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UpInArms

(53,148 posts)
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 09:54 AM Jun 30

Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at risk

Source: Reuters

Lisa Tate is a sixth-generation farmer in Ventura County, California, an area that produces billions of dollars worth of fruit and vegetables each year, much of it hand-picked by immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

Tate knows the farms around her well. And she says she can see with her own eyes how raids carried out by agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the area’s fields earlier this month, part of President Donald Trump’s migration crackdown, have frightened off workers.

“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. 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.”

In the vast agricultural lands north of Los Angeles, stretching from Ventura County into the state’s central valley, two farmers, two field supervisors and four immigrant farmworkers told Reuters this month that the ICE raids have led a majority of workers to stop showing up.

That means crops are not being picked and fruit and vegetables are rotting at peak harvest time, they said.

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Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at risk (Original Post) UpInArms Jun 30 OP
woo.hoo.so.much.winning. "Good job, TACO!" marble falls Jun 30 #1
They voted for a convicted idiot who lies all the time. Justice matters. Jun 30 #25
Apparently, MAGAts don't eat fruits and vegetables. Magoo48 Jun 30 #58
They could import from Mexico....oh wait... travelingthrulife Jul 1 #60
Well, that's what you idiots voted for, isn't it? mwmisses4289 Jun 30 #2
"Ha ha. Now you libs will suffer." - republicon magats BoRaGard Jun 30 #3
"Ha, ha, got rid of all those awful illegals. Let's go out to eat to celebrate!" tanyev Jun 30 #5
Not to mention the_liberal_grandpa Jun 30 #16
Good One! Here's One More... MayReasonRule Jun 30 #27
I just saw this again and it made the most amazing sense! calimary Jun 30 #31
Seen on FB: Between deportations & tariffs, republicans will only be able to rent the libs instead of own them. CrispyQ Jun 30 #46
The wealthy will be able to afford food.... RussBLib Jun 30 #4
Two possible outcomes nitpicked Jun 30 #8
Or Mz Pip Jun 30 #17
Or "detained persons" will be rented out by the prison companies to the new BigAg companies irisblue Jun 30 #20
Most likely outcome. This capture and incarceration in Private For Profit Prisons is just legalized slavery Attilatheblond Jun 30 #36
There are dozens of articles on for profit prisons & forced agricultural labor. irisblue Jun 30 #38
Ding, ding, ding. pecosbob Jun 30 #54
That will help the farmers out but won't help the people who eat their now rotting food. progressoid Jun 30 #39
Somebody wants to turn all those farms into "whites only" housing developments. hunter Jun 30 #6
Yep, part of the plan, especially in places like Ventura county where climate is incredibly lovely Attilatheblond Jun 30 #37
It's time for MAGA voters to step up and fill the void left by the deportations. Hotler Jun 30 #7
They're too busy insulting libs on X... Justice matters. Jun 30 #29
Thin skinned for sure. And they don't seem to want to work. Hotler Jun 30 #47
Two solutions.... Hire republicans... More socialist farmer bailouts from Trump Norrrm Jun 30 #9
Almost time for Trumps investment bankers to come in and start buying them up. As I do not think any top money LiberalArkie Jun 30 #10
That's it! dexdah Jun 30 #14
Uncle Sam's Plantation... BattleRow Jun 30 #32
Kind of like the Arkansas prison farms probably LiberalArkie Jun 30 #40
California Central Valley Mz Pip Jun 30 #11
my county . been r since 1906. AllaN01Bear Jun 30 #15
The RepubliCONs DENVERPOPS Jun 30 #28
this happened under every r prez since i have been alive , but , they keep deporting . and this keeps happening AllaN01Bear Jun 30 #12
California Central Valley Mz Pip Jun 30 #13
Maybe Gavin Newsom can call up the National Guard PatSeg Jun 30 #18
Newsom should call up the California State Guard to protect legal immigrant workers n/t AntiFascist Jun 30 #49
Yes, that would be a better solution PatSeg Jun 30 #56
MAGA better start picking so they make America Great Again. Historic NY Jun 30 #19
I live in Ventura County PlanetBev Jun 30 #21
America living and learning the hard way. republianmushroom Jun 30 #22
Gee thanks a HEAP, donald. calimary Jun 30 #23
Doing a job ON us,NOT a job FOR us! BattleRow Jun 30 #34
Yep. Exactly. calimary Jun 30 #43
I guess those Trumpers don't need farm food. ananda Jun 30 #24
Who needs farm food? BattleRow Jun 30 #35
Surely AI can solve this AStern Jun 30 #26
Let them eat cake! Harker Jun 30 #30
And all of the huuuuge farm companies Quanto Magnus Jun 30 #33
ICE vs farms gfarber Jun 30 #41
Just sad ChcioInf Jun 30 #42
Last Thursday I went to buy fruit at the store and there were 3 navel oranges. 3. And they didn't look healthy. Vinca Jun 30 #44
He is absolutely turning us into Russia. Buddyzbuddy Jun 30 #45
And bailing out farmers does not get crops picked kerouac2 Jun 30 #48
Not to worry... czarjak Jun 30 #50
Empty shelves in our future? alfredo Jun 30 #51
John Steinbeck would have a field day (no pun intended) no_hypocrisy Jun 30 #52
Once again our tax dollars will go to Trump farm subsidies in 4...3...2... Gimpyknee Jun 30 #53
Truth is many farmers are finding out their career is giving them cancer. pecosbob Jun 30 #55
Robotics are another option GreatGazoo Jul 1 #59
Apparently winning smells like rotting produce Hassler Jun 30 #57
Higher grocery prices Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 1 #61

