Federal Agents Detain Workers at a Vermont Dairy Farm
Worker advocates describe it as an on-farm immigration raid. The Department of Homeland Security disputes that characterization.

Ahead of International Workers’ Day, USDA Touts Anti-Immigration Efforts on Farms
Meanwhile, Trump’s immigration crackdown has created fear and uncertainty in farm county.

Protests Mount Against ICE Detentions of Immigrant Farmworkers
Unions and advocacy groups say worker organizers have been targeted amid federal immigration sweeps.

Amid Immigration Crackdowns, Lawmakers Reintroduce Farm Workforce Reforms
Previous efforts to find a compromise between farmworkers, unions, and the agriculture industry have failed.

Farmworker Youth Take to the Streets as Deportations and Displacement Threaten Their Parents
In Santa Maria, California, where 80 percent of the resident farm workforce is undocumented, deportation threats are a daily reality. Growers, and the Trump administration, are focused on hiring temporary, H-2A guest workers, which means there are fewer jobs, too.

ICE Raids Target Workers on Farms and in Food Production: A Running List
Immigration enforcement actions at workplaces are likely to increase as the agencies attempt to meet new White House goals of 3,000 arrests per day. We are keeping a record of those actions here.

Department of Labor Suspends Protections for H-2A Guest Workers and Announces Plan to Bring in More
A new office will speed up farmer applications, but worker groups say that means protections are needed more than ever.