Fields of resistance
Undocumented farmworkers face deportation threats under Trump administration
By Samira Felix
A helicopter hovered low, as close to the ground as a streetlight, beaming its bright lights and multiple cameras at Gustavo and other farmworkers pruning grapevines in the San Joaquin Valley.
On a typical day in the heart of San Joaquin Valley, 20 to 30 workers would be in the fields, but on this January morning in Earlimart, California, just days after the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents ca...
By Samira Felix
A helicopter hovered low, as close to the ground as a streetlight, beaming its bright lights and multiple cameras at Gustavo and other farmworkers pruning grapevines in the San Joaquin Valley.
On a typical day in the heart of San Joaquin Valley, 20 to 30 workers would be in the fields, but on this January morning in Earlimart, California, just days after the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents ca...