Farmers, workers fearful of Trump immigration crackdown

PEOPLE DEALING WITH THE CHANGES
AND FILED THIS REPORT.
>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA FARMERS
CALL THIS PLACE FLYOVER COUNTRY.
IT'S ONLY A FEW HOURS FROM SAN
FRANCISCO.
BUT YOU WILL LIKELY NEVER SEE
IT.
YOU ARE GOING TO TRAVEL ABOVE IT
ON YOUR WAY TO THE COAST.
BUT WHILE YOU MAY NEVER EVEN
LOOK DOWN ON THESE FIELDS, MAKE
NO MISTAKE, YOU PROBABLY EAT
WHAT'S PRODUCED HERE EVERY
SINGLE DAY.
TAKE A LOOK IN YOUR
REFRIGERATOR.
CHANCES ARE THE FOOD YOU ARE
PUTTING ON YOUR TABLE TONIGHT --
YOU GOT VEGETABLES, FRUITS,
NUTS, CHANCES ARE THEY CAME FROM
HERE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY IN
CALIFORNIA.
COME HERE, SPEND A LITTLE TIME
AND THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE.
DAY IN, DAY OUT, UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS WORKING THESE FIELDS.
FARMERS CALL THEM THE BACKBONE
OF THEIR BUSINESS, THE SAME
FARMERS WHO SAY THAT DONALD
TRUMP WAS THE GUY THEY WANTED TO
SEE IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> WE'RE HERE TO FIND OUT WHAT
TRUMP'S POLICIES ARE GOING DO TO
MAKE FARMING BETTER OR WORSE.
>> Reporter: HOW COULD FARMERS
LIKE THIS MAN WHO LIVES IN A
BLUE STATE SUPPORT A MAN WHO IS
THREATENING TO DEPORT THE VERY
PEOPLE THEY RELY ON TO KEEP
THEIR BUSINESSES RUNNING?
YOUR ENTIRE BUSINESS REQUIRES
IMMIGRANT LABOR.
>> DONALD TRUMP SAYS, GET THEM
OUT OF HERE.
YOU VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP.
WHY DID YOU VOTE FOR DONALD
TRUMP?
>> YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE ME --
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE
CONFESSED PUBLICALLY THAT I
VOTED FOR HIM.
I HAVE DODGED THE QUESTION FOR A
FEW MONTHS.
THE ALTERNATIVE WAS UNTHINKABLE.
CONTINUED PRESSURE FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH
SQUEEZING US OUT.
THE BIG ISSUE HERE IS WATER.
WE GOT NO HELP FROM WASHINGTON
ON WATER DURING THE DROUGHT.
YOU KNOW, THE REGULATORY BURDEN
CONTINUES TO INCREASE.
CONTINUATION OF WHAT WE HAD WAS
UNTHINKABLE.
>> Reporter: TRUMP, IF HE TAKES
REGULATIONS AWAY, HE IS GOING TO
TAKE YOUR WORK AREAS WAY.
HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT?
>> THIS IS WHERE I DISAGREED
WITH HIM.
THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GOING TO
SEND 11 MILLION PEOPLE OUT AND
WALK THEM BACK IN, IT'S NOT
GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE NEED A SOLUTION FOR THE WHOLE
COUNTRY WHERE WE CAN BRING
PEOPLE OUT OF THE SHADOWS SO WE
DON'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM.
>> Reporter: NOW YOU SOUND LIKE
A DEMOCRAT.
YOU ARE CONFUSING ME.
>> THIS IS MESSY.
THE FARMERS ARE NOT IN LOCKSTEP.
YOU GET THREE FARMERS TOGETHER,
YOU GET FIVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM VOTING FOR THE
PRESIDENT AND DISAGREEING WITH
HIM ON TRADE AND IMMIGRATION
BECAUSE I THINK HE'S WRONG ON
THOSE ISSUES.
>> Reporter: A FARMER SUPPORTS
PRESIDENT TRUMP BUT HE SAYS IF
THE WORK FORCE GOES, SO WILL THE
FARMS.
>> WE LIKE TO SAY, YOUR FOOD IS
GOING TO BE ON YOUR TABLE
TONIGHT IS PROBABLY PICKED BY
IMMIGRANT HANDS.
THE REAL QUESTION IS, PICKED BY
IMMIGRANT HANDS IN THE UNITED
STATES AND FOR US IN CALIFORNIA
OR IN ANOTHER COUNTRY?
>> Reporter: DOES THIS PART OF
THE STATE EXIST WITHOUT THESE
WORKERS?
>> NO.
NO, THEY WOULDN'T.
YOU CAN CREATE A BIG PROBLEM
BECAUSE THE WHOLE ECONOMY CAN
COLLAPSE.
YOU NEED THE WORKERS HERE.
>> Reporter: THIS FARM WORKER
ADVOCATE SAYS THE NATION'S FOOD
SUPPLY RELIES ON UNDOCUMENTED
LABOR AND DEPORTING THEM IS NOT
JUST BAD FOR BUSINESS, IT ALSO
THREATENS TO BREAK UP FAMILIES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WE SAW TODAY,
YOU KNOW, THE GOOD PEOPLE, THE
HARD WORKING PEOPLE, YOU SAID
THEY'RE AFRAID.
WHAT ARE THEY AFRAID OF?
>> THEY'RE AFRAID TO GO TO THE
STORE.
THEY'RE AFRAID TO GO TO THE
RESTAURANTS.
THEY'RE AFRAID TO GO OUT,
BECAUSE THEY MIGHT GET DEPORTED.
AND THEN WHO IS GOING TO TAKE
CARE OF THE KIDS?
>> Reporter: WHAT'S THE ANSWER?
THE FARMERS MAY BE FREE OF
REGULATIONS, BUT WILL THE
PRESIDENT LISTEN TO THEM WHEN IT
COMES TO THEIR WORK FORCE?
>> MY HOPE FOR A TRUMP
PRESIDENCY IS, WHAT'S HIS REAL
REPUTATION?
HE IS THE DEAL MAKER,
NEGOTIATOR.
I'M HOPING WE CAN GET PAST THE
RHETORIC, PAST THE TWEETS AND HE
CAN BRING PEOPLE AROUND THE

Farmers, workers fearful of Trump immigration crackdown

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