Alaska: The US state trying to attract more migrants - BBC World Service Documentaries

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[@theotheleo6830]

The boss speaks as if his employees are making bank. He said if they work 16 hrs per day, for 7 days a week, their 2-week paycheck could be between $3.5k to $4k. That works out to be a little over $16/hr, and that includes overtime. These people said they had worked 23 hrs straight, and the woman at the end said she had her first day off after 3 months. No wonder no Americans want that job, it's considered slave wages.

[@chrisohina5994]

Correct

[@AtomicB-zq2cw]

Yes, and still ten times more pay per hour than they would get south of the border. The Dems want the Congressional seats, the biz owners want the cheap pay and the migrants want to get out of their shithole, failed state, country.

[@girlfromsouth214]

You did not factor in taxes. Nor did you take into consideration that they do not have to pay for food or housing.

[@theotheleo6830]

@@girlfromsouth214 Tell me why I would have to factor in taxes to compare hourly wages. Also, yes, free housing and food are a benefit, but if they had to pay for rent and food, they could not afford to work there. They are seasonal migrants who go back to their home countries at the end of the fishing season.

[@jackflash9735]

They are used to working those hours I have worked with many Latins and they are extremely hard workers! If they are making 4k every 2 weeks that comes out to 8k a month multiply that by 5 months is 40k!! Do you have any idea how much these people can do in their home country with 40k?

[@SteveninTune]

Rich fisherman pays as little as possible to his workers he is so grateful for.

[@nidhavellir]

So you had access to his income tax return and the company payroll? Drop the victim mentality.

[@SteveninTune]

@nidhavellir yes I do so thx . A victim man 11b infantry

[@danpress7745]

​@@SteveninTune You have access to his Income tax, hmmmm and, what was your MOS?

[@SteveninTune]

@danpress7745 11b 3yrs /67n 4 years. Why . No valor to steal. Highly un decorated and don't give a F

[@danpress7745]

@SteveninTune I was never a soldier, just thought it below honor to include in a comment.

[@EnronnSierra]

I work a white collar, 40 hr per week job and I can barely survive on 25 an hr. How these people do it is amazing. 23 hr work days is bordering on slavery though.

[@emeliealegonero4043]

Thats not true, no human being can work even 16 hrs a day 7 days a week straight 😮

[@HikerBikerMoter]

Because they do it only half the year. Because of the currency exchange rate and low cost of living those "slave wages" are the equivalent of a senior corporate executive in the philippines. If you dont believe me try living in my country for a few months with your lowly monthly salary. Youll see what i mean 😊

[@jeretso]

The filipina lady bought farms, house and apartments. She probably sent people to college. I go home after work play video games and watch TV. Save and Retire with me to Philippines. Most speak English.

[@MbisonBalrog]

They are sending this country wealth outside our borders. They are not good for economy.

[@aidoka2000]

the money come tax free, since they are not residents, pretty good money. and yeas, Philipinos can work 23 a day. I worked this job for one summer in Alaska with those folks.

[@timothynechville8326]

Ya his business wouldn't be worth what it is because he would have to pay slightly higher wages. I have applied to these places and been turned down. They want to treat people like animals, and are afraid of giving Americans a chance.

[@MbisonBalrog]

What should happ is all fishermen do own work minimal staff. This way no monopoly or oligopoly can eat up all demand. There is room for more individual fishermen.

[@janetwilson3760]

Because the owner says "The average American worker couldn't handle it."

[@MbisonBalrog]

@ cuz don’t get welfare

[@chrisohina5994]

Filipinoes are hard working and has a good heart

[@JdMac-x4o]

Slave work. The minimum wage in Australia is $24.10 per hour and you would not be required to work beyond 8 hours a day 5 days a week OR 12 hours a day 4 days a week. This is considered to be the poverty line in Australia. Anything less than $50,000 per year and you will struggle to pay living expenses.

