Farmworker

UFW co-founder and Chavez's close ally, Dolores Huerta, broke her own silence about decades of sexual abuse by Chavez before the New York Times story was released.

That story prompted a wave of event cancellations and renamings, including the State of California changing Cesar Chavez Day to Farm Workers' Day.

In Valley headlines tonight, a Bay Area firefighter who once lived in Mariposa County is now on the FBI's most wanted list.

Investigators believe Charles Jonathan Harris faked his own death to avoid prosecution for possessing child sex abuse material.

Bill, read by Peter Eastman.

Farmhand, read by Mark Chosky.

Girl, read by Maggie Travers.

Gentleman, read by Peter Yearsley.

Bill, read by Peter Eastman.

Farmhand, read by Mark Chosky.

Girl, read by Maggie Travers.

Gentleman, read by Peter Yearsley.

One farmhand told a reporter that Bell had a constant stream of male visitors from Chicago, Wisconsin, the Dakotas, Kansas, Missouri.

She introduced them as her cousins, and the farmhand said she made a point of keeping the children away from these cousins.

Farmhand described her as a private person who was secretive about the men who came to call.

Men like 50-year-old John Moe.

Moe made the trip to La Porte from his home at Elbow Lake, Minnesota.

Bill, read by Peter Eastman.

Farmhand, read by Mark Chulsky.

Girl, read by Maggie Travers.

Gentleman, read by Peter Yearsley.

I wanna talk a little bit about immigration.

Um, you know, there's been a, a bit of a tug-of-war among, uh, congressional Republicans a- around this issue, particularly in the context of farm workers.

There are some who want to extan- extend, for example, H-2, H-2A visas.

Um, y- you know, make it a little bit easier for some farm workers to, uh, remain here legally, while others, uh, see that as, as amnesty and, and, you know, as one Republican put it, a betrayal of President Trump's stance on immigration.

Um, so, so I guess I'm curious to hear from you on this issue, uh, particularly in the context of farm wor- workers.

Should farm workers receive special protections from immigration enforcement actions?

actions?No, I'm not in for favor of amnesty.

H-2A program is a worker program.

One Nation has proposed cutting Australia's migration intake by 750,000 over three years.

National Farmers Federation President Hamish McIntyre told Channel 9's Today program one in seven farm workers are a working holidaymaker.

One nation's proposed visa changes could make it harder for some growers to plant crops.

Environment Minister Murray Watt says the plan will have economic impacts.

He is the CEO.

of the Worker and Farmer Labor Association, based here in Washington, but working in many states across the western United States and beyond, dealing with workforce issues, labor supply issues, helping farmers to have a stable, legal, consistent workforce, and making sure that farm workers are taken care of and able to access opportunities You're representing both, Enrique, right? It's not just about the farmer, not just about the farm worker.

It's bringing the two together, which is what farming has been about since the beginning, right?

You got it.

Right.

Right.

So in the data and methodology section, she doesn't put that at all in there or call it a limitation as to how to review this, right? it's it it and i'm speaking of this from personal experience wafla we personally um invited i mean she reached out to us and we spent several days and at least across my staff 40 plus hours letting her come to our farm worker housing interview us interview workers interview growers had nothing to hide

So you have some like behind the scenes insight into how this all went