EditorialA mango tree at the University of Florida's tropical research and education center in Homestead, Fla., July 6, 2023. (James Jackman/The New York Times)
EditorialDay laborers, including some migrant children, gather on a school day to find roofing, landscaping or other work, in Homestead, Fla. on Aug. 20, 2022. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times)
EditorialDay laborers, including some migrant children, gather on a school day to find roofing, landscaping or other work, in Homestead, Fla. on Aug. 20, 2022. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times)
EditorialAntonio Diaz Mendez, who was already deep in debt and largely on his own when he arrived in the U.S. from Guatemala at age 14, in Homestead, Fla., April 13, 2023. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times)
EditorialAntonio Diaz Mendez, who was already deep in debt and largely on his own when he arrived in the U.S. from Guatemala at age 14, in Homestead, Fla., April 13, 2023. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times)
EditorialAntonio Diaz Mendez, who was already deep in debt and largely on his own when he arrived in the U.S. from Guatemala at age 14, in Homestead, Fla., April 13, 2023. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times)
EditorialAntonio Diaz Mendez, who was already deep in debt and largely on his own when he arrived in the U.S. from Guatemala at age 14, in Homestead, Fla., April 13, 2023. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times)
EditorialAntonio Diaz Mendez, who was already deep in debt and largely on his own when he arrived in the U.S. from Guatemala at age 14, in Homestead, Fla., April 13, 2023. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times)