Thousands of migrant workers descend on Washington state each year to pick cherries, and this always raises the question of where to house them. Growers thought they had come up with a perfect solution by setting up tent camps featuring hot showers, toilets, and clean drinking water. But the Labor Department noted that the camps didn't meet federal guidelines, which mandate tents with 7-foot-high walls and solid floors. The Department also said the camps had to have refrigerators and stoves, which the growers said was too expensive, so they didn't put up any camps at all. As a result, thousands of workers live as they always have: by sleeping in their cars or in sleeping bags in the forest.

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