LEAST HALF THE WORKFORCE. 1174 00:30:49,681 --> 00:30:51,382 AND IT'S BEEN A SUCCESS. 1175 00:30:51,382 --> 00:30:53,117 THE VAST MAJORITY OF TOMATO 1176 00:30:53,117 --> 00:30:55,019 HARVESTERS IN FLORIDA HAVE 1177 00:30:55,019 --> 00:30:56,754 JOINED THE PROGRAM, RAISING 1178 00:30:56,754 --> 00:30:57,355 WAGES FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 1179 00:30:57,355 --> 00:30:58,790 WORKERS. 1180 00:30:58,790 --> 00:31:00,525 AND THE PROGRAM'S NOW EXPANDING 1181 00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:01,492 INTO OTHER CROPS AND OTHER 1182 00:31:01,492 --> 00:31:02,327 STATES. 1183 00:31:02,327 --> 00:31:03,728 BUT IT CLEARLY SHOULDN'T JUST BE 1184 00:31:03,728 --> 00:31:04,729 ON FARMWORKERS TO FIGHT FOR A 1185 00:31:04,729 --> 00:31:06,497 DECENT LIFE. 1186 00:31:06,497 --> 00:31:07,732 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT 1187 00:31:07,732 --> 00:31:09,200 THEY'RE AT LEAST PROTECTED BY 1188 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,502 THE SAME LABOR LAWS THE REST OF 1189 00:31:11,502 --> 00:31:12,170 US ENJOY. 1190 00:31:12,170 --> 00:31:13,304 AND MAKE SURE THOSE LAWS ARE 1191 00:31:13,304 --> 00:31:14,672 ENFORCED. 1192 00:31:14,672 --> 00:31:16,307 AND I'D ARGUE WE ALSO NEED TO 1193 00:31:16,307 --> 00:31:18,142 RETOOL THE H-2A PROGRAM AND 1194 00:31:18,142 --> 00:31:19,277 ENSURE ITS PARTICIPANTS-- AND 1195 00:31:19,277 --> 00:31:21,045 IDEALLY ALL FARMWORKERS-- HAVE 1196 00:31:21,045 --> 00:31:22,580 A POTENTIAL PATH TO CITIZENSHIP. 1197 00:31:22,580 --> 00:31:24,315 BECAUSE AFTER WORKING SO HARD TO 1198 00:31:24,315 --> 00:31:25,583 FEED THIS COUNTRY, FRANKLY, THEY 1199 00:31:25,583 --> 00:31:27,418 DESERVE ONE. 1200 00:31:27,418 --> 00:31:29,220 AFTER ALL, YOU MADE ME A CITIZEN 1201 00:31:29,220 --> 00:31:32,090 AND I HAVEN'T FED YOU ONCE. 1202 00:31:32,090 --> 00:31:33,291 I KNOW YOU THINK I HAVE, BUT 1203 00:31:33,291 --> 00:31:34,726 THAT'S JAMIE OLIVER, AND WE'RE 1204 00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:38,162 DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 1205 00:31:38,162 --> 00:31:38,730 [LAUGHTER] 1206 00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:39,664 LOOK, FARM WORKERS PROVIDE THIS 1207 00:31:39,664 --> 00:31:41,099 COUNTRY WITH OUR MOST BASIC 1208 00:31:41,099 --> 00:31:42,267 NECESSITY, AND IN RETURN WE ACT 1209 00:31:42,267 --> 00:31:43,568 LIKE THEY EITHER DON'T MATTER OR 1210 00:31:43,568 --> 00:31:44,936 DON'T EXIST. 1211 00:31:44,936 --> 00:31:46,838 THE MESSAGE WE'VE SENT TO THEM 1212 00:31:46,838 --> 00:31:47,972 HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN: "YOU 1213 00:31:47,972 --> 00:31:49,607 DON'T COUNT." 1214 00:31:49,607 --> 00:31:51,709 AND UNTIL WE FIX OUR BROKEN 1215 00:31:51,709 --> 00:31:54,145 SYSTEM, THE VERY LEAST WE CAN DO 1216 00:31:54,145 --> 00:31:55,313 IS FIX OUR "FARMING SIMULATOR" 1217 00:31:55,313 --> 00:31:56,581 GAMES SO EVERYONE'S FORCED TO 1218 00:31:56,581 --> 00:31:57,815 HAVE A MUCH MORE ACCURATE SENSE 1219 00:31:57,815 --> 00:31:59,284 OF WHAT THE PEOPLE WHO GROW 1220 00:31:59,284 --> 00:31:59,817 THEIR FOOD ARE ACTUALLY UP 1221 00:31:59,817 --> 00:32:01,986 AGAINST. 1222 00:32:01,986 --> 00:32:04,922 ♪ ♪ 1223 00:32:04,922 --> 00:32:09,627 WELCOME TO THE NEW FARMING 1224 00:32:09,627 --> 00:32:10,295 SIMULATOR 2023. 1225 00:32:10,295 --> 00:32:12,430 ALL YOUR FAVORITE FEATURES ARE 1226 00:32:12,430 --> 00:32:14,499 BACK. 1227 00:32:14,499 --> 00:32:16,501 BEAUTIFUL VISTAS, TOUGH WORKING 1228 00:32:16,501 --> 00:32:18,870 TRACTORS, AND OF COURSE, ANIMAL 1229 00:32:18,870 --> 00:32:19,837 HUSBANDRY. 