In 1962, he became a licensed labor contractor.

These workers are generally brought north by labor contractors and are thus unlikely to wind up here unless they have been assured of work.

These often use labor contractors, who may also turn to subcontractors to fill their crews.

One practice that allows many growers to get around the laws is the increasing use of labor contractors.

Did the labor contractors take children so young as these?

"Every other industry seems to have the ability to use labor contractors, but the Department of Labor doesn't think we should," he said.

The new rules will make it easier for farm workers to hold growers responsible when the labor contractors cheat them.

James starts managing his foreign worker friends, and soon he becomes a cheap labor contractor himself, just like Shimi.

Then about five years ago they stopped knocking, and he turned to a labor contractor to muster harvest crews.

"Give the name a the fella- says so and so, labor contractor?"