Central Valley Congressional Candidates Vie for Swing Latino Voters
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Latinos make up 59% of the district’s residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11929729,news_11843511\"]But gas prices are looming large in a district that covers a big swath of the Central Valley, including portions of Kern, Kings and Tulare counties — and part of the city of Bakersfield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if he has any hope of beating Valadao, a relatively moderate Republican, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11928579/swing-district-road-trip-with-will-rollins-and-rudy-salas\">Democratic Assemblymember Rudy Salas\u003c/a> knows he has to hustle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent Saturday morning in October, he was doing just that. It was already over 80 degrees, but Salas was taking turns chatting with parade-goers, then sprinting to catch up with his float in the annual Harvest Holidays Parade. His pitch to voters at this annual community event celebrating the harvest?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Over the years, who's been out in this community, who's actually been doing and delivering for this community?” Salas asked, noting the work he’s done in the state Legislature to bring resources to the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re in the city of Delano today, and I replaced one of the water wells so that people have safe drinking water here. I put more money into their schools so their kids have educational opportunities that they never had,” he said. “I think all the parents and the people recognize that and they see that work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the parade watchers greeted Salas by name and said they’re supporting him. But turn on a TV, and the attack ads against Salas are unrelenting. Republicans are seeking to tie Salas to inflation and high gas prices — issues that are hitting residents hard in this largely rural region, where oil and agriculture are king.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those voters with money on his mind is 56-year-old Vince Ruiz, who was helping sell his mom’s art at a barbecue following the parade. Ruiz feels abandoned by the Democratic party on economic issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mom's a Democrat, but I turned Republican because of their values,” he said. “Just regular economics, jobs and the economy. And then the deficit. The deficit is not even mentioned anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11930849\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/IMG_9380-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11930849\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/IMG_9380-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"a Latino man greets a family sitting on a curb\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/IMG_9380-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/IMG_9380-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/IMG_9380-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/IMG_9380-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/IMG_9380-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/IMG_9380-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Democratic Assemblymember Rudy Salas greets a family during the Harvest Holidays Parade in Delano. \u003ccite>(Marisa Lagos/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Latino voters, including Ruiz, could make the difference this midterm between Democrats maintaining control of Congress or Republicans seizing the gavel. And while the GOP has made inroads with some Latino voters — especially in states like Texas — California Latinos have not swung as far to the right in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s true for Pete Nevre, a 70-year-old Delano resident who was at the parade with his car club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's affecting all of us. You know, you can't go to the store too much. You can't go out to visit other folks in another town because the gas prices are too high,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, he added, “I don't blame Rudy Salas for the way it is. The gas prices are going up because of the oil industry, that's why.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Salas, Republican Valadao was born and raised in this district. Salas worked in the fields alongside his farmworker father; Valadao’s family owns a dairy farm. Valadao is relatively moderate, one of just 10 GOP House members who voted to impeach former President Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection. But he’s also co-sponsor of legislation that would define life as beginning at conception, which would effectively ban abortion nationally if it became law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And for some voters, like 84-year-old Pearl Rivera, inflation and gas prices aren’t the only issues driving their decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I voted for Mr. Valadao before because I felt he was conscious of the farmworkers. But lately, the last few years, I think he's kind of turned around. And I'm not happy with it,” said Rivera, who worked in the fields as a child and young adult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11930872\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11930872\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"a white man in a blues uit\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. David Valadao speaks during a news conference with other House Republican members on immigration in Washington in 2021. Both he and Democratic Assemblymember Rudy Salas, his opponent for the 22nd Congressional District seat, appear to be campaigning as moderates to appeal to swing voters. \u003ccite>(Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Valadao’s campaign did not respond to multiple requests for an interview. But Mike Madrid, longtime GOP consultant in California who focuses on the Latino vote, said both Salas and Valadao are doing something unique in this hyperpolarized political environment: They’re pitching themselves as moderates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The most interesting thing about that district is … probably more than any other [district] in the country, really, you're seeing both candidates crash to the center,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s evident in Valadao’s impeachment vote and Salas’ record in the state Assembly — the Democrat has regularly broken with his party to vote with the oil industry, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Madrid said those positions are in sharp contrast to districts where Democratic candidates are running against the oil industry and Republicans are embracing Trump and the Big Lie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Madrid believes the majority of Latinos will go for Salas, but that may not be enough: This is a race that will be decided by a few points, so Democrats can’t afford to lose any of their base.