<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p>:00-</p>\n<p>Ana María Mejía</p>\n<p>Immokalee, Florida</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p>\n<p>ESTE JUEVES EN FLORIDA ESTÁN PREVISTOS VARIOS ACTOS PARA PROTESTAR POR LAS LEYES ANTIINMIGRANTES FIRMADAS POR EL GOBERNADOR RON DESANTIS.</p>\n<p>EN LA LOCALIDAD DE IMMOKALEE LOS MIEMBROS DE LA COMUNIDAD REALIZARÁN UNA MANIFESTACIÓN PACÍFICA PARA SOLIDARIZARSE CON LOS AFECTADOS CON LAS NUEVAS NORMAS.</p>\n<p>ANA MARÍA MEJÍA SE ENCUENTRA EN IMMOKALEE CON MÁS DETALLES DE LA JORNADA.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS</b>--</p>\n<p>Ana María Mejía, Immokalee, Florida: Se lleva a cabo la jornada de un día sin inmigrantes que lo que busca, según las organizaciones que ayudan a este segmento de la población, es precisamente que en Estados Unidos se den cuenta de la importancia del inmigrante para la economía en localidades como la de Homestead, de una ciudad que queda en el sur de la Florida más o menos unos 30 negocios han dicho que no van a abrir en el día de hoy, pero muchos de los trabajadores del campo han dicho que tampoco van a ir a laborar en su día. Lo que les dicen las organizaciones es que si por alguna razón tienen que hacerlo, pues que vayan, pero que no consuman absolutamente nada en los supermercados y en las tiendas para que realmente se note la diferencia de un día sin inmigrantes. Esta es la convocatoria aquí en la localidad de Immokalee. Esto queda mucho más cerca hacia la costa oeste que hacia la costa este de la península de la Florida. También una zona muy agrícola donde hemos tenido la posibilidad de llegar en diversas oportunidades para hablar precisamente con estos trabajadores del campo. Qué hace las 16:00 de la tarde estarán reunidos aquí en este punto ya está organizada la tarima y simplemente los estamos esperando porque dicen van a estar unidos para lo que será esta jornada del día sin inmigrantes que ellos consideran va a ser muy importante, porque ahí es donde realmente se va a dar cuenta el país de la importancia de esta comunidad y de la importancia de ellos para la economía. Soy Ana María Mejía desde Immokalee, en Florida. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--KEYWORD TAGS--</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--MUSIC INFO---</b></p>\n<p></p>

ESTABLISHING SHOT of a commercial tomato field filled with young plants. PAN RIGHT to a view of several hundred wooden stakes set in rows. MCS of a worker tying each tomato plant to a stake with string. His repetitive movements are quick and methodical. TRAVELLING SHOT in a trailer park in Immokalee, Florida. Mobile homes, small houses, palm trees, and a chapel are visible.

AN UPDATE ON THE FARM WORKERS' HUNGER STRIKE REGARDING LOW WAGES; THE FARM WORKERS ARE MEETING WITH OFFICIALS FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TODAY.

This footage was filmed and produced 1 June 2023. This footage shows people with posters standing alongside the street in Immokalee to protest against Florida's Anti-Immigrant law, USA

06/30/69 C0017278 / COLOR IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA: MIGRANT WORKERS: UNCUT "MIGRANT WORKERS" SHOWS: SEV INT OF A DILAPIDATED SHACK, WALLPAPER COMING OFF THE WALL, ALSO SHOTS OF A BLACK KID JUMPING IN A BED AND MORE SHOTS OF THE INT OF THE SHACK: EXT SHOT OF THE SHACK: MORE INT OF THE SHACK AND A LADY CLEANING: SIGN ON THE HIGHWAY "IMMOKALEE": AERIAL SHOTS OF THE IMMOKALEE AREA: (SHOT RECENTLY 100FT) FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE POVERTY - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE HOUSING - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE CHILDREN (SS) POOR MIGRANT LABOR XX / 100 FT / 16 COL / POS / D23298

Sequence showing commercial tomato picking in Immokalee, Florida. MS of workers picking tomatoes and placing them in plastic baskets. HAMS of workers tossing tomato-filled baskets to a man standing on a truck bed. He catches the baskets and empties them into large plastic bins. MCS of tomato pickers filling their baskets and tossing them to the man in the truck. Most of the workers are South American. ESTABLISHING SHOT of the tomato field with three parked trucks. Various shots of tomato picking. The trucks leave the field as the sky begins to cloud over.

