U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson has joined labor advocates and other lawmakers in expressing concern over President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan.

For Thompson, D-St. Helena, these migrant farmworkers represent the backbone of agriculture in the Congressman’s 4th District encompassing the North Bay farm belt of Napa, Sonoma, Solano, Lake and Yolo counties…

Total farm crops in Sonoma, Napa and Solano counties alone added up to over $2.5 billion in value in 2023, according to North Bay Business Journal reports…

North Bay Jobs with Justice, a local worker’s rights activist group, is urging farm labor leaders to speak out. Many in the North Bay migrant community are already organizing in anticipation, spokesman Davida Sotelo Escobedo said…

Other non-ag industries in California, including small business and construction could also be severely affected by the incoming Trump Administration’s plans...

Also at risk are those brought to the United States as undocumented children who have temporary protection against deportation under DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). This program, created during the Obama Administration, is already facing legal challenges in courts…