WSSNews 6-19-25
THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2025
WESTSIDESTORY NEWSPAPER
Central Coast Growers, Farmworkers Unite Against Ramped Up ICE Arrests
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(Courtesy: Central Coast Alliance for a United Economy)
sponse in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties is now bringing grow- ers into efforts to protect farmworkers from being detained and, in some cases, rapidly deported.
Central Coast Alliance and almonds. Crop pro- duction accounts for the largest share of these ag- ricultural jobs.
With recent escalations. of workplace arrests and raids locally and nation- wide, a coordinated re-
The Central Coast ag- ricultural region spans from Santa Cruz to Ven- tura County, with 35,000 workers in a $4.4 billion industry producing a sig- nificant share of the na- tion's fruits, vegetables for a United Economy (CAUSE), a regional nonprofit supporting Central Coast farmwork- ers and immigrant com- munities, has rallied these efforts in response to tactics not seen under the first Trump adminis- tration, as unwarranted Immigrant and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid targets have included fed- eral courthouses, schools, SANTA MARIA, CA- Farmworker advocates have joined with indus- try growers across Cali- fornia's Central Coast to stand up for immigrants in the fields and on the streets.
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