[@enough1494]

All is relative. 4 - 6 months work at $3500 per month, times 20 pesos per dollar. With 8-6 months off per year…..sounds good for many!

[@freespeechfordemocracy2152]

I worked in oil and gas in Australia for 20 years at 12 hours a day 7 days a week....6 weeks on 2 weeks off.

[@enough1494]

@@freespeechfordemocracy2152 my husband was a directional driller gone months at a time. Travelled all over with him. Long days, weeks, months! We did have a very financially secure life. Even today, he died in 1998, I am reaping the benefits! Takes bill goals and courage to work as you gave!

[@boris8301]

Australia is also more expensive unless you move to the abo areas

[@ochervelvet9687]

I’m grateful to all the hard-working immigrants who come here and harvest our food, work in slaughterhouses, work in restaurants, work in the construction business, clean our homes, and contribute to so many other fields. They help keep our economy running.

[@user-l4y7r04wy6iv]

What about the flash mobs shoplifting and smashing and grabbing in NYC?

[@MbisonBalrog]

What about the drug dealers ? Or the murdering or the ones that use up welfare?

[@MbisonBalrog]

What about the drug dealers, murderers, welfare leaches.

[@1EQUALS-INFINITY]

@@MbisonBalrog Fix it if is broken. No welfare. I love good workers but the bad ones, one way ticket. They are not the same.

[@PepperJane-v1h]

They wont last long now. Trump just got re elected. He said Mass Deportation for Immigrants, migrants. His team is already preparing. Trump 2024. No Illegals No immigrants taking americans jobs they dont want unless your name is Elon Musk is a good con man for an immigrant. He can stay. Mass Deportation for the rest and Pro Israel. Netanyahu has won also. Trumps New Merica. If you are not white, you have no right. Unless Your name Is Clarence Thomas and the other weird black man that keeps talking but we cant understand what hes saying,. What a strange group of grotesque men, But we get what we vote for.

[@davidthadani5152]

"If i have money, i don't waste it, I spend it wisely" great words from the Filipino lady.

[@mandyellis876]

The very first thing I was ever told when I went to Alaska was ‘the odds are good but the goods are odd!’. It’s one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been in my life.

[@EstrellaMagnet]

“The average American worker couldn’t handle this work” He ain’t wrong …………

[@omuani]

America is changing. Poverty is rising. People will do anything

[@Pedro-s3f2s]

​@@omuaniAmericans prefer to be homeless before working so hard.

[@lanxy2398]

@@omuanino they won’t. Americans are very comfortable not working and getting gov benefits

[@melgonzales6509]

Philippines 🇵🇭 Filipino watching right now.Kumusta kabayan.. ,great great country ALASKA…MABUHAY PHILIPPINES 🇵🇭..someday I wish go to alaska hope and I pray

[@odynith9356]

Alaska isn’t a country it’s a state part of the United States

[@Punkhazard1292]

Greetings my friend from ALASKA CONDENSADA! 😂😂😂

[@robisverybad75]

Mexicans might be the hardest working people in the world. They never complain, take as many hours as possible and send over half of the money home to Mexico. Mexicans are amazing people, great families.

[@johnandjuliegrant3661]

I agree. I work in construction industry in N. Texas. I see them working so hard digging ditches or doing roofing in 100+ Fahrenheit all day long. Amazing work ethic. I wonder where this work ethic comes from specifically in their history and culture?

[@omuani]

Their children won't do these jobs

[@boris8301]

So hard working that they don’t finish the paperwork to legally work in US

[@kenlandgren4701]

I worked in a restaurant in Texas while going to college. The Mexicans I worked with were the hardest working folks I ever knew.

[@aidoka2000]

miss those sweet days, spent whole one summer working this job at a cannery. Philipinos and Mexicans are the most hard working people I have ever met , and so much fun working with them. Always happy and cheerful.

[@srji489]

They should work hard to improve their own countries

[@Mauser1965]

@@srji489 Last time you visited their country was when?

