Border Patrol Raids in Kern County Portend Uncertain Future for CA Farmworkers and Businesses
The Border Patrol conducted unannounced raids throughout Bakersfield on Tuesday, descending on businesses where day laborers and field workers gather. Agents in unmarked SUVs rounded up people in vans outside a Home Depot and gas station that serves a breakfast popular with field workers.
Ongoing sightings of Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents in Bakersfield and surrounding areas have left community members with more questions than answers.
There are plans by immigration officials to expand the operation across the Central Valley – as far north as Sacramento.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a statement Friday morning providing more details over its ongoing operation in the ...
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