As the US coronavirus death toll surpasses thirty-five thousand and much of the country shelters in place, packed buses take people from crowded trailer homes in Immokalee, Florida, to busy farms every day.

The twenty-five thousand residents of Immokalee are nearly all immigrant farmworkers. Their labor is keeping the nation fed during the pandemic, but they say they aren’t being adequately provided for, and they’re worried about the crisis hitting home.

Observers worry that a local outbreak could not only prove deadly to Immokalee residents, but could trigger a larger outbreak in the state. It could also interrupt the nation’s food supply chain, as the region is integral to US agricultural production. So far, few steps are being taken to prevent Immokalee from turning into a hot spot and to protect the people who live there.