[@srji489]

@@Mauser1965 why would I go to a sh1thole😂

[@trawrtster6097]

I think it’s that the hardworking people are coming. People can only do so much to change their country

[@briccbaby60nhc]

he said the average american couldn't hack it, no the average American can't work 23 hour days and make 16 an hour and still servive

[@eldiesel4593]

If you can't survive on $488 per day you're doing something wrong.

[@stephaniespc]

I would legit die 😅😅 😭

[@alileevil]

27,000 USD for cutting fish for 5 months is more than what most software engineers in India earn in 3 years.

[@MbisonBalrog]

But why should we share the wealth?

[@steelbiceps]

Stay in Indian it's a request

[@scenery2024]

Four months and three days (1st of may til 3rd of September)

[@TienyeeTien]

This is why u Indians all rush to Canada? 🇨🇦

[@freespiritable]

But you living expenses are higher in Alaska than India. The system is made to keep you poor no matter where you are

[@mren5750]

Im worried about exploitation. If the boss decides not to pay them or they get maimed how do they get help? Its insane.

[@vcwloves9864]

This is a regulated industry. They are seasonal workers and are here legally. The owners are required to pay them like any other employer would to a U.S. worker. If they don't get paid, then they have the same rights as U.S. citizen workers. This program leaves very little room for exploitation in regard to not paying. The company is legally required to report it.

[@Mauser1965]

Love how your comment displays either your humor, or lack of understanding how employment works.

[@enough1494]

Not all exploit the immigrants! But, I know one in NC.

[@gatolibero8329]

They don't get help, they get patched up and sent back to south America.

[@juanshaftpatel7488]

who cares?

[@saleenhenry5541]

I respect and admire all hardworking immigrants, work and save.

[@gatolibero8329]

In case anyone is curious. The way this works, at least where I live, a "staffing company" employs the migrants. Often the staffing company is literally a guy who speaks the language and finds the workers for "the big company", let's say a poultry precessing plant. The staffing guy only needs to carry a million dollar liability policy and have an LLC to do business with the big company. All responsibility of the worker is on that guy. If something happens in the plant, staffing guy has to take care of it, not big company. The staffing guy simply tells the migrant to not show up if there is a problem. There are zero legal ramifications or protections for the "workers". Example: worker gets hurt? Big company says that's staffing guy's problem, staffing guy says "I don't even know who that is!" They literally pretend to not know the injured person and tell them to get lost. Big company/staffing guy go through hundreds of workers, if not thousands of workers per year. It's all "legal", at least from big companies point of view and staffing guy can do whatever he wants. Fun fact, most manufacturing plants do not hire direct employees. The only direct hire employees are corporate or management.

[@jirawatliw180]

Without this hard working people, the country will not go forward no more

[@theotheleo6830]

Nah, either the price of fish would go up or the owner would have to sell his business. But the country would be fine since Americans don't eat a lot of fish.

[@luisvilla799]

Lucky for me I don’t eat fish

[@MbisonBalrog]

Why anyone who is physically capable of the job can go up there start his own fish company do his own work and sell as much as he can. He does not need slave laborers to help.

[@jeannietimberger2556]

Quit lying. There are many hard-working legal Americans. 🤦 I'm so tired of hearing that crap. It's okay though Trump is back!

[@corvusglaive5769]

@@jeannietimberger2556, what video have you been watching? Didn't you here the man say no American wants the job?

[@nicholeregul4906]

That woman has been doing this job for decades. She has a legacy to leave and touch so many lives. What hard working positive people. When they stop working these jobs, the fish market will go with them.

[@Amy-us1zi]

When I was 16 and 18 I worked during the summer in a fish processing in Alaska. When the fish are in you work till they are all processed sometimes you are putting in really long days. I remember working 18 hours straight quite a bit. Because it is seasonal employment the labor laws are different.

[@mangyan101]

FILIPINO is one of the hard working people ✨

[@eddieBoxer]

Not so, they only work hard because they have no choice, come to the Philippines and see how lazy they are, working abroad they have to work.