TWO MORE HUNGER STRIKERS IN IMMOKALEE HAVE DROPPED OUT OF THEIR STRIKE FOR BETTER WAGES FOR TOMATO PICKERS.

03/11/69 C0004120 / COLOR - A0055655 IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA SENATORS LOOK INTO HUNGER POCKETS IN FLORIDA. NX41496 "HUNGER PROBE" SHOWS: TRAVEL PAST SHACKS IN SLUM AREA. FIVE SHOTS, PEOPLE STANDING ON PORCHES: TWO SHOTS INTERIOR OF SHACK: MCGOVERN AND OTHERS OUT OF SHACK, & SHOTS: PAN SHACK TO JAVITS, TWO SHOTS: TRAVEL POVERTY AREA: (SHOT 3/10/69 72FT) NOTE CUTS INCLUDE GARBAGE OUTHOUSE: FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE POVERTY - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE MIGRANT LABOR POVERTY (SS) SLUMS JAVITS, JACOB MCGOVERN, GEORGE XX / 72 FT / 16 DUPE / NEG 72 FT / 16 POS / COLOR 350 FT / 16 POS / COLOR / CUTS

This footage was filmed and produced 1 June 2023. This footage shows how fast the crowd is growing in Immokalee for the march against DeSantis' anti-immigrant law

This footage was filmed and produced 02 June 2023. This footage shows program underway at Day Without Immigrants march in Immokalee, Florida on the 2nd of June. Dozens of businesses are closed here today in solidarity


 --SUPERS--
:40-:48
Laura Germino
Coalition of Immokalee Workers

1:05-1:09
Laura Germino
Coalition of Immokalee Workers

1:49-1:53
Laura Germino
Coalition of Immokalee Workers

2:32-2:35
Laura Germino
Coalition of Immokalee Workers

3:32-3:43
Laura Safer Espinoza
Fair Food Standards Council

4:19-4:26
Carlos Hernandez
Migrant Farmworker

 --LEAD IN--
ONE ORGANIZATION IS CHANGING THE LIVES OF MIGRANT WORKERS IN THE U-S BY PROTECTING THEM FROM FORCED LABOR.
ACTIVISTS AND FARM WORKERS IN FLORIDA TEAMED UP TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST MODERN DAY SLAVERY.
HERE"S AMARA WALKER WITH A C-N-N FREEDOM PROJECT REPORT.


 --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--
IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA - HOT, HUMID, AND HOME TO THOUSANDS OF MIGRANT WORKERS WHO BOARD BUSES EARLY EVERY MORNING, BOUND FOR TOMATO FARMS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

IMMOKALEE IS THE EPICENTER OF TOMATO PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES. 
FLORIDA PRODUCES 90-PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY"S WINTER TOMATOES.

IT ALSO USED TO BE GROUND-ZERO FOR MODERN SLAVERY IN AGRICULTURE.

Laura Germino, Coalition of Immokalee Workers: "We found out that workers were being held by armed guards, prevented from leaving, pistol whipped, some sexually assaulted."

LAURA GERMINO IS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS - OR CIW - A GRASSROOTS NON-PROFIT THAT BEGAN IN 1993 TO IMPROVE WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF MIGRANT FARMWORKERS.

Laura Germino, Coalition of Immokalee Workers: "Initially it was not an anti-slavery organization or anti-human trafficking organization. Back in the early "90"s, that wasn"t even a phrase that was being used or a concept at the time. But in the course of our outreach, in the course of our work, we began to come across situations where workers were being held against their will."

SINCE THEN, THE CIW"S ANTI-SLAVERY PROGRAM HAS UNCOVERED, AND HELPED THE U.S. GOVERNMENT PROSECUTE, SEVERAL HORRIFIC CASES OF FORCED LABOR ON TOMATO FARMS.

IN ONE OF THOSE CASES, JUST 10 YEARS AGO, FARMWORKERS WERE LOCKED INSIDE A TRUCK AT NIGHT.

