I wonder if many of the issues described aren't specific to the treatment of immigrant workers, but something inherent to modern ranching in the American West.

I wonder if many of the issues described aren't specific to the treatment of immigrant workers, but something inherent to modern ranching in the American West. "Sweetgrass" is a phenomenal 2009 documentary about American sheepherding culture in Montana: An unsentimental elegy to the American West, “Sweetgrass” follows the last modern-day cowboys to lead their flocks of sheep up into Montana’s breathtaking and often dangerous Absaroka-Beartooth mountains for summer pasture. This astonishingly beautiful yet unsparing film reveals a world in which nature and culture, animals and humans, vulnerability and violence are all intimately meshed. http://sweetgrassthemovie.com http://sweetgrassthemovie.com It's an unflinching movie that captures the beauty of the landscape, the desperation of the herders, and a sense of place and belonging. It also includes the most heartfelt swearing scene I've ever seen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCbV58dzmBc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCbV58dzmBc. It's probably best to start with the official trailer, though, to give some context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV9iah71iPQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV9iah71iPQ.