Farmers mobilize against Trump: ‘It’s important to teach people who are afraid that they have to fight back’
Some 7,000 people marched in California to mark the legacy of resistance and struggle of union leader César Chávez
Miguel Palafox describes himself as an optimist. This farmworker doesn’t rule out amnesty for undocumented immigrants like himself. He hasn’t lost hope, even in the bitter times of Donald Trump. Living in the United States since 1989, the 47-year-old still has faith in being reunited with his father, whom he hasn’t seen since leaving his village in the Mexican state of Veracruz. He has had a work permit for 11 years, but hasn’t left the country for fear of never being able to return. On March 31, despite the persecution faced by people like him, he marched for the first time. “I won’t say I’m not afraid, but I think it’s important to do so,” says Palafox, who picks citrus fruit in California’s Central Valley.
