"Manuel Cunha Jr. is the president of the Nisei Farmers League. He represents over 500 farmers in California’s Central Valley. He says he’s seen this movie before. In the '90s, welfare reform brought new work requirements for people on government assistance. Cunha participated in a program trying to pair people on welfare with farm jobs. Officials identified 560 with relevant work experience and reached out to them. Out of those, Cunha says three actually took a job. One...
CUNHA: Showed up for half a day and then quit because it’s too hard.
RASCOE: Another...
CUNHA: Got lost in the direction of going.
RASCOE: And the third person...
CUNHA: He never showed up at the job site."
~ Ayesha Rascoe
"Can 'able-bodied' adults on Medicaid replace farmworkers amid immigration crackdown"
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