Justice matters.

(8,655 posts)
25. They voted for a convicted idiot who lies all the time.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:18 PM
Jun 30

A lifelong scammer who pays about $14.43 a week in federal taxes when he pays $750 in years he contributes, $0.00 in years he doesn't pay any.

But they would never vote for a qualified woman, nor for a honest woman of color...

They FAFO bigly. ( I bet they laugh at his childish "jokes" or maybe not anymore? ).

Magoo48

(6,527 posts)
58. Apparently, MAGAts don't eat fruits and vegetables.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 07:05 PM
Jun 30

Letting California crops fail, has huge ramifications for the rest of the country. Where on the list of potential customers for California produce do you suppose red states stand at this point?

mwmisses4289

(1,570 posts)
2. Well, that's what you idiots voted for, isn't it?
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 10:03 AM
Jun 30

If you voted for trump, you are getting exactly what you voted for. It's just sad that your stupidity is going to make the rest of us suffer right along with you.

(Oh, wait, i keep forgetting...you aren't the ones who are supposed to be affected, right? 🙄 )

tanyev

(47,184 posts)
5. "Ha, ha, got rid of all those awful illegals. Let's go out to eat to celebrate!"
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 10:12 AM
Jun 30
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN OUR FAVORITE RESTAURANTS ARE ALL CLOSED BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER HAVE RELIABLE FOOD SUPPLIERS???"

CrispyQ

(40,001 posts)
46. Seen on FB: Between deportations & tariffs, republicans will only be able to rent the libs instead of own them.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 01:39 PM
Jun 30

I think a good number of them figure it will take until Thanksgiving/Christmas before America is great again. At that point, they will extend their grace period to next year, & then beyond, & beyond again. Cult behavior. I absolutely cannot believe I have family who still think Trump & repubs are the only way to go. WTF?

RussBLib

(9,958 posts)
4. The wealthy will be able to afford food....
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 10:09 AM
Jun 30

...no matter how expensive it may get, leaving the rest of us fighting over the crumbs.

Maybe that's why they want tax cuts and handouts for the wealthy: to prepare for the coming food wars.