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Republicans’] job is to find as many Hispanics on the margin to peel off, and hope that the Democrats can't turn out more than they can peel off,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Delano Mayor Bryan Osorio agreed that this race will likely be decided by turnout. The 26-year-old is running for his second term and is supporting Salas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it's going to be an interesting race to watch, but Delano is a majority Democratic town. Many of the small communities in Kern County are also majority Democrat,” he said. “The only barrier is that people don't come out to vote on a consistent basis. And that's what gives the Republicans the edge.”\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Gas prices and farmerworkers' rights loom large in the 22nd Congressional District, where Democratic Assemblymember Rudy Salas hopes to unseat Republican incumbent David Valadao.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1667347841,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":27,"wordCount":1116},"headData":{"title":"Central Valley Congressional Candidates Vie for Swing Latino Voters | KQED","description":"Gas prices and farmerworkers' rights loom large in the 22nd Congressional District, where Democratic Assemblymember Rudy Salas hopes to unseat Republican incumbent David Valadao.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11930830 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11930830","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2022/11/01/central-valley-congressional-candidates-vie-for-swing-latino-voters/","disqusTitle":"Central Valley Congressional Candidates Vie for Swing Latino Voters","audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-41c5-bcaf-aaef00f5a073/0f84e9ea-9bae-40db-ad9f-af3301060a33/audio.mp3","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/news/11930830/central-valley-congressional-candidates-vie-for-swing-latino-voters","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The farm town of Delano, California, is located about two and a half hours northeast of Los Angeles. It’s the birthplace of the farmworkers' labor movement — and sits in the center of Congressional District 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This congressional seat is currently held by Republican David Valadao. But the district, on paper, is exactly the sort of pickup opportunity Democrats salivate over. Democratic voters outnumber registered Republicans by 17 points. Latinos make up 59% of the district’s residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Stories ","postid":"news_11929729,news_11843511"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But gas prices are looming large in a district that covers a big swath of the Central Valley, including portions of Kern, Kings and Tulare counties — and part of the city of Bakersfield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if he has any hope of beating Valadao, a relatively moderate Republican, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11928579/swing-district-road-trip-with-will-rollins-and-rudy-salas\">Democratic Assemblymember Rudy Salas\u003c/a> knows he has to hustle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent Saturday morning in October, he was doing just that. It was already over 80 degrees, but Salas was taking turns chatting with parade-goers, then sprinting to catch up with his float in the annual Harvest Holidays Parade. His pitch to voters at this annual community event celebrating the harvest?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Over the years, who's been out in this community, who's actually been doing and delivering for this community?” Salas asked, noting the work he’s done in the state Legislature to bring resources to the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re in the city of Delano today, and I replaced one of the water wells so that people have safe drinking water here. I put more money into their schools so their kids have educational opportunities that they never had,” he said. “I think all the parents and the people recognize that and they see that work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the parade watchers greeted Salas by name and said they’re supporting him. But turn on a TV, and the attack ads against Salas are unrelenting. Republicans are seeking to tie Salas to inflation and high gas prices — issues that are hitting residents hard in this largely rural region, where oil and agriculture are king.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those voters with money on his mind is 56-year-old Vince Ruiz, who was helping sell his mom’s art at a barbecue following the parade. Ruiz feels abandoned by the Democratic party on economic issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mom's a Democrat, but I turned Republican because of their values,” he said. “Just regular economics, jobs and the economy. And then the deficit. The deficit is not even mentioned anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11930849\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/IMG_9380-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11930849\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/IMG_9380-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"a Latino man greets a family sitting on a curb\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/IMG_9380-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/IMG_9380-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/IMG_9380-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/IMG_9380-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/IMG_9380-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/IMG_9380-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Democratic Assemblymember Rudy Salas greets a family during the Harvest Holidays Parade in Delano. \u003ccite>(Marisa Lagos/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Latino voters, including Ruiz, could make the difference this midterm between Democrats maintaining control of Congress or Republicans seizing the gavel. And while the GOP has made inroads with some Latino voters — especially in states like Texas — California Latinos have not swung as far to the right in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s true for Pete Nevre, a 70-year-old Delano resident who was at the parade with his car club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's affecting all of us. You know, you can't go to the store too much. You can't go out to visit other folks in another town because the gas prices are too high,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, he added, “I don't blame Rudy Salas for the way it is. The gas prices are going up because of the oil industry, that's why.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Salas, Republican Valadao was born and raised in this district. Salas worked in the fields alongside his farmworker father; Valadao’s family owns a dairy farm. Valadao is relatively moderate, one of just 10 GOP House members who voted to impeach former President Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection. But he’s also co-sponsor of legislation that would define life as beginning at conception, which would effectively ban abortion nationally if it became law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And for some voters, like 84-year-old Pearl Rivera, inflation and gas prices aren’t the only issues driving their decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I voted for Mr. Valadao before because I felt he was conscious of the farmworkers. But lately, the last few years, I think he's kind of turned around. And I'm not happy with it,” said Rivera, who worked in the fields as a child and young adult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11930872\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11930872\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"a white man in a blues uit\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1231769719.