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Migrants filling a void in Montana

September 17, 2006 /

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With the crisp air of a September morning, Aurelio Leal’s thoughts turn to his home in Mexico as he moves irrigation pipe on a ranch north of here.

In a few weeks Leal, a migrant worker who comes every year for a summer job on the Sitz Ranch, will head home for the winter. He said he misses his family all summer, but by September it gets especially tough after being away from his wife and three children since April.

“It’s kind of hard,” the reserved 51-year-old said, speaking through a translator.

By Nick Gevock – The Montana Standard

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