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Federico Analla, a 56 year old farm worker from Sonora, in front of his lean too in a dry irrigation ditch near Mendota, CA that he currently calls home. He says he is living there because he cannot find work. Average documented unemployment in the region is 36.5 percent, primarily due to lack of water and the subsequent layoffs in farm labor and other industries, according to a report by the Fresno County department of public health. May 20, 2009.

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Federico Analla, a 56 year old farm worker from Sonora, in front of his lean too in a dry irrigation ditch near Mendota, CA that he currently calls home. He says he is living there because he cannot find work. Average documented unemployment in the region is 36.5 percent, primarily due to lack of water and the subsequent layoffs in farm labor and other industries, according to a report by the Fresno County department of public health. May 20, 2009.