California, cannabis farm and US immigration
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Union officials on Friday announced a farmworker had died after they said he was injured during an immigration enforcement raid on a California cannabis farm. "We tragically can confirm that a farmworker has died of injuries they sustained as a result of yesterday’s immigration enforcement action,
The idea for a labor strike was born in an organizing group chat that was created by a farm worker, according to Zaragoza. In that group chat, composed of farm workers and community organizers, a farm worker from Fresno brought up the idea of a work stop, according to Zaragoza.
Cannabis farm worker Jaime Alanís is on life support after a 30-foot fall during a Ventura County immigration raid.
Clashes erupted outside Glass House farm on Thursday as protesters trying to stop the raid confronted federal agents.
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Latin Times on MSNCalifornia Farmers Reject USDA Secretary's Claim That Immigrant Workers Can Be Replaced: 'Uninformed and Out of Touch'"I can confidently say that most farmers in the country either laughed out loud or were just deflated by those comments," said a citrus and avocado grower in Ventura County
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