Red pepper harvest. Mexican worker at end of work day waiting for a rise home in fields of 100 degrees and higher. An average of 850,000 farm workers leased by contractors fill the California seaso
(...) nal work force with the majority being Mexican-born. An estimated 40% are undocumented. Due to recent ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) deportations, contractors have been unable to fill quotas as many migrants remain in hiding. Hanford, Fresno County, California, USA. August 2025. © Larry Towell / Magnum Photos
