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California โ€” world’s fourth-largest economy โ€” hit hard by fed immigration raidsย 

Federal immigration agents descended on California farms in early June, targeting farmworkers from blueberry fields to vegetable packing facilities.  This focus on rural communities followed a burst of indiscriminate workplace raids in urban Los Angeles, causing scores of noncitizens statewide to avoid leaving home, causing a 3.1% dip in the stateโ€™s workforce, according to a […]

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