US EditionAdvocates Call for 2-Day Field Worker Strike to Protest Ongoing ICE Raids
CALIFORNIA, JUL 14 – ICE agents arrested at least 361 undocumented immigrants, including criminals, during raids on California farms and day laborer sites amid protests and calls for immigration reform.
- On Friday, ICE executed a search warrant at a California marijuana farm, rescuing at least ten minors, and Tom Homan asserted `but legal aliens and U.S. citizens should not be afraid that they're going to be swept up in the raid.`
- ICE continues operations, showing last week at MacArthur Park and two Southern California cannabis farms, as enforcement escalates across the region.
- Among the arrests, 30-year-old Honduran gardener Dennis Guillen was detained at the Ontario Advanced Surgery Center, as federal immigration agents targeted day laborers across Montclair, Ontario, Riverside and San Bernardino.
- A federal judge in Los Angeles halted the raids Friday, saying agents cannot indiscriminately arrest people without reasonable suspicion, as #Huelgaparaladignidad calls for a labor pause July 16-18.
- Meanwhile, Democratic Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren of California has introduced a bill, though it may not pass until 2027, as immigration activists plan a citywide strike for August 12 to oppose federal immigration actions.
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Farmworkers plan strike in protest of immigration raids
COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) - Farmworkers across California are leading a three-day strike in protest of recent immigration raids that have left communities living in fear. Flor Martinez Zaragoza, activist, said the strike is July 16th - 18th. She said the grassroots movement is not union-led but organized by the workers themselves who are calling for a pathway to citizenship. "Tomorrow's strike is a result of the multiple raids that have b…
Immigration Raids In California Strawberry Fields, Sow Fear Among Farmers
Flor, a Mexican migrant, picks strawberries in the agricultural town of Oxnard, but immigration roundups in recent weeks have infused the farmworker community in the strawberry capital of California with stress and fear.
The movement took on more strength after the death of Jaime Alanís García, a 57-year-old farm worker, who died last Thursday during an ICE raid at Glass House Farms in Camarillo.
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Advocates call for 2-day field worker strike to protest ongoing ICE raids
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