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Photos: Migrant workers in Minn. struggle with hunger

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Bertha Trevino
Bertha Trevino, 41, of San Benito, TX arrived in Montgomery, Minn. in May with her husband and two children to join a community of migrant workers looking for summer employment at Seneca Foods Corporation. The family has been making the 28-hour drive to Montgomery for the past eight years, and both parents will be working 12-hour days, often 7 days a week. For the past two years they have rented the upper level of a house in downtown Montgomery.
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Closing the food shelf
Workers close the Salvation Army Food Shelf for the day in Montgomery, Minn. on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. In 2010, migrant workers accounted for about one-fourth of the food shelf use.
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Bertha Trevino
Bertha Trevino, 41, of San Benito, TX arrived in Montgomery, Minn. in May with her husband and two children to join a community of migrant workers looking for summer employment at Seneca Foods Corporation. The family has been making the 28-hour drive to Montgomery for the past eight years, and both parents will be working 12-hour days, often 7 days a week. For the past two years they have rented the upper level of a house in downtown Montgomery.
MPR Photo/Caroline Yang
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Juan Calvillo
Juan Calvillo, of Mission, Texas, is a migrant worker in Montgomery, Minn. for the summer with his wife and four children. He and his wife work at Seneca Foods, while their children are enrolled in the local Head Start program. The family currently lives in the Monty Hotel, which is situated above a bar in downtown Montgomery. They have two rooms, one of which is used for sleeping, and the other is used for cooking and eating. No private bathroom is included.
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