[@MbisonBalrog]

Stealing America wealth by sending our money outside border

[@jeannietimberger2556]

All races have hard-working people. 🤦

[@enough1494]

@@jeannietimberger2556 nope

[@jeannietimberger2556]

@@enough1494 you must not know that many people then

[@abdulwhatever2912]

Man I come from Australia and want to visit Alaska one day. I love cold and fishing.. hopefully one day.

[@PavelMarkovic88]

Hmm I think you dont know what u talking about and you dont know how cold it can be. You feel pain when its very cold. Its not something anyone like it.

[@brucewally-l2q]

Abdul doesn't want you in America. Go to mid east, you just create trouble to any country you landed🤣🤣

[@lanteTV1]

@@PavelMarkovic88 You made him want to come more🤠

[@vinucini4341]

I was happy to see that they are treated fairly and as a family and also from different countries. Here in the middle east we are treated as shits. I am also a migrant from India

[@vassanab4243]

Yes but in the middle East there is no income tax, that’s why despite all the shit foreign workers still keep coming there.

[@vinucini4341]

@@vassanab4243 no income tax right but they extract a large amount from expatriates thru house rent. School fees, electricity fees, vehicle testing fees etc etc. If you don't know the fact please try to hear and learn from others. If not YOU ARE IGNORANT 🙏❤

[@MidnightCoffee12]

Working literally 24 hours a day is way too much. And jobs handling knives at that. It's only a matter of time before a workplace accident happens. Humans need to eat and sleep.

[@WaveRider1989]

@@MidnightCoffee12 bro these people live like 6-8 months like kings in their home nation. They are making much money in 3 months as a top executive annual salary in Philippines,India etc. their mindset is make much as possible in 3 months and I go home and chill for 9. Not only money but their status back home is high too.

[@teddydavis2339]

Europeans forget how they got here.

[@MathVdb]

No they haven't : by boat ! 😅

[@xcel5203]

They don't want other migrant people to be exploited .

[@laurymakesaway6695]

They built America.

[@debbiemarquis3231]

​@@laurymakesaway6695😂😂😂😂

[@laurymakesaway6695]

@@debbiemarquis3231 Truth

[@adak2050]

Here is a stupid idea... Alaska in land size is bigger than the three most populous states, California, Texas, and Florida combined. Yet only 750,000 people live there. These people have proven themselves hard working. Invite them and their families to come live there. Help them start their own small businesses, diversify and enrich the local communities. When did we forget that we are a country of immigrants (unless you are Native American) and that our diversity is our strength and not something to be feared or exploited. Everyone deserves a shot at life, liberty, and happiness.

[@ritaranee4787]

Hear hear

[@alexandervargas5304]

Mexicans, Filipinos all work fish/ seafood processing. I worked five seasons there. At the end of the season, all left to go back home. None stayed! We had a lot of English, Australian, New Zealanders, Germans, Israelis, and some Mexicans and Filipinos.

[@HKim0072]

Btw, the US had a bipartisan immigration bill back in the 2000s. People rather complain than compromise.

[@kingkongkingkong4718]

I get that only working 23 months out a year but 20 hours a day for three months straight that’s crazy

[@frankm7707]

Isn’t Filipino half Asian and half Spanish, and Mexican half Native American and half Spanish?

[@Piensamalyacertaras]

Yes.

[@jenniferpierno6108]

Now they are Filipinos and Mexicans.

[@endxrz_]

the spaniards colonized the phillipines

[@azulaquaza4916]

They arent half Native American they are half Aztec, MesoAmerican tribe in the south central around Central America

[@barriolimbas]

Filipinos? Half American too. Former colony.

[@matildabe5088]

For today Europeans: imagine you are a petite 67-year-old woman, look like an Italian movie star, but you work 16-23 hours in the cold for half the year, and you only have 2 days off. Oh, and you've been doing it for 18 years.

