and the salinas valley. they fear that what happened there. the fears are going to trickle over to the salinas valley. they count on 55,000 migrant farm workers to harvest their crops during peak harvest season in the salinas valley. it's a $4 billion industry there, and they worry that it's not just the actual action of ice raids, but the fear of potential ice raids might keep some of those folks from coming in and harvesting those plants. so they are concerned. so, damien, you know, amid the uncertainty and the fears, a lot of people are wondering how could this impact all of us? i see you're standing there right in front of a safeway at the grocery stores. will we see citrus prices increase? well, not only citrus, but a lot of other crops as well. whatever is being picked from lettuce and tomatoes to broccoli, everything that goes on your caesar salad, your pizza, everything. those prices might go up again, because if those vegetables and fruits are believed to die on the vine because nobody is there to p

and even the word "chicano," i wasn't allowed to use it at home growing up in the fields of the salinas valleymom thought it was a connotation to the cholos and the zoot suiters, and she called them the troublemakers, and so even--it wasn't until the ethnic studies classes at san josé state that you start learning and appreciating, "oh, this is why-- and this is why i'm proud, and this is where we're going." we're gonna carry this conversation, dr. camarillo, to the next segment, but we do want to show the website once again. he's the author of "compton in my soul." you gotta read this fabulous book. it's by stanford university press and there is the website for more information. we'll be back and wrap it up with dr. al camarillo here on "comunidad del valle," stay with us. ♪♪♪ - i had health insurance before. (discouraged) so expensive. i mean, i'm helping my mom out, i don't have that kinda cash. - ugh, i know. but you can get financial help now through covered california. it's totally affordable. you'd be surprised. they've got this calculator thing that shows how much you'll pay. - for rea

harvest season in the salinas valley begins in late april. the farm bureau says just the threat of deportations could be enough to deter many of the 55,000 migrant workers the valley needs to operate during harvest season. they're not going to show up for work, and that means crops will remain in the field and not be harvested and probably lost at that point. the farm bureau says that could lead to higher food prices. they were called essential workers during the pandemic when our nation needed them, and now they are asking us to be there for them when they need us. the farm bureau joined monterey county leaders on wednesday to pledge to do what they can to protect workers and their families. con instrucciones precisas de nuestra presidenta claudia jn.1. the mexican consul general says consulates across the country have a direct order from the president of mexico to assure the basic rights of undocumented immigrants are not violated. our growers remain concerned with what is occurring in other counties. an industry watching closely what happen

and in the salinas valley, for example, where all the 55,000 farmworkers are there every year, it's aand if you consider mass deportations, then who's going to pick the strawberries, the lettuce, and the tomatoes, right? engels: yeah, yeah. it's like a contradictory relationship, right? there's people who in the government do not want immi--undocumented immigrants yet the undocumented immigrants benefit all--thehe societyt large. so that's really the reality we're facing. damian: and you're still learning, right? you and your team are still learning. you just got out of a meeting where you talking about the latest and we learn as we go. engels: yeah, we're consulting with the experts and the experts are basically just saying that everything is in the state of flux. we just don't know right now what the reality is on the impact on all these executive actions happening. this--there is proposed legislation currently right now in the senate where they're voting whether or not to process people who committed crimes of theft and what does that even mean. even--i think there's language that

for the east bay hills, the mountains and the interior parts of monterey county, including the salinas valleyvisories in effect until about 9:00 this morning, and a freeze watch has also been issued for the inland bay area and central coast starting tonight and lasting until tuesday morning. so it's probably a little bit more than just a little cold. >> the seat warmer on today. i must, i must. >> it's cold. the past like two weeks. >> well, look at betty hughes. got a got a hat on here in oakland right now. it's. it is kind of chilly. >> necessary, rosemary. >> it takes a lot for californians to pull out the beanie hat and the gloves and the scarves. but yes, it is the time to do it. giving you a look here over san francisco, where we're starting out with partly sunny conditions, i can see a little bit of sunshine kind of bouncing off those buildings in the foreground. we will turn partly cloudy. mostly sunny for today, and there's just a slight chance at a few pop up showers left out of this system as it works towards southern california. a view from a storm tracker two. where you can see w