The more peace hangs on the wall of farm farm and waking up with snow attack

Oxnard, Calif. – By 6 am Wednesday, Juvenen Selano drove a broken road and put the fertile categories of Ventura County, his eyes stable because of the problems of problems.

More peace in the morning. Workers used to grind and down the strawberry lines was not too much. The gates of entries in many locations are closed and locked.

Nevertheless, Solano, Directorate One-Mixto Indigena Community Sourding Project, felt comfortable. Peace was better than broken turmoil when warm agents attacked the fields at Oct Ventura and Santa Barbara grown districts, the avocado and celery.

The organization, part of a broad network of immediate response that provides support and advice addressed to disease attacks, held when the calls begin to enter the residents that the Federal Agents collect near the fields. Group leaders say they confirmed at least 35 people tied to the raids, and they were still trying to find straight numbers.

Such last week, Solano said, the organization was dispersing reports of exported immigrants. But on Tuesday, he said: “Mark the new level as the Federal agents attempted to reach fields and packages. Solano, like encouragement, wonder what will happen.

“If they didn’t agree to stand up in the morning, they could be from the afternoon,” said Solano. “We will always let you know everything that happens.”

While agents from FigNation and Customs for compulsion and border border from foods produced from the central coast of San Joaquin Valley, a lot of work focused on the Oxnard plain. Maureen McGuire, Ventura County Farm Officer, the Federal Agents visit five parking and five plants in the district. The agents also stopped people when they went to work, he said.

In many cases, McGuire and community leaders, farm owners refused to provide access to agents, who had no judicial permits.

California, growing over a third of the nation’s vegetables and more than three quarters of its fruit and nuts, is based on unsubscribed use to take its crops to take their crops. Although the growing number of farm workers can be added in season through the H-2A program workers, at least half of the 255,700 farms registered authors, according to UC Merced studies. Many have lived in California for years, they put the roots float.

Until this week, the California agricultural sector had been overwhelmed by the major attack that the head of the head of the City Heritage was taken to urban areas, recently in Los Angeles Counties. California farmers – Many of them supported Donald Trump support – seem to be surprisingly calm as president vowed many non-hanging people.

Many expecting that Trump will find ways to protect their employees, notice that outside adequate workers, food would decrease in the fields, shipping more food prices.

But this week has brought a different message. Asked by the fertilization of food production, Tom Homan, Trump on the Chief Counselor of Border Policy, investors should employ legal staff.

“There are plans – you can find people to come in and do that work,” he said. “So work with snow, work with [U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services]and rent legal personnel. It is illegal in the willful hindering an illegal stranger. “

Ventura County Strawberry Fields were very few employees on Wednesday, on the day after the Federal agents referred to the region of human attacks.

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Two Senetors of California, both Democrats, issued a shared statement on Wednesday that pulls down farm attacks, saying to refer to farm workers to chose businesses and families.

“Guide workers on hard work farms and their families who have been doing well in the back of the decades is unhealthy and cannot be inevitable,” feeling. Alex Parchilla and Adam Schifchas means their statement.

California Farm Burage has also given a statement, a warning that continuous validity may interfere with the production.

“We want obvious clearance: California agricultural agriculture,” said Bryan Little, the Executive Director of Policy Location of California Farm Bureau. “We’re early in the morning, with a yielding ending, but soon will continue to climb their immigration activities.

Aricenio Lopez, Mich administrator, said he was especially concerned about the prospect of indigenous employees, because many could not read or write in English or Spanish, and speak only in their native languages. The organization’s leaders suspected that many of those arrested on Tuesday pink, and they rushed to find them before signing the voluntary evaluation. They appealed that anyone was arrested, when he provides legal assistance.

Rob Roy, President Venturo County Agcultural Association, said he had been warning from November that this would come and provide training on their official rights. Many know asking for search warrants, he said. But that leaves employees who are not written to be at risk when they go and return to work.

“I think abroad is abroad, safer in farms or building,” Roy said. But when they left the work, they are very concerned. “

Elaine Yompian, organizer with VC DEFENSA, said he urged families to stay home, if possible, to avoid appearing.

“We actually told many families who touched us, if you could work today, don’t go,” said Yombian, adding that they were able to support families.

Its families with the following understanding problems next, he said.

“People are shocked; they do not know which point will be addressed,” Yembian said. “The narration of the criminals or taking wicked people on the streets are completely false. They took the working people just trying to enter.”

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.