[@lefat4697]

Im from Eastern Europe. Its nothing unusual or shocking. I worked on American cruise lines at 19. No days off. 14 hour shifts.

[@nav84]

I love my Mexican and Filipino friends. Some of the best people I know

[@100Proof-n5d]

I’m a white American I’ll pick fruit and work in fields for 30$hr or a decent living wage but for 16$hr you better find migrants 😂

[@IceBuckets305]

Boss probably voted for trump too 😂

[@mariaelda6271]

The title is misleading. Migrants vs. legal immigrants Like the emolpyer says, for as long as it's done LEGALLY. Nobody is against LEGAL immigration. @4:15

[@michelleivarsson8582]

There is definitely People against legal migration

[@rhetleonard2968]

@@mariaelda6271 with all due respect mariaelda, the legal path is an unrealistic path to expect the vast majority of these people to follow. Something severely oppressive is driving them to migrate. If they are reasonably comfortable in their home settings they wouldn’t be compelled to migrate. Can we agree about that? The legal path is costly, (most of these people are poor) it is time consuming, (perhaps years in process)and it is confusing to navigate. What are the choices these people face? Your comment, Nobody is against LEGAL immigration. Not true. A substantial percentage of any population in the developed world certainly is against legal immigration. The idea of poisoning the blood and soil by outsiders, sound familiar? That idea has a lot of adherents.

[@juanmiguelreyesguerr]

Without radical reforms to make legal migration easy and massive that talk about “legal” immigration is just BS from xenophobic bigots

[@darktemplar8140]

I know for a fact that some employers want ILLEGAL immigrants so they can pay them even lower wages. Some of these farm owners are even hard line Republicans.

[@La_mera_riata86]

​@rhetleonard2968 at least 400k criminals have come in. Are you in favor of that?

[@jerrydc818]

I’m Filipino and I can attests that Mexicans(Latinos) are hardworking people. Most have good work ethic. Mexicanos and Filipinos are Primos.

[@sahir313]

Those who think it's hard job, just visit Middle Eastern Gulf countries where migrants work 2 or 3 years without taking a single day off.

[@barriolimbas]

Filipinos are there too.

[@frankm7707]

Sealed off the borders for illegal entry but do supply visas for seasonal workers like these so that they don’t have to risk their lives crossing the borders. They have no intention to stay in the country but just want to come here to work a few months on jobs no local people want. This is a win win situation on all sides plus collecting income tax for the state and federal government. The tax money will also benefit the local communities as well.

[@battlehymnoftheempath3610]

Yes, if they get to work for higher wages than they would get in their country, then it's not slave labor. They can build houses and run businesses in their countries and be well off while not having to worry about the cost of living here.

[@bvanderford]

Government too disfunctional cant do it on the scale of millions of people we need now

[@TripDogg5]

8:23 Bro, I just wanna know what happened to that guy's fingers...

[@waterbug1135]

I'm White American and I certainly worked long hours in my life. Once in AK on a gov contract about 12 hrs/day, 7 days a week and the Congress passed a law saying the company with the contract didn't have to pay us overtime or Sunday/holiday pay. But the pay was good. Later as a software engineer it was common to work 60-80 hrs/week and that was salaried so no overtime. I loved it. Work hard, retired 22 years ago at 45. Because I worked so much in my younger years for high income my SS is now pretty high because of all the COLA's and income adjustments SS does over the years. There's a difference in earning high when young vs 60+ in SS calculation.

[@laurentb.8236]

Beware Alaska! THEY EAT THE BEARS! THEY EAT THE MOOSES!

[@nkengasong5078]

😂

[@losapriscos7258]

😂

[@CricketGirrl]

😂😂😂

[@junjunfranci]

I wonder why half of the Filipino population of his company left.

[@eddieBoxer]

Because of high wages, Filipinos do not like the hard work so they left, they want easy jobs.