Laura Germino, Coalition of Immokalee Workers: "It was a dozen workers about, housed in a windowless box truck and forced to be in there at night, sleep in there at night, and use the bathroom in there at night, one of them held out his hands and you could see the marks from the chains which his wrists had been chained with."

THAT CASE WAS SO SHOCKING, CIW DECIDED TO BUY A BOX TRUCK THAT WAS THE EXACT MAKE AND MODEL AS THE ONE USED IN THE CASE - AND TURN IT INTO A MOBILE MUSEUM, HIGHLIGHTING OTHER CASES OF FORCED LABOR FROM THE PAST 20 YEARS.

TODAY, THE CIW HAS A STAFF OF 17 PEOPLE, NEARLY ALL OF THEM FORMER MIGRANT FARMWORKERS THEMSELVES.
AND THEIR FOCUS IS NO LONGER UNCOVERING CASES OF SLAVERY. IT"S PREVENTING IT FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. 

Laura Germino, Coalition of Immokalee Workers: "Forced labor has been virtually eradicated and if it were to take root it would be identified and dealt with really quickly."

THEY DO THAT THROUGH AN INNOVATIVE INITIATIVE CALLED THE FAIR FOOD PROGRAM. 

PARTICIPATING GROWERS ALLOW CIW STAFF TO COME ONTO THEIR FARMS AND HOLD MANDATORY EDUCATION SESSIONS FOR ALL WORKERS. THEY"RE GIVEN BOOKLETS THAT OUTLINE THEIR RIGHTS AND A HOTLINE TO CALL IF THEY EXPERIENCE VIOLATIONS.

THE GROWERS ALSO AGREE TO REGULAR 3RD PARTY INSPECTIONS OF THEIR FARMS. A TEAM OF AUDITORS SPEAKS CONFIDENTIALLY WITH AT LEAST 50-PERCENT OF WORKERS TO ENSURE THEIR RIGHTS ARE BEING RESPECTED.

LAURA SAFER ESPINOZA IS A FORMER SUPREME COURT JUSTICE FOR THE STATE OF NEW YORK. SHE NOW SPENDS HER RETIREMENT IN FLORIDA, RUNNING THE FAIR FOOD STANDARDS COUNCIL, WHICH OVERSEES THE AUDITS.

Laura Safer Espinoza, Fair Food Standards Council: "Places that were called ground zero for modern day slavery by federal prosecutors a few years ago are now cited by national and international human rights experts as the best work environment in US agriculture."

AND THERE ARE REAL MARKET CONSEQUENCES AT THE TOP OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN IF VIOLATIONS ARE FOUND.

THAT"S BECAUSE MANY OF THE LARGEST BUYERS OF TOMATOES HAVE ALSO JOINED THE PROGRAM, AGREEING TO PURCHASE TOMATOES ONLY FROM FARMS THAT ARE PART OF THE AGREEMENT. 

THE FAIR FOOD PROGRAM STARTED IN FLORIDA, AND NOW COVERS SEVEN STATES IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE U.S.

CARLOS HERNANDEZ SPENDS THE TOMATO GROWING SEASON IN FLORIDA.
IN THE OFF-SEASON, HE TRAVELS TO THE WESTERN U.S. - WHERE HE SAYS IT"S MUCH DIFFERENT.

Carlos Hernandez: "Sometimes you want to be able to stop for a few minutes to catch your breath, but the supervisors are always at your throat, threatening to fire you if you stop only to take a short break. Well, that doesn"t happen here. There"s different protections and you work more comfortably in this environment"

Laura Safer Espinoza, Fair Food Standards Council: "The most frustrating moments are when we get calls on our hotline when workers go to other crops in other states. Because when we get calls from outside the Fair Food Program, it is heartbreaking."

THERE ARE ROUGHLY 30-THOUSAND PEOPLE CURRENTLY WORKING ON FAIR FOOD PROGRAM FARMS, AND RECEIVING ALL THE PROTECTIONS AND BENEFITS OUTLINED IN THE AGREEMENT.

BUT THERE"S STILL A LONG WAY TO GO TO BRINGING THE REST OF THE COUNTRY ON BOARD.

