Many farm workers come from indigenous communities in southern Mexico and don’t speak English or Spanish as their first language, so they don’t have adequate information on the pandemic in a language they can understand, said Bruce Goldstein, president of Farmworker Justice, a national advocacy group.
They typically don’t have easy access to coronavirus tests, and many are undocumented so they are concerned about reporting illnesses, he said.
“They’re marginalized in Mexico. They’re similarly marginalized here,” Goldstein said. “People like that are incredibly vulnerable to Covid-19.”
--With assistance from Megan Durisin.
This article was provided by Bloomberg News.