"Farmworkers detained, tear gas deployed at protesters in Ventura County immigration raid
Dual operation conducted in Carpinteria"
by Lily Dallow, Travis Schlepp
"As to Rollins’ assertion that Medicaid recipients can fill the farm jobs, Romero reminds her that farm work is handled by 'professionals. They know exactly what to do on every crop, when to do it and how to do it.'
'In addition to that, we need to remember that it is very demanding work. Farm workers work when there are fires, when it is raining, when the temperatures are 120 degrees, bending over on their knees' said Romero. 'I can guarantee you that people in this country are not going to be able to do (that work).'
In 2010, the UFW launched a 'Take Our Jobs' campaign, which offered training to citizens wishing to perform farm labor. They got 35 applications.
'In less than a month, everybody was gone (from the fields). Some of them were gone even before ending one day of work,' she said."
"A big concern: Trump’s flip-flop on ICE raids on farms | Fresno Bee"
https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/editorials/article310245425.html
"Who is running immigration policy at the White House? Trump has twice spoken about relaxing immigration enforcement in farming and hospitality, only to sit back and do nothing when underlings contradict those messages with hard-line positions that are not based on reality."
~ The Fresno Bee Editorial Board
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