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Trump’s deportation push could boost demand for foreign farmworkers with ‘guest worker’ visas
The U.S. has an important choice to make regarding agriculture. It can import more people to pick crops and do other kinds of agricultural labor, it can raise wages enough to lure more U.S. citizens ...
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How ethnic stereotypes underlie Trump's agricultural vision
The Trump administration promises to spell out its vision for America's agriculture, but in the meantime, the president ...
San Mateo County navigates immigrant fears as it attempts to improve water issues
San Mateo County officials are urging Pescadero residents to report unsafe drinking water after a Bay Area News Group report ...
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Farmworkers Missing After ICE Sweep in Camarillo Cannabis Nursery
ICE and National Guard raid California pot farms, detain workers, sparking protests and concerns over deportation policy.
California marijuana grower said 9 employees were among hundreds detained in immigration raid
California's biggest legal marijuana grower said nine of its employees were detained in a federal immigration raid last month that netted hundreds of arrests.
Border czar Tom Homan says there will be 'no amnesty' for undocumented farmworkers
President Donald Trump has suggested his administration will come up with a program that farmers can use to ensure they have ...
Bird Flu May Be Airborne on Dairy Farms, Scientists Report
In unpublished research, researchers found live virus on equipment, in wastewater and in the air in so-called milking parlors ...
Free UCR Palm Desert program helps farmworkers enter early childhood education. Here's how
Farmworkers in the Coachella Valley can now train for a new career — at no cost — through a free, 12-month program offered by ...
CNY grower: Help us ensure rights, well-being of farmworkers (Your Letters)
"Putting our employees first is the only way we can retain our talented workforce," writes Brian Reeves, president of the New ...
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Farmworkers’ union fights to curb migrant H-2A visa expansion in Whatcom, Skagit
In August 2017, wildfires tore through the Cascades and turned the skies hazy with smoke. At Sarbanand Farms in Sumas, as temperatures rose and air quality worsened, hundreds of H-2A workers still ...