FRONTLINE Documentary Reveals 'Rape in the Fields' Hispanically Speaking News
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FRONTLINE | Preview "Rape in the Fields" (PBS)

FRONTLINE partners with Univision News for Rape in the Fields/Violación de un Sueño, to uncover the hidden price that many migrant women working in America’s fields and packing plants, especially those who are undocumented, are paying to keep their jobs and provide for their families.

While debate rages on Capitol Hill over the legal and economic impact of immigration reforms, this FRONTLINE documentary focuses on the human side of the issue: how female farm workers fall prey to their field bosses and co-workers — and dare not denounce their attackers. Otherwise, they run the very real risk that they’ll lose their jobs or be deported.

“The abuse of undocumented women isn’t on anybody’s radar,” says correspondent Lowell Bergman, “and it should be.”

... The investigation will air as Rape in the Fields on FRONTLINE on Tuesday, June 25, at 10 P.M. (check local PBS listings), and on the Univision Network as Violación de un Sueño on Saturday, June 29, at 7 P.M.

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