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

nitpicked

(1,309 posts)
8. Two possible outcomes
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 10:30 AM
Jun 30

1. Food will be imported, and prices will include tariffs:
2. Food will be imported, and tariffs will be "temporarily suspended".

irisblue

(35,470 posts)
20. Or "detained persons" will be rented out by the prison companies to the new BigAg companies
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:25 AM
Jun 30

To pick the crops anyway.

2024 AP article

https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e

Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands

Attilatheblond

(6,732 posts)
36. Most likely outcome. This capture and incarceration in Private For Profit Prisons is just legalized slavery
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:40 PM
Jun 30

The Confederacy is not geographic it is a class of economic predators who want most of us enslaved and denied rights of citizenship.

progressoid

(51,639 posts)
39. That will help the farmers out but won't help the people who eat their now rotting food.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:49 PM
Jun 30

hunter

(39,677 posts)
6. Somebody wants to turn all those farms into "whites only" housing developments.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 10:16 AM
Jun 30

If the ag land isn't producing there's no reason to protect it.

Attilatheblond

(6,732 posts)
37. Yep, part of the plan, especially in places like Ventura county where climate is incredibly lovely
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:46 PM
Jun 30

Land speculators buy up land, get 'agricultural land' tax rates then when it is financially beneficial, they cover some of the best, most productive farm land into the world with overpriced houses that will not last long.

The land in Ventura County is amazingly productive, but those who want all the $$ now want to plant housing tracks. Their plans are also the root of turning public lands over to logging.

Build where the land isn't as productive. People need housing, yes, but they need food too.

Hotler

(13,361 posts)
7. It's time for MAGA voters to step up and fill the void left by the deportations.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 10:22 AM
Jun 30

Set an example for us woke folk.

Justice matters.

(8,655 posts)
29. They're too busy insulting libs on X...
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:24 PM
Jun 30

They think it's "fun" but when grok answers rebukes to their propaganda, they switch to another thread...

Hotler

(13,361 posts)
47. Thin skinned for sure. And they don't seem to want to work.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 01:40 PM
Jun 30

I think this guy is a repug. I could be wrong. I get a repug vib.
Mike Rowe warns America has 7 million men in their prime who aren’t working — and they're not even looking
(snip) American TV host and philanthropist Mike Rowe believes there’s a “horror story” unfolding in the American labor market.
“The stat that sticks with me and worries me today is 7.2 million able-bodied men, today in their prime working years, are not only unemployed … [they’re] officially not even looking,” he said in an interview with non-profit Moms For America.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/mike-rowe-warns-america-has-7-million-men-in-their-prime-who-aren-t-working-and-they-re-not-even-looking/ar-AA1HxHoj?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=2a721fc07a4d4e7b8854f52f189b5ba8&ei=30

Norrrm

(2,454 posts)
9. Two solutions.... Hire republicans... More socialist farmer bailouts from Trump
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 10:37 AM
Jun 30

Hire republicans who now get their jobs back.

LiberalArkie

(18,623 posts)
10. Almost time for Trumps investment bankers to come in and start buying them up. As I do not think any top money
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:01 AM
Jun 30

people have been raided. Remember back in the early 80's when most of the family farms were put of business so that the big boys could buy them all up. I guess it is time for round 2. Or is it round 3?

AllaN01Bear

(26,545 posts)
15. my county . been r since 1906.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:10 AM
Jun 30

many voted for obama then fell for he who shall not be named .

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
28. The RepubliCONs
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:24 PM
Jun 30

are targeting California anyway the can to try and sink the state that has the fourth largest economy of all nations.

The selling off of Public lands to the wealthy is also going to inflate the pocket books of the wealthy.
They will be offering the land at way way below market value to the Uber Rich Oligarchs for them to develop.....
For instance, take the National forests around somewhere like Vail, that aren't built on due to them being federal lands......
if sold to the Uber Rich, they can then develop it with tons more of outrageously expensive houses.

