Indigenous Communities From Southern Mexico Refuse to Bow to ICE in California
Indigenous Communities From Southern Mexico Refuse to Bow to ICE in California

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Indigenous Communities From Southern Mexico Refuse to Bow to ICE in California

In many agricultural fields of the West Coast of the United States, you’re more likely to hear Mixtec or Triqui languages spoken than Spanish. Both are common among the Indigenous people of southern Mexico, some of whom now pick grapes for Napa and Sonoma County’s prestige wineries, or apples in century-old orchards. Without their labor, rural economies in California would collapse.