CA’s heartland: half the fruits/vegs. consumed in the US are grown.
#MassDeportation: 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 #Trump will support their workforce needs...
Gov Newsom will try to protect the undoc., but...
#Immigration
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-11-25/are-california-farmers-on-collision-course-with-trump-deportation-plans
Head absolutely explodes that this is all somehow coming as a surprise to the growers...
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"...