Joe Fisher at UPI at reports President Donald Trump's decision to target Farm Workers in immigration raids has advocates sounding the alarm that the U.S. food supply is at risk. Trump changed direction on his deportation plans, shifting from avoiding farms, restaurants and the hospitality industry to a "no safe spaces" approach. About half of the hired Agricultural Workforce working on crop farms lack legal immigration status, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. More than 80% are considered "settled" Workers, meaning they continually work in a single location within 75 miles of their home. It is not only Undocumented Workers who are worried about being detained, Ron Estrada, CEO of the Non-Profit Advocacy Organization Farmworker Justice, told UPI. Legally authorized Workers and citizens have been swept up in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids as well. "We're at the point where people are not risking being detained or arrested so they're not showing up for work," Estrada said. United Farm Workers Spokesperson Antonio De Loera-Brust told UPI that most Immigrant Workers continue going to work - despite their fears. "They cannot afford not to, given the shameful poverty and low wages Farm Workers endure," he said. "The Workers who feed America should not have to go to work afraid they won't come home."

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