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Farmworker absences prompt public pleas for county outreach; sheriff urges calm and pledges engagement
Summary
Public commenters described farmworkers and families staying away from fields and schools over immigration-related fears; Sheriff Pat Withrow said law enforcement will protect residents and pursue violent criminals while offering outreach to community groups and farmers.
Multiple speakers during the public-comment period told the board that farmworkers across the county have stayed away from fields, schools and workplaces, and they asked county officials to visit farm sites and help calm residents.
Speaker Armando Rodriguez and a translator described a spike in people not showing up for work and said families were frightened and withholding children from school. Rodriguez said organizers had been distributing informational “constitutional rights” cards but lacked printing…
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