AllaN01Bear

(26,545 posts)
12. this happened under every r prez since i have been alive , but , they keep deporting . and this keeps happening
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:08 AM
Jun 30

PatSeg

(50,638 posts)
18. Maybe Gavin Newsom can call up the National Guard
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:17 AM
Jun 30

to harvest the crops. It is starting to look like a national emergency.

calimary

(87,121 posts)
23. Gee thanks a HEAP, donald.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:54 AM
Jun 30

You’re really doing a number here. But you somehow think it’s FOR us.

However, we on the receiving end of that see it as being done TO us.

ananda

(32,614 posts)
24. I guess those Trumpers don't need farm food.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:16 PM
Jun 30

Looks like most of their grocery shelves will be empty.

BattleRow

(1,732 posts)
35. Who needs farm food?
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:39 PM
Jun 30

Last edited Mon Jun 30, 2025, 03:19 PM - Edit history (1)

When the blood banks will be full after bleeding us dry?
The Trumpers of the Vampire Empire prefer a liquid diet.

Quanto Magnus

(1,176 posts)
33. And all of the huuuuge farm companies
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:36 PM
Jun 30

will buy up the small guys for pennies on the dollar.... going as planned by the Trump admin to help his rich pals...

gfarber

(54 posts)
41. ICE vs farms
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:54 PM
Jun 30

In the fields where the fruit used to thrive,
Few are left now to keep it alive.
With the workers all gone,
The ripe crops stay on—
And they rot while the farms can't survive.

In areas where the sunlight once blessed,
Now the silence hangs heavy, oppressed.
With the workers in flight,
Crops decay out of sight—
And the land mourns the lives it divest.

ChcioInf

(36 posts)
42. Just sad
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 12:54 PM
Jun 30

So CA won't feed the country anymore? I just can't visualize such a future. Just terrible.

Vinca

(52,408 posts)
44. Last Thursday I went to buy fruit at the store and there were 3 navel oranges. 3. And they didn't look healthy.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 01:06 PM
Jun 30

Today they had a couple of dozen and I managed to find 4 that looked good. I'm definitely seeing problems in the produce department.

Buddyzbuddy

(1,208 posts)
45. He is absolutely turning us into Russia.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 01:15 PM
Jun 30

How long before we see bread lines and empty shelves? Oh, wait, we did see that during his first term.

The monied elite and corporate America are getting what they paid for and the rubes and racists of America are getting what they voted for. But most of America will suffer the consequence. This is what happens when you put a guy in charge of reinventing the wheel, when he can't even figure out you can't put a square peg into the round hole. But, he's a genius.

Our Country wasn't perfect but it was good while it lasted.


kerouac2

(1,208 posts)
48. And bailing out farmers does not get crops picked
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 01:45 PM
Jun 30

So it doesn't help food chain supply, it all rots

czarjak

(13,024 posts)
50. Not to worry...
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 02:36 PM
Jun 30

W said faith faith-based organizations will step forward to fill the void. So, all is well?

no_hypocrisy

(52,359 posts)
52. John Steinbeck would have a field day (no pun intended)
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 03:10 PM
Jun 30

with this situation — as would Woody Guthrie.

pecosbob

(8,038 posts)
55. Truth is many farmers are finding out their career is giving them cancer.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 04:19 PM
Jun 30

Who would have figured working fields soaked with Round-up was bad for your health?

They need bodies to work the fields...big ag will happily exploit prison labor. The only other option is to actually pay enough to attract legal workers and we all know that would mean twenty dollar cantaloupes and that ain't gonna happen.

In addition, now that the Supreme Court has ruled that prisoners can no longer sue the government many will disappear into a never-ending Hell.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(126,214 posts)
61. Higher grocery prices
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 01:45 PM
Jul 1

Throw in tariffs and higher health care costs and a real shit show is on the way.

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