The SF Chronicle’s Stein: Deporting Illegal Immigrants ‘Could Cause the California Wine Industry to Collapse’

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Conservative meetings, but that’s not going to happen.
>> Issue of immigration. This morning Donald Trump, jr., posted a meme on x with his father dressed as Santa. The caption is he’s making a list, he’s checking it twice, we’re going to find out who’s getting deported by I.c.E. He would clear the way to arrest immigrants in schools and churches.
>> During the campaign about potential deportations, but this is to a new level. There has been a guide in place since 2011 which largely prevented with some exceptions I.c.E. agents from entering churches, schools to remove and deport migrants. The biggest concern is yes, the small number of migrants who are still in those places and the more who may decide to go there, but in California migrants are I huge part of the agricultural workforce and migrants produce much of the country’s food. So without those migrants it could cause huge price surges in the food industry which we’re already seeing problems of people not being able to afford groceries. It could cause that problem. It could cause the California wine industry to collapse. There are huge repercussions to deportation beyond just removing those people, many of whom who have lived here for years if not decades.