California farm groups look to stabilize workforce amid crackdown on illegal immigration

Broccoli field, Salinas

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The agricultural industry in California is getting nervous about the availability of labor.

Rebecca Plevin for the Los Angeles Times reports that, as the Trump administration focuses on immigration enforcement, “California farm groups are working . . . to influence legislative measures that would ensure a stable supply of laborers for the state’s farms and ranches, an industry long reliant on a foreign-born workforce.”