[@imee8825]

Because the new generation have change. The older Filipinos that worked here retired or passed. There children are educated doctors, nurses and engineers. They have to recruit straight from the Philippines but mostly can’t handle the cold weather.

[@imee8825]

@@eddieBoxer you are wrong. The generation of Filipinos now are educated doctors , engineers and nurses. There parents that worked very hard to pay for their education are mostly retired or had passed. Most Filipinos in America are now second or third generation working at school, hospitals or business. Their parents sacrificed so they don’t have to do the job they did here in Alaska .

[@junjunfranci]

@@eddieBoxer You are referring to yourself and to your people.

[@emeliealegonero4043]

They rather Go hungry in Philippine instead of working

[@100Proof-n5d]

Anywhere cheap labor is needed to rise company profits. Migrants are needed 😂😂😂

[@MarshmaloWallows]

Mexicans and filipinos are brothers and both hard workers

[@LoloO42]

Imagine an American millennial working there? 😆 Both owner and staff seem like good people. I wish them all well. 👏

[@tylerwestover234]

Its simple work. Cutting fish. Not hard work. Lol

[@rapermini3467]

Who will hire American there ?

[@krystelhardesty9960]

These people aren't Americans they will go home after 6 months to a country with a way lower cost of living. If they lived in the US they wouldn't be able to not work for half the year on what they make. They also don't have to pay income tax or SSDI so they are making pretty good money. I'm not sure about this guy but most places that have temp workers will also provide housing for them and transportation so another thing they don't have to pay for with what the earn.

[@ril2634]

These are honest people that come here and work like the rest of us. Not the ones that lounge around smoking weed and drinking all day in nyc.

[@SamMcKinley]

Why aren’t there more Honest stories like this rather than smoke and mirrors?! Americans are NOT trying to do this type of work at all!! Facts. And by the time ppl go through legal process it’s too long. Work like fishing, meat processing, lawn care and farming need to be done daily

[@bvanderford]

The process for obtaining a working visas is broken. Deliberate.

[@ismaelhall3990]

I respect the work ethic.

[@cdblessings2236]

Rosie is a wonderful loving and hard working lady. May she and her family flourish and be blessed. 🙏

[@jerrylewis6383]

Alaska has the highest crime rate in the USA. My wife and I, along with our two small kids, went out late at night to search for the aurora. During our drive, a car followed us for half an hour, which was incredibly scary. I stopped at front of big house with high beam on toward that car, die or live is on car 4 wheels, finally car left. Fairbanks, in particular, dangerous city. When we came back hotel, I realized why even local cars stopped far away for a while when they saw us parking at side of road in the middle night. 😱😱😱

[@NS-ms5tc]

They should be getting paid way more!! Exploitation for sure. How is this even legal in Alaska???

[@jenniferpierno6108]

Very interesting indeed. Thank you for this programme.

[@enough1494]

My nephew and bride left 11 years ago! They are so happy, and we love visiting!💕🙌

[@riddimbangerrecords5428]

More videos like this

[@leapnlarry]

“The current American worker couldn’t hang”. This is a great example of how immigration should work, there is a process for migrant work, and for those to earn citizenship after proving they are a benefit to the country. I think if people heard more stories like this, there would be less anti-migrant talk.

[@emeliealegonero4043]

Kodus to the businessmen and fishermen as theyre creating jobs for these hardworking immigrants without complains in a freezing alaska

[@janreybaldonado1974]

Filipino and Mexican are more relatively counsin for more than 300 plus years during spanish occupation

[@eddieBoxer]

But Filipinos are not considered Spanish, they're are Asians, google it.

[@user-l4y7r04wy6iv]

Except that Spanish-speaking Mexicans --- even "White" ones --- NEVER boast that they are Spanish or part-Spanish.

[@SamMcKinley]

In the 1800s and 1900s Europeans came unchecked. There was no process until the Chinese began to come

[@johnandjuliegrant3661]

What an inspiration is their determination and work ethic!

