Migrant worker Dagoberto Cruz carries his daughter Laura Maria as they walk to visit family in their small hometown of San Juan Xochiaca, Mexico. 

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Each year Dago’s life is split in two.  

For one half, the 39-year-old lives with his wife and three children and tends to his cactus farm in the dusty Mexican town of San Juan Xochiaca. It is a close-knit and safe town where everything can be reached by foot.

During the other half of the year, Dago leaves this life behind. He boards a plane to Canada for the guarantee of legal and stable agricultural work along with health benefits.

His family relies on his salary and he is not alone.

This is the story of one migrant worker as he journeys for the 14th time between two worlds.

Migrant worker Dagoberto Cruz carries his luggage with his wife Elia as he leaves his home for the 14th consecutive year. 
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Laura Maria sits on her grandmother's lap as her father loads his luggage into a car before making his way to the Mexico City airport.
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Dago's wife Elia walks with their daughter Laura Maria and son Dagoberto as they make one of their regular visits to see family in their small hometown of San Juan Xochiaca. 
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Laura Maria sleeps in her parent's bed in Mexico. Laura was named after the Canadian farmer's wife to show his thanks to her for standing by Dago when he was treated for a deadly pancreatic cancer in Canada four years ago.

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Dago quietly journeys by bus to the airport in Mexico City before boarding a plane to Canada where he will live from April to November on a Canadian farm.
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Dago listens to instructions about paperwork required for his journey to the province of Ontario in Canada as he is surrounded by hundreds of Mexican migrant workers at the Mexico City airport.

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Trailers housing 15 Mexican migrant workers sit on a farm in the town of Milton in southern Canada. Employers are required to provide accommodation and can request to have specific workers return which is how the same workers have stayed together for many years and forged close bonds.

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On a rainy day, Dago picks flowers to be sold in farmers markets in Canada.The workers have a variety of tasks in addition to picking fruits and vegetables they manage the irrigation systems, clean the store and work in the farmers' markets.

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Dago picks apples at a neighbouring farm on a particularly hot summer day. 
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Dago takes a quiet moment from picking raspberries on a sweltering hot summer day. 
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Dago calls his family to talk about a doctors appointment he goes grocery shopping in Canada. Dago and the workers make weekly trips to the shopping centre to cash cheques, send money to Mexico and run errands. 
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Dago goes for an MRI at a Canadian hospital in Toronto. Four years ago Dago was suddenly diagnosed with severe pancreatic cancer while working in Canada and received a life-saving operation and medical care he would not be able to afford in Mexico. Migrant workers pay income tax and all workers with valid work permits are eligible for provincial health insurance.
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Dago makes his daily call home to his wife in a quiet spot behind the barn. Cheap long distance phone cards enable Dago call his wife everyday.  Each of the workers have their regular spots for privacy on the farm when they call home. He expected to return for the 15th year in April 2014.

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