I heard a report on the radio about a similar situation with cherry farmers in Washington. Many farmers are in a cycle where they have to take out loans to pay

I heard a report on the radio about a similar situation with cherry farmers in Washington. Many farmers are in a cycle where they have to take out loans to pay for maintaining their orchards during the off-season, and then make enough during cherry season to pay those loans off but not enough that they won't need a loan for the next off-season. So far there have not actually been any mass raids on farms in Washington, and not many cases of migrants being arrested when driving from California to Washington for the cherry harvest but the workers know what is happening in California and are afraid it will happen in Washington so many are staying away. What was baffling is that many of the farmers put the blame for this is on bad actors on the left spreading fear among the workers.