[@yawfraser]

One of my favorites states. I wanna go there. I'm from Ghana

[@22ergie]

You'd better hurry up; after tuesday (or technically the 20th of January). 😂

[@kenyanhodophile]

Me too. Much love from kenya❤😊

[@taj____]

​@@22ergie trump is all talk he can't do shit

[@rapermini3467]

Go to Russia instead

[@willcookmakeup]

Don't love Alaskas policies as a state but my god is it beautiful, wow.

[@josephfloresmartizano1770]

God bless from the Philippines 🙏

[@Pencil-o1p]

It’s a win win for both parties, especially the workers. They don’t have to pay for food and housing. Working Americans are losing for complaining too much.

[@jeihka1]

You can send your kids to work 16-24hours everyday then

[@victorrodz3]

@@jeihka1 I imagine that when you want to eat fish you go and fish it.

[@lukajaparidze7496]

17 $ per hour? 😮

[@HassanMelelek-v4f]

I am interested in working there in Alaska I am a very hardworking family man , I just want to know if you are hiring at the moment

[@fnasum8658]

I remember when they paid enough to attract young Americans to work. The years I worked in the fish canneries there were mostly young college kids trying to make enough to cover college expenses. Most of us workers camped out for the summer to save money. If I recall hillary clinton said she did the same thing, working in Alaska to cover college expenses. Now the fisheries and canneries have tapped into a les expensive labor market, kind of like they did in the very early cannery years.

[@johnatkinson5103]

This ain’t new. The canneries and fish processing plants having been hiring migrants for decades now. We love Seasonal workers might as well be the motto of Alaska

[@s.wvazim6517]

Take note they are all legal don't twist this report

[@gracerangsaramei6944]

I love alaska

[@Madakalim]

America. Bringing the world together in love and possibly hate all at the same time. Amazing!

[@bobcratchet3736]

BBC attracting cheap migrant labor for Alaska.

[@AA20009]

3:40 “The average American couldn’t hang “ lol 😂

[@MelissaLozano-jx2um]

no American is going to work for that low wage is what he means 😂

[@lynx7t]

No😢

[@Teeveepicksures]

Not anymore. Enjoy those tariffs, America. 😂

[@SL-lz9jr]

No problem with seasonal migrant workers coming in to do jobs that Americans do not find desirable. These migrants wouldn't do it either if not for the fact that the US currency is worth far more in their own country. I salute them for doing whatever is necessary but I do not blame Americans for not wanting to work this hard on what amounts to minimum wage in this country. But working 23 hours straight should be illegal. This goes for hospital jobs where some nurses and doctors work crazy long shifts. No one can function without sleep. Sleep is how our bodies can regenerate and repair cells and do other things to keep us alive and healthy.

[@george_kimani]

How do i get to Alaska? I need to get there ASAP

[@bowlampar]

With group of migrant workers, the Alaska fishing industry flourish, company grow faster, those huge catches from Alaskan water can now be ready for market a lot quicker than before.

[@marychristmas4911]

Businesses love hard working migrants, they provide maximum toil for minimum wages.

[@Mer1torious]

I work there on Cordova, AK on OBI seafoods. They had before a lot of employees from Ukraine. On this season only one employee and its me😅 Its super hard job, sometimes we run 22-23h shifts, sleep 1-2h and then start again

[@georgyfurgy]

How i wish i could work there at my age of 47. I am physically fit, eotger dont have big billy.. Adventurous in nature like camping and hiking. Fishing and mostly cycling. And ofcourse mentally healthy. With 1 14 year old lovely daughter.

[@IaneHowe]

According to Google The share of workers who are immigrants increased slightly from 17% in 2007 to 18% in 2022. By contrast, the share of immigrant workers who are unauthorized declined from a peak of 5.4% in 2007 to 4.8% in 2022

[@hadassahknight1149]

Check out many homeless we have in Alaska’s cities too; it awesome! 😐

[@GenBril]

How to apply?