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. David Valadao speaks during a news conference with other House Republican members on immigration in Washington in 2021. Both he and Democratic Assemblymember Rudy Salas, his opponent for the 22nd Congressional District seat, appear to be campaigning as moderates to appeal to swing voters. \u003ccite>(Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Valadao’s campaign did not respond to multiple requests for an interview. But Mike Madrid, longtime GOP consultant in California who focuses on the Latino vote, said both Salas and Valadao are doing something unique in this hyperpolarized political environment: They’re pitching themselves as moderates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The most interesting thing about that district is … probably more than any other [district] in the country, really, you're seeing both candidates crash to the center,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s evident in Valadao’s impeachment vote and Salas’ record in the state Assembly — the Democrat has regularly broken with his party to vote with the oil industry, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Madrid said those positions are in sharp contrast to districts where Democratic candidates are running against the oil industry and Republicans are embracing Trump and the Big Lie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Madrid believes the majority of Latinos will go for Salas, but that may not be enough: This is a race that will be decided by a few points, so Democrats can’t afford to lose any of their base.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Republicans’] job is to find as many Hispanics on the margin to peel off, and hope that the Democrats can't turn out more than they can peel off,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Delano Mayor Bryan Osorio agreed that this race will likely be decided by turnout. The 26-year-old is running for his second term and is supporting Salas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it's going to be an interesting race to watch, but Delano is a majority Democratic town. Many of the small communities in Kern County are also majority Democrat,” he said. “The only barrier is that people don't come out to vote on a consistent basis. And that's what gives the Republicans the edge.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11930830/central-valley-congressional-candidates-vie-for-swing-latino-voters","authors":["3239"],"categories":["news_31795","news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_31717","news_311","news_20717","news_5968","news_18269","news_31797"],"featImg":"news_11930843","label":"news"},"news_11923693":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11923693","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11923693","score":null,"sort":[1661559166000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"farmworkers-24-day-march-culminates-in-sacramento-pressuring-newsom-to-sign-union-bill","title":"Farmworkers' 24-Day March Culminates in Sacramento, Pressuring Newsom to Sign Union Bill","publishDate":1661559166,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 p.m. Friday: \u003c/strong>A broadly smiling California Gov. Gavin Newsom joined about two dozen jubilant, cheering farmworkers camped outside the state Capitol on Wednesday, September 28, to sign a measure aimed at helping farmworkers unionize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom initially announced his intention to veto the bill — one of the most contentious bills before the governor this year — but reversed course after President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris publicly backed it, pinning him in a difficult political position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom, however, approved the bill only after he, the United Farm Workers and the California Labor Federation agreed on \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/9.28.22-clarifying-language.pdf?emrc=c31a79\">clarifying language\u003c/a> to be considered during \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/9.28.22-letter-to-Governor.pdf?emrc=026267\">next year’s legislative session\u003c/a> to address his concerns around implementation and voting integrity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new law gives California farmworkers, who harvest much of the nation’s fruit and vegetables, new ways to vote in union elections beyond physical polling places on farm property. Proponents say that will help protect workers from union busting and other intimidation, while many farm owners say such a system lacks necessary safeguards to prevent fraud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agreement includes a cap on the number of unionization petitions over the next five years and will allow state regulators to better protect worker confidentiality and safety, Newsom's office said. It drops the option for workers to unionize through mail-in voting — as the UFW had pushed for — but allows for a “card check” election process, offering farmworkers a chance to vote from home in an effort to limit the chances of employer intimidation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, August 26: \u003c/strong>Thousands of farmworkers and their allies finished a march to California’s Capitol in Sacramento on Friday, completing the last leg of a 24-day journey that began 350 miles away in Delano. The United Farm Workers union designed the march to pressure Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill that would give farmworkers the option to vote by mail in union elections, mirroring the way Californians vote for candidates for political office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As state law currently stands, farmworkers must vote in union elections in person on sites owned by the growers that employ them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That creates a lot of intimidation. Many employers have security there, all the supervisors are there, and that doesn’t promote participation,” said United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero in an interview with KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Agricultural Labor Relations Voting Choice Act, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2183\">Assembly Bill 2183\u003c/a>, would change that in-person voting requirement and would also prohibit growers from encouraging or discouraging union membership. Under the new bill, growers could also face fines of up to $25,000 for certain specific labor rights violations, and up to $10,000 for general labor rights violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in a statement released hours before farmworkers were set to march the last mile to the Capitol, Newsom said he would not support the bill as it currently stands. The governor's office \u003ca href=\"https://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/article264941129.html\">told The Fresno Bee that Newsom remains open to negotiations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Veronica Mota, one of the 19 farmworkers who braved triple-digit temperatures for the entire 