Migrant Workers are Making Thousands Trimming Marijuana in California | ABC News

A visit to the Emerald Triangle during the marijuana harvest season.

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50 Comments

  1. Fernando Rajl on January 28, 2020 at 9:14 am

    Im portuguese i wanna work in this job



  2. Mad Man on January 28, 2020 at 9:14 am

    Share your good with me brother πŸ”₯ crops u got



  3. Martin Nicholls on January 28, 2020 at 9:14 am

    I am struggling to get a Particular seed to germinate what should I do?



  4. Shaun R on January 28, 2020 at 9:14 am

    My buddy currently is in Humboldt trimming and brings back home roughly $30,000+ in about 3 months give or take… this is his 3rd or 4th year.
    you gotta make those connections



  5. Dave C on January 28, 2020 at 9:18 am

    ill trim for anyone in CA hmu



  6. Luis Valencia on January 28, 2020 at 9:19 am

    Shit I remember I made 1,200 in 2, 5 hour shifts trimming ahahahahaha shit was crazyyyyyy



  7. Mad Man on January 28, 2020 at 9:19 am

    Thank u for sharing this with me I Love my trimmer’s



  8. Danijel Grahovac on January 28, 2020 at 9:21 am

    Good afternoon, can some information or job contact read marijuana? I am from Serbia, there are plenty of us who will come to work just let us know what and how to apply and who we are coming from !!! Greeting



  9. lunamypet on January 28, 2020 at 9:22 am

    Northern California has the best crops. Be proud!



  10. ChiefsChiLLaXN on January 28, 2020 at 9:22 am

    Thanks for the surge in homeless people here in Northern California now the system is overburdened and it has become the number 1 crime spot in California surpassing Compton and Oakland. Also any person who grows who has integrity does not hire trimmigrants to do a job that a machine can do faster cheaper and a thousand times cleaner on the microbial level. if you want to trim grow your own damn weed where ever you live instead of coming here.



  11. god's herb on January 28, 2020 at 9:23 am

    what’s the age requirement?



  12. Francesco Sestito on January 28, 2020 at 9:25 am

    give me a job I’m coming!



  13. eric bryant on January 28, 2020 at 9:26 am

    conversation in my back seat lol



  14. Jo TGOD on January 28, 2020 at 9:27 am

    Hi ! im french. Do you know where can i search a weed farm in humboltd county or trinity from september ? Please



  15. Carlos Mora on January 28, 2020 at 9:28 am

    I do a pound in one hour lmao



  16. OGAstra on January 28, 2020 at 9:29 am

    Fuck the Wookies



  17. Jose Og on January 28, 2020 at 9:32 am

    Thats were that strain mendocino kush orignated from ? Anyone



  18. xelA ppaR on January 28, 2020 at 9:32 am

    I always thought trimming was an entry level job and you only do it to get your foot in the door and prove your work ethic. Then you move up in the cultivation process and eventually become a grower or extractor. some extractors can make 90k+ a year with part time hours.



  19. PR blood on January 28, 2020 at 9:32 am

    someone help me to get a job in nor cal! I can’t stand the weather in FL anymore



  20. HardlineAthiest on January 28, 2020 at 9:33 am

    *I typically trim legal cannabis for a living, I trim several hundred pounds per harvest, year-round, I earn no less than $35 per hour plus weight. I make a very good living, legal or otherwise.*



  21. Kenma Koi on January 28, 2020 at 9:34 am

    The farm owner sounds like the father from Mr robot



  22. Juan Escutia on January 28, 2020 at 9:35 am

    Here in Northern California, any Mexican with a B1/B2 tourist visa can buy a car, get insurance and a driver’s license, work illegally, and not even pay taxes. They can earn around $500 per day trimming marijuana plants in places like Gold Run, Monte Vista, Dutch Flat, Alta, Baxter, Grass Canyon, Nevada City, and all around the vicinity.

    I have been reporting this with ICE for over a year, but nothing gets done.



  23. Yulaises Villa on January 28, 2020 at 9:37 am

    marijuanize legaliguana



  24. Stephen Bellm on January 28, 2020 at 9:38 am

    PRO 420 scissors are great for trimming, teflon coated and super sharp and fast. Check them out at http://www.pro420.com



  25. Slam HaXor on January 28, 2020 at 9:39 am

    how old do you have to be to start trimming



  26. Kudosive on January 28, 2020 at 9:40 am

    200 a pound?? Thats all??