AMARA WALKER, CNN
 -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----

 --KEYWORD TAGS--
CNN FREEDOM PROJECT FLORIDA FORCED LABOR FARMS AGRICULTURE



AIRPLANES AT IMMOKALEE AIRPORT ARE TOSSED AROUND BY HIGH WINDS.

00/00/69 C0017548 / COLOR FLORIDA: ALBERT LEE INTERVIEW ON MIGRANT WORKERS: CUTS "LEE - MIGRANT WORKERS" SHOWS: SHOT OF A BLACK MAN BEING INTERVIEWED, MR ALBERT LEE, INVESTIGATOR FOR MIGRANT LEGAL SERVICES, TALKS ABOUT THE SITUATION IN IMMOKALEE, SOME GET WELFARE CHECKS, HE SAYS WE GET 18 TO 20 THOUSAND IN THE PEAK OF THE SEASON: (SHOT 1969 120FT) MIGRANT LABOR FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE SOCIAL WORK - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE POVERTY - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE LEE, ALBERT - SOF XX / 120 FT / 16 COL / POS / CUTS /

00:00:00:00 - RAW (0:00) /

A SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TEACHER IS ARRESTED AFTER GIVING BIRTH TO A BABY FATHERED BY A 14 YEAR OLD STUDENT. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE WOMAN GOT PREGNANT BY THE TEEN WHILE WORKING AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN GAINESVILLE.

04/28/71 A0063140 - C0017728 FLORIDA: FLORIDA MIGRANT WORKERS WIN PAY GUARANTEE. NXC 44472 "FARM WORKERS SHOWS: "IMMOKALEE CITY LIMITS" SIGN: PULL BACK, WATERMELON SIGN TO PICKETS: PICKETS AND SIGNS: PULL BACK WATERMELONS: SEV SHOTS WATERMELONS ON CONVEYOR BELT AND INTO TRUCK: 3 SHOTS PICKETS ON SIGNS: (SHOT 04/27/71 52FT) AGRICULTURE - WATERMELONS MIGRANT - LABOR FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE POVERTY - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE STRIKES - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE (THREATENED) FLAGS - FARM WORKERS (W / US) JONES / 52 FT / 16 DUPE / NEG / D33916 52 FT / 16 POS / COLOR / 200 FT / 16 POS / COLOR / CUTS /

This footage was filmed and produced 02 June 2023. This footage shows endless march in Immokalee against Florida's anti-immigrant law. Over 6,000 people showed up to this march in Immokalee

<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p>:00-</p>\n<p>Ana María Mejía</p>\n<p>Immokalee, Florida</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p>\n<p>RESIDENTES EN LA FLORIDA PARTICIPARON ESTE JUEVES EN LA PROTESTA "UN DÍA SIN INMIGRANTES"… </p>\n<p>ESTÁN EN CONTRA DE UNA LEGISLACIÓN QUE EL GOBERNADOR RON DESANTIS CALIFICA COMO "LA MÁS AMBICIOSA DEL PAÍS CONTRA LA INMIGRACIÓN".</p>\n<p>LAS PERSONAS SALIERON A LAS CALLES CON BANDERAS Y PANCARTAS QUE DECÍAN "ESTAMOS JUNTOS".</p>\n<p>VAMOS CON MI COMPAÑERA ANA MARÍA MEJÍA CON LOS DETALLES DE ESTA JORNADA. </p>\n<p><b>--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS</b>--</p>\n<p>Ana María Mejía, Immokalee, Florida: "Aquí en la ciudad de Immokalee, se reunieron los integrantes para decir somos importantes. Somos una fuerza laboral muy importante en Estados Unidos y por eso hemos dedicado el día de hoy unos a no trabajar, otros a no ir a los supermercados, a no comprar, a no mover esa economía para demostrarle al país lo importantes que son. Dicen las emisoras locales que cerca de 3000 personas llegaron hasta este punto aquí en Cali, una ciudad que queda más hacia la costa oeste que hacia la costa este. Dónde queda Miami y a donde han llegado miles de trabajadores durante todo el día, pero especialmente hacia las 16:00 de la tarde para reunirse aquí. Actividades de todo tipo, las banderas de cada uno de sus países. Vimos banderas de México, Honduras, Nicaragua, Haití, en fin, todos los países aquí representados en sus trabajadores, en su gente y sus familias, que son precisamente los que han llegado hasta ese punto. Tuvimos la posibilidad también de estar en Ponce, una ciudad que queda en el sur de la Florida, que también es muy agrícola y a donde llegan muchos trabajadores inmigrantes. Ellos dijeron Cerca de 30 restaurantes y bares decidieron unirse a esta jornada y decidieron también, pues cerrar sus puertas para decirles estamos con ustedes, nos solidarizamos con todos ustedes. De esos 30 negocios aproximadamente, muchos de ellos estuvieron en una vigilia en el día de ayer. Otros llegaron hasta aquí hasta Immokalee para marchar. Dieron unas vueltas aquí en unas de las cuadras cercanas hasta este punto y regresaron. Y a pesar de la lluvia, aquí continúan. Porque ni esta lluvia ni el sol inclemente que a diario tienen que enfrentar los ha frenado para hacer grande a Estados Unidos. Soy Ana María Mejía desde Immokalee, Florida. </p>\n<p><b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--KEYWORD TAGS--</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--MUSIC INFO---</b></p>\n<p></p>