24-day march, said she was sad to hear that news, but that she remained motivated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not going to take away my motivation to continue pushing for what is right,” Mota told KQED. “It doesn’t end here. It starts here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923836\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11923836\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58064_063_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"smiling woman holds red flag as she walks at front of line of marchers along rural road in the sunshine\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58064_063_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58064_063_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58064_063_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58064_063_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58064_063_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Izabella Gonzalez walks with her family during the United Farm Workers march leaving Walnut Grove on Day 22 of a 24-day 'March for the Governor's Signature' on Wednesday. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Fifty-six years ago, César Chavez did this march to bring awareness to the issues of farmworkers,” Romero said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We thought it was important enough to recreate that march, so people and the consumers understand that farmworkers still need the rights that other workers have. We all eat because of their hard work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/UFWupdates/status/1562326316786954240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Flor Martinez Zaragoza, creator, @flowerinspanish\"]'It's blood, tears and sweat. It's what it takes to create change, bring awareness, be seen and be heard.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lourdes Cardenas, a farmworker and union member, had been marching for days when KQED spoke with her in Spanish on Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though our feet hurt, and our ankles hurt, it’s been a very strong [march]. We’re reaching for victory,” Cardenas said. “It would give us all better benefits, rights and equality. We’re people — we may have a lower salary, but we’re parents, we’re people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923841\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11923841\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58054_057_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"line of marchers walks down a rural highway\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58054_057_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58054_057_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58054_057_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58054_057_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58054_057_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farmworkers and their supporters leave Walnut Grove on Day 22 of a 24-day 'March for the Governor’s Signature' on Wednesday. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=arts_13918088 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/RS58048_044_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before reaching Sacramento, the march attracted hundreds of people over the 24 days since it started in the Kern County city of Delano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13918088/bay-area-chefs-united-farm-workers-march-al-pastor-papi\">Food vendors provided sopas, tacos and other cuisine\u003c/a> for marchers; \u003ca href=\"https://health.ucdavis.edu/cppn/news/headlines/medical-students-help-soothe-farmworkers-on-300-mile-trek/2022/08\">UC Davis medical students tended to blistered feet and swollen legs\u003c/a>; and children of farmworkers came to support their families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flor Martinez Zaragoza, a prominent activist on \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/flowerinspanish/?hl=en\">Instagram\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@flowerinspanish\">TikTok\u003c/a>, said social media has helped her spread the word to a younger generation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923839\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11923839\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58020_017_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"smiling woman holds bright union flag against bright blue sky\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58020_017_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58020_017_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58020_017_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58020_017_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58020_017_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flor Martinez Zaragoza walks with farmworkers and their supporters as they march through Walnut Grove on Day 22 of a 24-day 'March for the Governor’s Signature' on Wednesday. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This march has definitely felt historic. It’s from the heart, it’s raw emotions. It's blood, tears and sweat. It’s what it takes to create change, bring awareness, be seen and be heard,” Martinez Zaragoza said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Social media is a tool that we have now, and I think it’s important that we utilize it to organize and be able to make an impact. The youth have their phones on them 24/7.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923706\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11923706\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58051_049_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"line or marchers, one draped in union flag, walk away from the camera along a rural highway next to a river\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58051_049_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58051_049_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58051_049_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58051_049_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58051_049_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farmworkers and their supporters march next to the Sacramento River as they pass through Walnut Grove on Day 22 of a 24-day 'March for the Governor’s Signature' on Wednesday. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Although the march has gained the support of thousands of people in person and even more online, there is still opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matthew Allen, \u003ca href=\"https://www.wga.com/blog/card-check-bill-ab-2183-heads-california-assembly-floor\">vice president of state government affairs for the Western Growers Association\u003c/a>, which represents family farmers in California, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico, said the bill is “the latest attempt to undermine the secret ballot election process as established by the Agricultural Labor Relations Act.”[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Teresa Romero, president, United Farm Workers\"]'It's been 330 miles. Our bodies hurt, our feet are blistered. We're exhausted, but our spirits are high.'