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TONIGHT: "Trafficked in America"

For six years, FRONTLINE and the Investigative Reporting Program at U.C. Berkeley have been reporting on the exploitation and sexual abuse of immigrant workers in America  — from female farmworkers, to night shift janitors.

Now, the producers behind the award-winning Rape in the Fields and Rape on the Night Shift turn their attention to another hidden story: labor trafficking.

Trafficked in America, premiering tonight, investigates how teenagers from Central America were smuggled into the U.S. by traffickers who promised them jobs and a better life — only to force them into virtual slavery on farms in America's heartland.

It's a crime that hides in plain sight, according to experts interviewed by FRONTLINE: "In our own country, we have, today, a lot of victims of human trafficking that are invisible to our own eyes," says immigration lawyer Sonia Parras. "And let's not forget that some of them are kids … they're vulnerable and easy to victimize, and they're alone."

Produced by Daffodil Altan and Andrés Cediel, with Altan as correspondent, the documentary uncovers a criminal network that stretches from Central America to an egg farm in Ohio -- and explores how U.S. government policies and practices helped to deliver some of the teens directly to their traffickers.

Trafficked in America premieres tonight at 10 p.m. EST/9 p.m. CST on PBS stations (check local listings) and online.

Don't miss this rare and eye-opening look at the secret reality of labor trafficking in the United States.

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