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By CAITLIN DICKERSON and JENNIFER MEDINA at the NY Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/us/california-farmers-backed-trump-but-now-fear-losing-field-workers.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0
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MERCED, Calif. Jeff Marchini and others in the Central Valley here bet their farms on the election of Donald J. Trump. His message of reducing regulations and taxes appealed to this Republican stronghold, one of Mr. Trumps strongest bases of support in the state.
As for his promises about cracking down on illegal immigrants, many assumed Mr. Trumps pledges were mostly just talk. But two weeks into his administration, Mr. Trump has signed executive orders that have upended the countrys immigration laws. Now farmers here are deeply alarmed about what the new policies could mean for their workers, most of whom are unauthorized, and the businesses that depend on them.
Everythings coming so quickly, Mr. Marchini said. Were not loading people into buses or deporting them, thats not happening yet. As he looked out over a crew of workers bent over as they rifled through muddy leaves to find purple heads of radicchio, he said that as a businessman, Mr. Trump would know that farmers had invested millions of dollars into produce that is growing right now, and that not being able to pick and sell those crops would represent huge losses for the state economy. Im confident that he can grasp the magnitude and the anxiety of whats happening now.
Mr. Trumps immigration policies could transform Californias Central Valley, a stretch of lowlands that extends from Sacramento to Bakersfield. Approximately 70 percent of all farmworkers here are living in the United States illegally, according to researchers at University of California, Davis. The impact could reverberate throughout the valleys precarious economy, where agriculture is by far the largest industry. With 6.5 million people living in the valley, the fields in this state bring in $35 billion a year and provide more of the nations food than any other state.
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What a dummy. I mean all those sancturary cities know their businesses bread is buttered with illegal workers in all sorts of fields. How could he not have known
stopbush
(24,396 posts)trumps your sense of self preservation.
Still Sensible
(2,870 posts)Gullible for sure
PsychoBabble
(837 posts)45 TOLD YOU HE WOULD DO THIS.
YOU said, "OK Big Orange Fella! I'm with you!!"
NOW he starts deporting defenseless immigrant families with ICE.
And you go all shocked and swoony?
" ...as a businessman, Mr. Trump would know that farmers had invested millions of dollars into produce that is growing right now, and that not being able to pick and sell those crops would represent huge losses for the state economy. Im confident that he can grasp the magnitude and the anxiety of whats happening now.
- What is wrong with these people?
- How do they run businesses?
- How do they make decisions?
- What is WRONG with their Character-ometer?
doc03
(35,363 posts)the Rethugs back-peddle when there isn't any fruit or vegetables on the Salad Express Train from California.
manicraven
(901 posts)Oregon tried to hire citizens to work the fields and nobody would do it.
UTUSN
(70,725 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,818 posts)Fuck 'em.
I hope they lose the farm and the Mexicans take it over and run it like a ESOP (American version of a collective).
leftyladyfrommo
(18,869 posts)He is out to get California.
Impedimentus
(898 posts)They are some of the worst of the worst. Of course they will whine and cry if they can't have their cake (exploited farm workers) and eat it too (tax cuts for the wealthy - and they are wealthy).