Maybe they will be forced to self-deport back to Mexico? Like a lot of other things here in CA, the “farmers” brought a lot of what's happening today on themselves by utilizing illegals.The state might have survived the drought if it weren't for the 30% increase in our population due to illegals. That and if the politicians had foreseen the need for more water storage facilities given the growth in our population. But no, our governor wants to pi$$ away money on a train to nowhere that won't be necessary if agriculture fails because the current trackage will only provide "commuter service" for illegals as the move up and down the Central Valley picking crops (along with their noses).
A very small percentage of the illegal population in California work in agriculture. These people say it is 3%.
When the farmers started using “illegals” they weren’t illegal. CA had a Bracero program where the labor force crossed the border legally and went home during the off seaon. I don’t remember when that was stopped, but it was phased out a number of years ago. Now they have a mess.
Shortly after WWII, my uncle found the migrant labor force undependable and he organized a co-operative among his neighboring ranchers in the Chowchilla area. They pooled their resources and purchased a cotton picking machine — first in the Valley. They eliminated the need for migrants.