[@judy4bb]

The story is beautiful and heartwarming. It’s still necessary that people come legally. They are welcome . There has to be a legal pathway. To bypass that is wrong.

[@xavierlamorengman7296]

I know recently alot of Pacific Islanders especially Micronesians are in Alaska doing the same job. Pls share some videos of them.

[@fishgurufishden_lake_victo8333]

Do they still want workers😊😊😊😊 I want to join the team

[@StevenHughes-hr5hp]

A lot of New Yorkers and Californians are likely to migrate up to Alaska.

[@gw7768]

..well Alaska cannot possibly be cheap to live in. The long working hours to make sense of the money will have an impact the day you stop and go back home. You will be sick or dead and all your wealth will not be of much help. To be honest even if you dont pay the same rate as you would an American, be decent. Pay a fair wage, give reasonable working hours. Don't be greedy. Your own citizens know that working 16hrs a day, 7 days is not healthy at all. That cannot be rocket science.

[@Indomitablespirit108]

Awesome, send ALL the migrants from last 4 years to Alaska!

[@emilygarcia7657]

So happy I was able to visit Alaska thru via cruise its a unique place to visit

[@lorylovechan8362]

Its too Cold there 😮😮😮😮

[@Who-what-whose]

You bring the heat thou boo

[@LewisC-g4i]

The Philippines and Mexico were the same country for close to 270 years! We are brothers! Up the Spanish Empire and Catholic Church!! 🇪🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇭 ✝️ ❤️

[@alma09876]

Mexico governed the Philippines during the Spanish colonization. During the Galleon trade, many Filipinos settled also in Mexico, hence nowadays Mexican and Filipinos have similar physical features.

[@LewisC-g4i]

@ it was the Viceroyalty of New Spain. It was much better than Mexico today. Under the Spanish Empire and Catholic Church we had a huge empire. I hope we can reunite someday and be a powerful empire again.

[@LewisC-g4i]

@ but youre right, Las Islas Filipinas were governed from Mexico City.

[@haadbajwa7565]

6 months no sunlight 🌅. No wonder why they pay to live and all people are government employees.

[@Ramthian-q8v]

Me too 😊

[@matthewogunbukola]

The same people keeping America economy going well and Felon Trump is insulting them, and you see America people supporting him. What a disgrace

[@MathVdb]

It's much more complicated than that! It's the same problem in Europe. Too many , too fast come in. That can only go wrong! + It's resetting entire continents demographically !!

[@La_mera_riata86]

These people are legal

[@juanmiguel-557]

You have no right to just walk into someone else’s country and demand the right to live there.

[@matthewogunbukola]

@juanmiguel-557 A land that was stolen from the native American.

[@xxxxxx-tq4mw]

Always a T.D.S.-er, ALWAYS !

[@alberthk715]

Are they legal or illegal BBC

[@22ergie]

0:54 He says in Spanish that he's been in Alaska for fourteen years. Surely he has learned how to speak some English in that time frame?

[@mariaelda6271]

Yes and I noticed their Filipino counterparts speak English. At least, they are trying.

[@rhetleonard2968]

@@mariaelda6271 with all due respect again mariaelda. English is widely spoken Philippines. That may be a reason that she speaks English easily. 22ergie…people can speak whatever language they are comfortable speaking. If the listener is annoyed or upset by that, well hmmmm, too bad.

[@cuprunnethover2509]

He doesn't have to speak English if he doesn't want to.

[@theotheleo6830]

Nah, they work so many hours that they don't have time to learn the language. Also, he's only in Alaska for a few months out of the year while he works, then goes back to his home country. Also, half of his coworkers are Spanish speaking so there's no need to learn English.

[@22ergie]

@@cuprunnethover2509 Oh here we go, and I know who YOU are voting for! LMAO

[@KentuckyMethodOfCoalExtraction]

These are the hard working migrants who should be allowed into our country, not the gang members committing crimes while being taken care of on the taxpayers dime.