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Wish the corps and field owners hiring undocumented immigrants for chump change would be penalized. These farm workers are doing intensive labor and deserve way more pay.

Better yet, put every maga asshat out in the fields. This is exactly what they wanted right? Immigrants out of US jobs. I'm sure they are lining up right now.

I've got an idea, what if the landowners loaned plots of the farm to smaller farmers, and those farmers would pay off that loan by sharing their crops with the owner? you could even manage your conditional employees with an app, called Tuber or something

Make food greatly expensive again! Thanks trump!

Isnt this what a national guard should be used for. They should be protecting California crops from Ice. Our country will loss so much in produce because of these ice raids that will ruin billions of dollars of food.

The US will reap what it sowed and it won't be pretty.

Source: US citizen, currently

California has a reputation for being liberal, leftist, and progressive… but remember that the vast, overwhelming majority of farmers in the state are as fascist and blindly, religiously Republican as the most red parts of the most red states. They voted for this.

Then pay living wages. It's hard to feel sorry for you when you're crying about losing your slave labor.

Pack on a few pounds now. Food's about to get cripplingly expensive

what’s wrong? no labor? pay more.

Bout time for them farmers to pull up their bootstraps and get out into their fields. Get to work! Those pesky immigrants are no longer in your way

Why isn't Lisa Tate being arrested for labor law violations?

These ICE agents who are the same people who love to screech "THEY TAYKIN ER JERRBBZ" are...literally taking people's jobs

Lisa Tate, farmer in Ventura county who donated $250 to republiQan Sen. Suzette Martinez Valladares?

Sen. Valladares who founded a Republican Latino caucus in the CA legislature, saying

the Democratic-led Latino Caucus would support "antiquated solutions" to issues such as farmworkers' rights that “keep Latinos under the monolithic umbrella of being poor, agricultural workers.” ?

Huh.

That sounds straight-up stupid.

“That’s not the modern-day Latino,” she said.

…The 35-member Latino Caucus, historically led by Democrats after the first Latino lawmakers were elected in 1962, has focused on a wide range of policy priorities, including giving protections and equal access to immigrants regardless of legal status, promoting STEM programs in schools and expanding paid sick leave and housing to farmworkers.

“Even in the Latino Caucus, you have moderates, progressives and everything in between,” Miguel Santiago, a Democratic former Assembly member and Latino caucus member. “But one thing that has always united us through every argument is our unwavering support for Latino communities, particularly those who are undocumented.”

Santiago said that he is “skeptical about the sincerity” of the Hispanic Legislative Caucus representing Latino interests, particularly when it comes to protecting the undocumented and that those differences “are irreconcilable.”

Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood), former Assembly speaker who left behind a legacy of progressive reforms, including giving farmworkers overtime pay and expanding childhood education, agrees that there should be a Latino caucus for each party.

"I never understood why they wanted to be part of our caucus other than obstructing us," he said. "They would just yell, we'd take a vote, and they'd lose."

“This is ICE! Round up all your undocumented day laborers”

“Sir, I’m too busy for that right now. If you and your men can help me pick all these tomatoes, I’ll have time to tell you where they’re all hiding.”

— 8 hours later —

“Thanks for helping get all the produce in. As you can see, we no longer have any undocumented day laborers, so now we depend on regular ICE raids to keep the farm going. Have a nice day!”

Maybe they can get some of those J6 Nazis to go harvest?