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Kim Perales

CA’s heartland: half the fruits/vegs. consumed in the US are grown.

: almost surely would decimate the workforce -farmers rely on to plant/harvest their crops. At least half of CA’s 162K farmworkers are undoc. W/o sufficient workers, food would rot in the fields, sending grocery prices skyrocketing. Farmers aren't railing in protest. Many expect will support their workforce needs...

Gov Newsom will try to protect the undoc., but...


latimes.com/california/story/2

Los Angeles Times · California farmers were big Trump backers. They may be on collision course over immigrant deportationBy Jessica Garrison

@KimPerales

Head absolutely explodes that this is all somehow coming as a surprise to the growers...

@KimPerales

I don't want anyone struggling paycheck to paycheck, including some of my own kids, to suffer any more inflation but....man...what a lesson that would be.

Like "A Day Without a Mexican"...