'Up to 15 or 20′ air traffic controllers are retiring daily
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Lisa Tate, a Ventura County, California, farmer talks about what's happening on farms in that county, where fruit and vegetables are grown to supply the whole country:
“'In the fields, I would say 70% of the workers are gone,' she said in an interview. 'If 70% of your workforce doesn’t show up, 70% of your crop doesn’t get picked and can go bad in one day.'"
#Trump#StephenMiller#Trump #immigrants#ICE#WorkForce #agriculture#FoodChain
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/01/ice-raids-crops-california-farms
Lisa Tate, a Ventura County, California, farmer talks about what's happening on farms in that county, where fruit and vegetables are grown to supply the whole country:
“'In the fields, I would say 70% of the workers are gone,' she said in an interview. 'If 70% of your workforce doesn’t show up, 70% of your crop doesn’t get picked and can go bad in one day.'"
#Trump#StephenMiller#Trump #immigrants#ICE#WorkForce #agriculture#FoodChain
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/01/ice-raids-crops-california-farms
"'Most Americans don’t want to do this work. Most farmers here are barely breaking even. I fear this has created a tipping point where many will go bust.'“
Why is this happening, this disruption of a significant agricultural process that helps feed the entire nation? Lisa Tate is clear-eyed on that point:
It's happening because of Trump and ICE, because immigrant workers are being terrorized.
#Trump#StephenMiller#Trump #immigrants#ICE#WorkForce #agriculture#FoodChain
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Lisa Tate, a Ventura County, California, farmer talks about what's happening on farms in that county, where fruit and vegetables are grown to supply the whole country:
“'In the fields, I would say 70% of the workers are gone,' she said in an interview. 'If 70% of your workforce doesn’t show up, 70% of your crop doesn’t get picked and can go bad in one day.'"
#Trump#StephenMiller#Trump #immigrants#ICE#WorkForce #agriculture#FoodChain
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/01/ice-raids-crops-california-farms
