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Elderly Bakersfield Couple Self Deports After 35 Years in the US

Daniel and Alberta Herrera say with Trump's immigration crackdown "fear and insecurity" are all they have left after more than 35 years living in Bakersfield.

In California’s Central Valley, Farmworkers Confront Rising Hunger Amid Immigration Crackdown

With fewer jobs and fears of immigration raids, farmworkers in the Central Valley are increasingly reliant on food aid and other support services.

The Power Imbalance at the Root of the H-2A Farmworker Visa Program

Changes to the H-2A farmworker visa by the Trump Administration create more openings for exploitation and abuse, says journalist David Bacon.

Immigration Raid Turns Up Visa Fraud Scheme Targeting Migrant Farmworkers

An immigration raid in Santa Maria, California, has uncovered a criminal enterprise targeting migrant farmworkers who were illegally sold H2A visas.

Psychological Scars, Rising Costs — ICE Deportations Rock Central Valley’s Ag Sector

Many long-time agricultural workers in California's Central Valley say they’ve never experienced anything like what they are seeing now.

Flying Blind – Loss of Federal Survey Data Will Make Life Harder for...

The Trump Administration plans to end the National Agricultural Worker Survey, which for 37 years has provided updated information on U.S. crop workers.

President Trump is Wrong About the Smithsonian

The White House has singled out the Immokalee Statue of Liberty, honoring farmworkers’ aspirations and dreams of equity, among other works, as being “too woke.”

Invisible Until You Aren’t

Long invisible, the Latino community in West Marin is gaining visibility and voice, though it may come too late for the area's farmworking families.

Sowing Seeds of Culture in West Marin

For the past year, Jorge Martinez has tended a single acre of land providing West Marin’s Latino community with a place to sow culturally relevant foods of their own.   

Fear of More ICE Raids Haunts Farm Workers Along California’s Central Coast

One month after the largest ICE raid in California history, farm workers in Oxnard say they live in constant fear of being detained.

In Pt. Reyes, Farm Workers Watch as Cows and Jobs Disappear

Historic farms in Pt. Reyes National Seashore are shutting down after a settlement phased out agriculture. The path forward for farm workers is uncertain.

Central Coast Growers, Farmworkers Unite Against Ramped Up ICE Arrests

Farmworker advocates have joined with industry growers across California’s Central Coast to stand up for immigrants in the fields and on the streets.