ICE Operations in the Fields

THURSDAY, JUNE 19
PROGRAM #10810 11:00 AM PT 

ICE Operations in the Fields. 

Immigration raids have reached California’s fields, putting thousands of farmworkers at risk. The agricultural workforce in the state, which supplies products to the rest of the country, is mostly Latino. Many migrants have expressed fear about going to work. How can ICE’s presence in rural areas impact the U.S. economy? Who replaces the workers expelled from their jobs?

​​

Guests: Teresa Romero, President and Director, UFW, Keene, CA; Irene De Barraicua, Director of Policy and Communications, Lideres Campesinas, Sacramento, CA.

The risks of new oil expansion plans in Ecuador. An Amazonian indigenous delegation is meeting this week with representatives of the California state government to raise the alarm about an imminent threat of oil expansion and to strengthen ties with the state’s frontline and policy communities. The report “Drilling for Disaster: Amazonian Oil and Ecuador’s Oil Gamble” will be released.

​​

Guests: ​​Jhajayra Machoa, Youth Leader, Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon; Juan Bay, President, Waorani Nation of Ecuador; Nadino Calapucha, Member of the Shiwakucha Community; Nathaly Yépez, Legal Advisor, Amazon Watch; Kevin Koenig, Climate, Energy, and Extractive Industry Director, Amazon Watch – all members of the Amazonian Indigenous Delegation, today from Oakland, CA.

Photo: ICE/Facebook

For more information about Linea Abierta and to find previous shows visit our  Linea Abierta page.