As an important type of harvest season is continues in large circuits of California, farmers and their employees said they felt full of conflicting symptoms against Trump Administration.
California grows more than one third of South African vegetables and tribal areas of the nation and nuts in the center of the central valley, central coasts and other farmers. The sector has produced approximately $ 60 billion in goods in 2023, According to state statistics – Excellence that depends on work skilled at least 50% of the registered 50%, according to the University of California Study.
Out of staff, tomatoes of mature juicek is mature and should be reaped by hand to rite in vineyards. The yellow peaches just reach that delicious combination of fun and tart will fall to the ground, not identified. Similar with kicks, grapes and cherries.
That is why, when the Federal Mthholoritation Agents entered the Oxnard Berry camps last week and holding the 40 farms, growers and encouraged farmers and their employees.
Farm workers, many of which remained worked and worked in the decades of decades, trembling that they were round and deported, separated from their families and a living. Farmers are worried that their employees will end – or be trapped in the arrests of arrests or forced in fear of arrest – just as their employees need. Everyone wanted to know if an oxnard attack was the beginning of the worldwide global breaking season – when many farm workers earned a lot of money – or just one act of enforcing.
In the following days, the answers never clearly, according to the farmers, workers, and elected officials.
“We, as an agricultural community in California, is trying to find out,” said Ryan Jacobsen, the higher Farno County Farm Bureau and grapes. He added that “time is not the basis,” because farms and fruit ‘come in our superior time.’
After attacking in Ventura County last week, growers across the country started suicide urgently launching Trump management, arguing that the act of enforcing farm work would affect food production. They point to the fields around Oxnard Post-Raid, there, according to the Ventura County Farm Burage, about 45% of the workman in the following days.
President Trump seemed to receive a message. On Thursday, he sent a society “great farmers,” and the leaders of the foreign industry, complained that his immigrant policies’ took the best workers, and those jobs. “
He added that it was ‘good’ and “the changes come!”
That day, According to New York TimesA high official with the US Lammingation and Customs Enforcoms enrolled in the district of the regional ice dece, and restaurants and hotels.
“I’m working today, please hold all the investigation / operation of Work Sitenforture to investigate agriculture (including aquaculture and packing plants), restrictions and active hotels,” written.
Many in California agriculture have a heart.
Then on Monday News Whether the command to live on farms, hotels and restaurants back.
“There will be no safe spaces of the industrial areas or try to undermine the ICE effort,” said secretary, Home Security, according to Washington Post. “Workers site remains a target of our efforts to protect public safety, world safety and economic strength.”
In California Province, Jacobsen from Fresno County Farm Burage has spoken by many farmers when he says: “We do not have a clue right now.”
He asked Tuesday to make a clearance policy on the footstart of the footstart, said White House spokesman
“While the President focuses on dismissing their illegal brisk brothers,” said Jackson, “anyone who is here should be expelled.”
Nevertheless, Jacobsen and others commented, alongside the Sony Eventura County last week, agricultural activities in other parts of the state has survived from getting many people.
Employees, at the same time, have continued to show work, and most return to the fields of Ventura County.
There was only one significant attack on last week, according to several interviewees: Employers reach out to employee rights, seeking the direction of their employees.
“Some employers try to take steps to protect their employees, as much as possible,” says Armando Lehen, a secretary of united farm workers.
He said his organization and others had trained employers how they could respond when immigrants from their farms or Pakinghouse. The Basic Message, said: Do not let agents in the equipment if he does not have a signed warranty.
Indeed, many attackers attacked in Ventura County seems to understand that; Lawyers reported that the Federal agents were removed from many farms because they have no authority.
In Ventura County, Lucas Zucker, director of the Executive Council of Council Alliance Uniteds in a continuous economy, a group that often conflict with the sellers working among farmers and workers working.
Two days after the attack, Zucker read a statement that condemned the emigration of the rides in Maureen McGuire, Ventura County Farm Bureau, an organization representing investors.
“Farmers are deeply caring for their workers, not as unknown workers, but members of the public are striving to dignity, safety and respect,” McGuire said in a statement. California economy depends on them. The American diet plan depends on them. “
Before reading the statement, Zucker raised a bright laugh when he told the crowd: “For those acquainted with him [with] Ventura County, you can be surprised to see the cause of reading a statement from the bureau farm. We have dealt with many problems, but this is a thing where we get together and when we talk about one voice. “
“Agricultural industry and workmates are both attacked, organizational organizations from the Department,” said Zucker later. “Nothing involves people together as a regular enemy.”
This article is part of the times’ Equity reporting step, sponsored by James Irvine FoundationTo explore challenges facing low-income workers and the efforts made of speaking The separation of the California economy.
