Teresa Romero

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Joining me now is Teresa Romero, president of the United Farm Workers.

Thank you so much for being here.

Thank you for having me, Jacob.

Take anybody who's a criminal and then you have a warrant for it, not just innocent people.

That's right.

Teresa Romero, president of the United Farm Workers.

I'm so grateful for you being here.

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Persistent reports of stepped-up U.S. immigration and customs enforcement activity in the San Joaquin Valley in recent days have prompted a response from United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero, who says warrantless stops and roving patrols are terrorizing farm workers.

The UFW's offices in Delano, California, and Madera, California, have been helping detained individuals in gathering testimony to document what the organization says are civil rights violations of Valley residents, including people with long-term legal status.

In some cases, impacted workers have already been released, but others rapidly transferred out of state, Romero said.

But Armando, let me ask you this.

Uh, I, I, I know that the, uh, President Teresa Romero made a statement regarding the issue.

Uh, a- and is the farm workers, um, uh, are they doing any kind of outreach into the, into the workers' communities, uh, to tell people, you know, "Don't open your door," uh, et cetera, et cetera? Are they, uh, have they developed any kind of sanctuary sites in the event that there's a mass raid where people can go, where they can, you know, find safety, protection? Uh, uh, y- are, are you or the workers, uh, you know, making complaints or, or, or filing reports with you? Are you keeping, uh, you know, uh, how many people, you know, are affected? Uh, are...

And you said you were documented, you know, you documented the situation.