Federal Agents Detain Workers at a Vermont Dairy Farm
Employee advocates describe it as an on-farm immigration raid. The Division of Homeland Safety disputes that characterization.
Ahead of International Workers’ Day, USDA Touts Anti-Immigration Efforts on Farms
In the meantime, Trump’s immigration crackdown has created worry and uncertainty in farm county.
Protests Mount Against ICE Detentions of Immigrant Farmworkers
Unions and advocacy teams say employee organizers have been focused amid federal immigration sweeps.
Amid Immigration Crackdowns, Lawmakers Reintroduce Farm Workforce Reforms
Earlier efforts to discover a compromise between farmworkers, unions, and the agriculture business have failed.
Farmworker Youth Take to the Streets as Deportations and Displacement Threaten Their Parents
In Santa Maria, California, the place 80 % of the resident farm workforce is undocumented, deportation threats are a each day actuality. Growers, and the Trump administration, are targeted on hiring non permanent, H-2A visitor staff, which suggests there are fewer jobs, too.
ICE Raids Target Workers on Farms and in Food Production: A Running List
Immigration enforcement actions at workplaces are prone to enhance because the companies try to satisfy new White Home objectives of three,000 arrests per day. We’re holding a report of these actions right here.
Department of Labor Suspends Protections for H-2A Guest Workers and Announces Plan to Bring in More
A brand new workplace will pace up farmer purposes, however employee teams say which means protections are wanted greater than ever.
Federal immigration brokers face off with protestors in Camarillo, Calif. (Picture credit score: Brian Calvert)
