Here are the morning’s top stories on Thursday, June 12, 2025…
- Multiple federal immigration enforcement actions involving farm workers have taken place in recent days in multiple regions of California including Ventura, Kern, and Tulare counties. Workers are being detained without warning, at job sites and in the fields. U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff are calling these actions “unjustified and unconscionable,” warning they could tear families apart and destabilize the entire food supply chain.
- Fresno County’s Sheriff says he supports the use of the national guard in the Los Angeles protests. He’s one of the few sheriff’s speaking out publicly.
ICE Raids Impacting Farmworker Communities Across California
The Trump administration continues its immigration actions in California. And while targeted sites have varied in recent days, it appears immigration officials are now focusing on farms in the southern part of the state.
United Farm Workers said there have been multiple federal immigration “enforcement” actions involving farm workers in multiple regions of California including Ventura, Kern, and Tulare counties. “What is going on is madness. What is going on is cruelty. What is going on is disrupting people’s lives, separating families,” said Teresa Romero, President of United Farm Workers. “It’s inhumane. It’s not who we are in this country. I wanna believe that we’re much better than that.”
The Department of Homeland Security declined to confirm specific locations to the LA Times. Romero is highly critical of the Trump administration’s actions. “It infuriates me because if he wants to get rid of criminals, why is he going to the places of work? If he wants get rid of criminals, I can tell him where to find them. Go to prisons. These people already were tried. They had presented evidence. They had an opportunity to defend themselves. And they were convicted and they were given a sentence,” she said “These people that they’re picking up from work, these people are hardworking people who are putting food on our tables every single day.”
Fresno County Sheriff Supports Use Of National Guard
Fresno County Sheriff John Zanoni is speaking out in support of the Trump administration’s use of the National Guard to help with protests in Los Angeles.