A MANHUNT IS UNDERWAY IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES FOR FOUR OF SEVEN INMATES WHO ESCAPED FROM A PRISON THIS MORNING. THREE OF THE ESCAPEES HAVE BEEN CAPTURED. SEVERAL MURDERERS WERE AMONG THE ESCAPEES FROM THE HENDRY COUNTY CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.ALL PRISONERS WERE BEING HELD UNDER MAXIMUM SECURITY. OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE INMATES SCALED A FENCE AND FLED ON FOOT AFTER OVERPOWERING A PRISON GUARD. ALL ARE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.

00/00/69 C0017547 / COLOR FLORIDA: STAN RIZLEY ON THE MIGRANT WORKERS: UNCUT "MIGRANT WORKERS" SHOWS: SHOT OF A MAN SPEAKING, HE IS THE EDITOR OF THE IMMOKALEE BULLETIN NEWSPAPER, SAYS HE'S BEEN ABLE TO OBSERVE THE MIGRANT PEOPLE THAT COME IN TO HIS COMMUNITY HE ALSO TALKS ABOUT SOME HOUSES THAT WERE BUILD SOME YEARS AGO AND SEN MCGOVERN SAW THOSE HOUSES AND HE SAYS THEY ARE DEPLORABE AND THE MIGRANT PEOPLE ARE THE ONES WHO MADE THEM DEPLOREABLE: HE ALSO GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT THIER RELIEF AND FOOD STAMPS AND TALKS MORE ABOUT THE MIGRANT WORKERS: (SHOT RECENTLY 300FT) FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE POVERTY - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE SOCIAL WORK - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE MIGRANT LABOR RIZLEY, STAN - SOF XX / 300 FT / 16 COL / POS /

This footage was filmed and produced 02 June 2023. This footage shows thousands of people marching in Immokalee against Florida's anti-immigrant law on the 2nd of June. Thousands more attended rallies across Florida. More events are being planned for the next few weeks

IT'S ONE OF THOSE CALLS PARENTS FEAR MOST... YOUR CHILD IS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL SICK FROM USING DRUGS.THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED INA SW FLORIDA COMMUNITY TODAY... SEVEN MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS BEGIN HALLUCINATING AFTER SAMPLING A "MUSHROOM SOUP."THE KIDS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.TWO ARE IN SERIOUS CONDITION, TWO OTHERS IN FAIR... ONE IN SATISFACTORY AND TWO OTHERS WERE TREATED AND RELEASED.SOUP FOUND IN ALCOHOL ON CAMPUS... POLICE ALSO CONFISCATED MARIJUANA FROM ONE OF THE KIDS.NO ONE KNOWS TOO MUCH ABOUT WHAT THE SUBSTANCE CONTAINED... OR HOW POTENT THE MIXTURE ACTUALLY IS.THE KIDS ARE BETWEEN 13 AND FIFTEEN YEARS OLD... A LITTLE OLDER THAN YOUR AVERAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLER.THEY STARTED FLIPPING OUT AT SCHOOL EARLY THIS MORNING AND POLICE BELIEVE THEY TOOK THE MIXTURE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED.