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November 26, 2025

US Congress Should Protect Child Workers Harvesting Crops

As families across the United States prepare to gather for Thanksgiving this Thursday, too many children face danger cultivating and harvesting the foods that will end up on our tables.

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    Toto Arara

    Every year, the invaders clear more land for cattle. Then they burn it.

     

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    Givanildo dos Santos Lima

    Today, the biggest driver of deforestation in the Amazon region is cattle ranching.

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    February 2025

    Cachoeira Seca Indigenous Territory, Brazil

     

    Powdem Arara

    I don't know why the government doesn't remove the invaders from our land.

     

    Pyjaka Arara

    We, the Arara people, are very afraid of ranchers.

     

    Maria Márcia de Melo

    The landgrabbers made me lose 17 years of work in a matter of minutes. Look! It's all dead.

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    November 2024

    PDS Terra Nossa, Brazil

     

    Maria dos Reis

    We can't say anything, or the land grabbers threaten us.

     

    Cleve Gonçalves da Silva

    And it's very dangerous here in Terra Nossa. They've already killed many people in this settlement.

     

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