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  • Alfonzo Romero walks down the road with his family to a neighbor's house to begin celebrating the Fiesta de la Hispanidad, commemorating the coronation of the Virgen de Guadalupe as queen of the hispanic world at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale, New York on October 11, 2008. Some of the workers and their families, practically all Mexican immigrants, live on the grounds of the factory in company provided housing; a small, isolated Mexican community flourishes in the Catskills.
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  • A worker further cleans the duck carcasses of remnants of feathers as they pass by on a conveyor belt at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale, New York on Octoer 11, 2008. Mexican music booms from the stereo - most of the employees in the factory are Mexican immigrants.
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  • A woman tenderly kisses a statue of the Virgen de Guadalupe during the Fiesta de la Hispanidad, commemorating the coronation of the Virgen de Guadalupe as queen of the hispanic world at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale, New York on October 11, 2008. The shrine of balloons and flower in honor of Mexico's patron saint was built inside the factory. Some of the workers and their families, practically all Mexican immigrants, live on the grounds of the factory in company provided housing; a small, isolated Mexican community flourishes in the Catskills.
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  • People crowd into a neighbor's house to begin celebrating the Fiesta de la Hispanidad, commemorating the coronation of the Virgen de Guadalupe as queen of the hispanic world at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale, New York on October 11, 2008. Some of the workers and their families, practically all Mexican immigrants, live on the grounds of the factory in company provided housing; a small, isolated Mexican community flourishes in the Catskills.
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  • Children play together outside their homes at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale, New York on October 11, 2008. Some of the workers and their families, practically all Mexican immigrants, live on the grounds of the factory in company provided housing; a small, isolated Mexican community flourishes in the Catskills.
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  • A man watches the sun set from inside his home at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale, New York on October 11, 2008. Some of the workers and their families, practically all Mexican immigrants, live on the grounds of the factory in company provided housing; a small, isolated Mexican community flourishes in the Catskills.
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  • A traveling salesman sells Mexican food products, clothing and other items from his truck to residents at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale, New York on October 11, 2008. Some of the workers and their families, practically all Mexican immigrants, live on the grounds of the factory in company provided housing; a small, isolated Mexican community flourishes in the Catskills.
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  • A young boy leads the candle-lit procession down the road to the factory for the Fiesta de la Hispanidad, commemorating the coronation of the Virgen de Guadalupe as queen of the hispanic world at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale, New York on October 11, 2008. Some of the workers and their families, practically all Mexican immigrants, live on the grounds of the factory in company provided housing; a small, isolated Mexican community flourishes in the Catskills.
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  • Families crowd into a neighbor's house to feast and begin celebrating the Fiesta de la Hispanidad, commemorating the coronation of the Virgen de Guadalupe as queen of the hispanic world at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale, New York on October 11, 2008. Some of the workers and their families, practically all Mexican immigrants, live on the grounds of the factory in company provided housing; a small, isolated Mexican community flourishes in the Catskills.
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  • Children play together outside their homes at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale, New York on October 11, 2008. Some of the workers and their families, practically all Mexican immigrants, live on the grounds of the factory in company provided housing; a small, isolated Mexican community flourishes in the Catskills.
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  • Workers process the duck carcasses, removing the foie gras (enlarged duck liver) at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale, New York on Octoer 11, 2008. Mexican music booms from the stereo - most of the employees in the factory are Mexican immigrants.
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  • Eduardo Leon leaves for work as his wife Marcela watches television in their studio apartment in Swan Lake, New York on October 11, 2008. Leon, who immigrated from Puebla state, Mexico to upstate New York to join his parents and siblings, works every day at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale while his wife, expecting a child, stays home.
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  • A worker uses a special machine to force-feed ducks at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale, New York. Migratory birds, including ducks, are capable of storing large amounts of fat in their liver. Forced overeating replicates the effect, producing the enlarged, fatty livers used for Foie Gras.
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  • Alfonzo Romero relaxes with his family outside his home at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale, New York on October 11, 2008. The company provides free housing to some of its employees, particularly to those who work shifts around the clock force-feeding the ducks. Romero, originally from Puebla, came to the United States walking across the border, arriving in Ferndale to become one of the original four employees who started building the factory farm in 1989. His family has since joined him, the factory now employs about 120 workers (many from Puebla) and thus a small, isolated Mexican community flourishes in the Catskills. After twenty years living in the United States, Romero still does not speak any English.
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  • The home of Alfonzo Romero, a long-time employee who lives with his family at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale, New York on October 11, 2008. The company provides free housing to some of its employees, particularly to those who work shifts around the clock force-feeding the ducks. Romero, originally from Puebla, came to the United States walking across the border, arriving in Ferndale to become one of the original four employees who started building the factory farm in 1989. His family has since joined him, the factory now employs about 120 workers (many from Puebla) and thus a small, isolated Mexican community flourishes in the Catskills.
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  • A mailbox marks the address of Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale, New York on October 12, 2008. Set on 200 scenic acres hid away in the Catskills, the factory farm houses, in free employee housing, a small, isolated and flourishing Mexican community.
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  • Eduardo Leon, left, picks up his friend Henry (last name not given) and others every morning on his way to work at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale, New York on October 11, 2008. This morning, Leon had to go searching for Henry, who often oversleeps, still exhausted from his night shift at another factory.
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  • Eduardo Leon dresses for work at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale, New York on October 12, 2008. Leon, who immigrated from Puebla state, Mexico to upstate New York to join his parents and siblings, works every day at the factory to support his wife who stays home while expecting a child.
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  • Eduardo Leon, a Mexican immigrant from Puebla now living in Swan Lake, stands in a passageway holding out the blade he uses to cut out the duck livers at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale, New York on October 12, 2008.
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  • A worker pushes a cart down the aisle between the duck pens carrying buckets of grain used for force-feeding the birds at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in Ferndale, New York on October 11, 2008. Migratory birds, including ducks, are capable of storing large amounts of fat in their liver. Forced overeating replicates the effect, producing the enlarged, fatty livers used for Foie Gras.
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  • An off-duty fish factory employee (who came from Poland looking for work) hooks a fish at the commercial port in Sorland, Vaeroy Island, Lofoten Islands, Norway.
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  • El Salvadorian immigrants Jose and Stefania (who would not give their last name) fish for small fry for their evening meal in an irrigation pond adjacent to Boulder Reservoir outside Boulder, Colorado.
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