Volunteers Deliver Food to Farmworkers Afraid to Leave Homes Amid Immigration Crackdown

Volunteers deliver food to farmworkers afraid to leave homes amid immigration crackdown

Farmworkers in Ventura County, California, are staying home out of fear following recent federal immigration raids, forcing volunteers to step in with essential food deliveries.At least once a week, volunteers from the nonprofit Friends of Fieldworkers gather to load and deliver food to farmworkers in the Ventura County area who are too afraid to leave their homes."They need to eat, and then they're not going to the fields because they're very s…

HARVEST INTERRUPTED: Volunteers deliver food to farmworkers afraid to leave homes amid immigration crackdown

The farmworkers are not only avoiding work in the fields where they pick food distributed nationwide, but they're also skipping trips to grocery stores.

Migrant Labor Concerns Mount on Niagara and Orleans County Farms Amid ICE Activity

In Niagara and Orleans counties, the backbone of agriculture relies heavily on the labor of migrant workers, many of whom now live in a state of fear due to increased federal immigration enforcement. As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) intensifies its actions nationwide, local farms are growing increasingly concerned about the impact on their operations and the stability of the food supply chain. The agriculture sectors of both cou…

Immigration Enforcement ‘Hit Home’ For Trump Supporter Worried About ‘Little Buddy’ ICE Detained

Ramped up immigration enforcement hits close to home with some Nebraskans. Sharon Boll, with boyfriend Lonnie Ortez to the left, and an image of Jesus Christ to the right, watched anti-ICE protesters from her lawn on June 10, following the immigration raid at Glenn Valley Foods in Omaha.(Cindy Gonzalez / Nebraska Examiner) Richard Randall Sr. and Jazon Gonzalez Perez watch the Huskers wrestle Penn State last year at the Bob Devaney Center.(Court…

Goya initiative to distribute food attracting volunteers from 20 organizations

More than 200 volunteers from 20 organizations in New Jersey and New York are scheduled to participate in Goya Foods annual event to distribute 100,000 pounds of food to feed 16,000 families on the company’s annual “Goya Gives Day.” The event will be held at Goya’s headquarters on County Road in Jersey City on July 10, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Among the participants are: Jersey City Puerto Rican Heritage and Culture (Parade); WONDER GIRLS USA; J…