A cannabis empire that caused chaos on Native land

Last summer, hundreds of Chinese migrant workers struggling with job scarcity during the pandemic flocked to a remote city on the Navajo Nation Indian reservation.

They went there for what they believed were well paying jobs on hemp farms, but soon they found themselves caught up in an illegal marijuana operation that left 17 workers detained and many others displaced.

Directed & produced by Xinyan Yu

Reporting by Jessica Lussenhop & Zhaoyin Feng

23 February 2022