  27. Leon Donald on January 28, 2020 at 9:41 am

    Hope not waisting the trimmed bits!



  28. Paleo Geology on January 28, 2020 at 9:41 am

    The reason the Librats dont want the illegals gone is they would lose their slave labor force. You dont honestly think your gonna see some hipster in his romper and man bun out in the fields picking his own lettuce do ya?



  29. Shaula Hernandez on January 28, 2020 at 9:41 am

    How do I start trimming



  30. Kamran Sadiq on January 28, 2020 at 9:44 am

    Anyone that thinks trimming is easy they will soon find out they could make more money working at McDonald’s and still not have fucked up hands from all that trimming



  31. Anthonyjbro Stays High on January 28, 2020 at 9:44 am

    The shit job of the industry



  32. Sativa Shiva on January 28, 2020 at 9:44 am

    Realy? I live in palm springs. Making $10 hr paying constantly for livescan and badges.. I’m not making shit. I’m sick of the licenses that are for people working around children, elderly or churches, schools. I’m being punished for wanting to work. I was on welfare needed a livescan and was told no. We will not help you get that job. I’m disgusted that places like Cannadescent who charge top dollar but pay employees shit. Treat them like shit ( promise them work but it’s sporatic). I def want to work where ever these trimmers are.



  33. Martin Price on January 28, 2020 at 9:45 am

    Can I bunk on the farm? Work the season? I’ll fly out there this week! Trim till Christmas. I’ve worked all my life and could really use a come up like this.



  34. Elizabeth Zambada on January 28, 2020 at 9:46 am


  35. TΓ­o Remmy on January 28, 2020 at 9:49 am

    I’m a good trimmer ,two pounds a day



  36. Scott Stewart on January 28, 2020 at 9:51 am

    What do they do with the trimmings (extra leaves) left on the tray?



  37. Luke Johnson on January 28, 2020 at 9:55 am

    so retarded….the emerald triangle is not where all the weed comes from…..look farther north….hell, check out the counties grow laws…..shasta county has some of the laxest grow laws in the entire state…..Hayfork is where the growers go to get product while waiting on their own crop…..both places north of the "emerald triangle"…..get your facts straight ABC….



  38. Skrappy Dogg on January 28, 2020 at 9:55 am

    That weed looks weak



  39. numba one stunna on January 28, 2020 at 9:56 am

    Tim Blake always being a hater πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ



  40. jbaby007 on January 28, 2020 at 10:01 am

    That stuff he was trimming looked larfy as fuck.



  41. A B on January 28, 2020 at 10:04 am

    but dude, that looks like fucking crap.



  42. Hp4 on January 28, 2020 at 10:05 am

    buy touching the bud over and over again and this loveless cutting u ruine the bud totaly … they all look round , u ruined the individual look of each bud totaly …



  43. Enrique Franco on January 28, 2020 at 10:05 am

    Haha this plant isn’t a business… never was. never is going to be….
    It’s nature come on..



  44. T J on January 28, 2020 at 10:06 am

    I don’t get paid by the pound I get paid by the hour thank God. $20. Bucks. And our shit goes through a trimmer so I’m only picking crow’s feet off.



  45. America it’s getting great again on January 28, 2020 at 10:06 am

    California will become Sinaloa second home of the chapo, stupid law will create a war here, I tell you why mexican cartels will used this land to grow it and sell to other states so no need to cross the border anymore.



  46. Chopshop2 M on January 28, 2020 at 10:09 am

    I thought I saw Brett Farve



  47. Eben Uys on January 28, 2020 at 10:09 am

    were can i get work on a farm im in south africa want to work overseas



  48. Mr 6 on January 28, 2020 at 10:09 am

    man i can trim 10kg wet in a day and this grease ball is making $500??? fuck off your trim is shit



  49. Kamran Sadiq on January 28, 2020 at 10:10 am

    Trimming and deleafing isn’t easy. It’s hard work.



  50. cody colina on January 28, 2020 at 10:11 am

    lol like how this video is out in 2017 uh im pretty sure trimming outdoor is dead no sense in paying someone to trim weed that is gonna sell for nothing might aswell use a machine or just turn it into concentrates maybe 20 years ago people where making money trimming idk about now but i still see these fucking retards they must be getting payed 10 bucks a pound