1230 00:32:19,837 --> 00:32:21,939 BUT THIS YEAR, WE ARE ALSO 1231 00:32:21,939 --> 00:32:23,374 EXPANDING TO INCLUDE THE PARTS 1232 00:32:23,374 --> 00:32:24,275 OF FARMING MOST PEOPLE DON'T 1233 00:32:24,275 --> 00:32:27,745 LIKE TO THINK ABOUT. 1234 00:32:27,745 --> 00:32:28,946 HIRED FARM WORKERS. 1235 00:32:28,946 --> 00:32:29,714 WE ARE BRINGING CUTTING-EDGE 1236 00:32:29,714 --> 00:32:32,650 GRAPHICS AND GAME PLAY INTO THE 1237 00:32:32,650 --> 00:32:33,217 MOST IGNORED ASPECT OF 1238 00:32:33,217 --> 00:32:34,252 AGRICULTURE. 1239 00:32:34,252 --> 00:32:37,455 YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN 1240 00:32:37,455 --> 00:32:38,656 HIRING UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS WITH 1241 00:32:38,656 --> 00:32:40,725 NO PROTECTIONS AGAINST ABUSE OR 1242 00:32:40,725 --> 00:32:42,694 THE LEGAL VERSION OF THAT. 1243 00:32:42,694 --> 00:32:44,562 YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE THEIR CLOTHES, 1244 00:32:44,562 --> 00:32:46,597 THEIR HAIR, AND EVEN CHOOSE FROM 1245 00:32:46,597 --> 00:32:48,366 A SURPRISING RANGE OF AGES FROM 1246 00:32:48,366 --> 00:32:51,269 OLDER TO YOUNGER, TOO DEAR GOD 1247 00:32:51,269 --> 00:32:53,805 HOW ON EARTH IS THIS LEGAL? 1248 00:32:53,805 --> 00:32:55,973 WE ALSO HAVE A BRAND-NEW 1249 00:32:55,973 --> 00:32:57,709 ASSORTMENT OF MAPS. 1250 00:32:57,709 --> 00:32:59,711 FROM MIDWESTERN FIELDS, TO VAST 1251 00:32:59,711 --> 00:33:02,113 ASPARAGUS TANKS, TO LITERALLY 1252 00:33:02,113 --> 00:33:04,315 THE MIDDLE OF A RAGING WILDFIRE. 1253 00:33:04,315 --> 00:33:05,883 AND IF YOUR WORKERS NEED A PEP 1254 00:33:05,883 --> 00:33:06,918 TALK, YOU CAN HELP THEM OUT WITH 1255 00:33:06,918 --> 00:33:10,588 OUR NEW MOTIVATIONAL MINIGAME. 1256 00:33:10,588 --> 00:33:14,025 YOU [BLEEP] [BLEEP]! 1257 00:33:14,025 --> 00:33:17,195 IF YOU SAY ONE MORE [BLEEP] 1258 00:33:17,195 --> 00:33:17,762 AGAINST MY SISTER! 1259 00:33:17,762 --> 00:33:21,466 MY DAD OR MY [BLEEP]! 1260 00:33:21,466 --> 00:33:22,400 NOW GET BACK TO WORK! 1261 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,702 YOUR ODDS OF GETTING CAUGHT 1262 00:33:24,702 --> 00:33:26,104 ARE PRACTICALLY ZERO! 1263 00:33:26,104 --> 00:33:28,306 OH, SHIT. 1264 00:33:28,306 --> 00:33:33,644 YOU CAN USE OUR NEW HOUSING TOOL 1265 00:33:33,644 --> 00:33:34,445 TO DESIGN NEW COMPLIANT HOUSING 1266 00:33:34,445 --> 00:33:35,279 FOR YOUR RECORDS. 1267 00:33:35,279 --> 00:33:37,348 THE LESS YOU SPEND, THE MORE YOU 1268 00:33:37,348 --> 00:33:37,548 SAVE! 1269 00:33:37,548 --> 00:33:39,851 AND ALL OF THIS IS TO PUT FOOD 1270 00:33:39,851 --> 00:33:42,587 ON THE TABLE OF PEOPLE WHO WILL 1271 00:33:42,587 --> 00:33:43,187 NEVER ONCE THINK ABOUT HOW IT 1272 00:33:43,187 --> 00:33:45,656 GOT THERE. 1273 00:33:45,656 --> 00:33:46,858 JUST REMEMBER, THE REAL SECRET 1274 00:33:46,858 --> 00:33:49,160 TO MASTERING FARMING IS BEING 1275 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,262 THE MASTER OF OTHER PEOPLE. 1276 00:33:51,262 --> 00:33:54,132 WAIT, NOT THAT. 1277 00:33:54,132 --> 00:33:57,835 I GUESS KIND OF THAT. 1278 00:33:57,835 --> 00:34:00,872 FARMING SIMULATOR 2023. 1279 00:34:00,872 --> 00:34:02,373 RAY DID NOT FOR ANYONE. 1280 00:34:02,373 --> 00:34:03,341 John: THAT'S OUR SHOW! 1281 00:34:03,341 --> 00:34:03,975 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 1282 00:34:03,975 --> 00:34:04,275 GOOD NIGHT! 1283 00:34:04,275 --> 00:34:04,976 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1284 00:34:04,976 --> 00:34:06,043 ♪ ♪