[/pullquote]If Gov. Newsom does not eventually sign the bill, Romero said the UFW “will regroup and plan because we are not going to give up. This is something that is that important to us, that is that important to farmworkers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923831\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11923831\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58208_075_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"woman with long grey hair wearing hat and light by early morning sun speaks as others listen\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58208_075_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58208_075_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58208_075_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58208_075_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58208_075_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teresa Romero, president of the United Farm Workers union, speaks to marchers in Walnut Grove before setting out on Day 22 of their 24-day 'March for the Governor’s Signature' on Wednesday. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When KQED spoke to Romero on Thursday, she was preparing to march 14 miles, the second-to-last leg of the campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been 330 miles. Our bodies hurt, our feet are blistered,” Romero said. “We’re exhausted, but our spirits are high.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from KQED's Madi Bolaños and Don Thompson of The Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Farmworkers and their allies finished a march from Delano to Sacramento Friday, rallying behind a new bill that aims to provide increased labor protections. But Gov. Newsom said he won't support it in its current form.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1664578033,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":30,"wordCount":1306},"headData":{"title":"Farmworkers' 24-Day March Culminates in Sacramento, Pressuring Newsom to Sign Union Bill | KQED","description":"Farmworkers and their allies finished a march from Delano to Sacramento Friday, rallying behind a new bill that aims to provide increased labor protections. But Gov. Newsom said he won't support it in its current form.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11923693 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11923693","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2022/08/26/farmworkers-24-day-march-culminates-in-sacramento-pressuring-newsom-to-sign-union-bill/","disqusTitle":"Farmworkers' 24-Day March Culminates in Sacramento, Pressuring Newsom to Sign Union Bill","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/news/11923693/farmworkers-24-day-march-culminates-in-sacramento-pressuring-newsom-to-sign-union-bill","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 p.m. Friday: \u003c/strong>A broadly smiling California Gov. Gavin Newsom joined about two dozen jubilant, cheering farmworkers camped outside the state Capitol on Wednesday, September 28, to sign a measure aimed at helping farmworkers unionize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom initially announced his intention to veto the bill — one of the most contentious bills before the governor this year — but reversed course after President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris publicly backed it, pinning him in a difficult political position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom, however, approved the bill only after he, the United Farm Workers and the California Labor Federation agreed on \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/9.28.22-clarifying-language.pdf?emrc=c31a79\">clarifying language\u003c/a> to be considered during \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/9.28.22-letter-to-Governor.pdf?emrc=026267\">next year’s legislative session\u003c/a> to address his concerns around implementation and voting integrity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new law gives California farmworkers, who harvest much of the nation’s fruit and vegetables, new ways to vote in union elections beyond physical polling places on farm property. Proponents say that will help protect workers from union busting and other intimidation, while many farm owners say such a system lacks necessary safeguards to prevent fraud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agreement includes a cap on the number of unionization petitions over the next five years and will allow state regulators to better protect worker confidentiality and safety, Newsom's office said. It drops the option for workers to unionize through mail-in voting — as the UFW had pushed for — but allows for a “card check” election process, offering farmworkers a chance to vote from home in an effort to limit the chances of employer intimidation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, August 26: \u003c/strong>Thousands of farmworkers and their allies finished a march to California’s Capitol in Sacramento on Friday, completing the last leg of a 24-day journey that began 350 miles away in Delano. The United Farm Workers union designed the march to pressure Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill that would give farmworkers the option to vote by mail in union elections, mirroring the way Californians vote for candidates for political office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As state law currently stands, farmworkers must vote in union elections in person on sites owned by the growers that employ them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That creates a lot of intimidation. Many employers have security there, all the supervisors are there, and that doesn’t promote participation,” said United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero in an interview with KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Agricultural Labor Relations Voting Choice Act, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2183\">Assembly Bill 2183\u003c/a>, would change that in-person voting requirement and would also prohibit growers from encouraging or discouraging union membership. Under the new bill, growers could also face fines of up to $25,000 for certain specific labor rights violations, and up to $10,000 for general labor rights violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in a statement released hours before farmworkers were set to march the last mile to the Capitol, Newsom said he would not support the bill as it currently stands. The governor's office \u003ca href=\"https://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/article264941129.html\">told The Fresno Bee that Newsom remains open to negotiations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Veronica Mota, one of the 19 farmworkers who braved triple-digit temperatures for the entire 24-day march, said she was sad to hear that news, but that she remained motivated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not going to take away my motivation to continue pushing for what is right,” Mota told KQED. “It doesn’t end here. It starts here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923836\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11923836\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58064_063_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"smiling woman holds red flag as she walks at front of line of marchers along rural road in the sunshine\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58064_063_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58064_063_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58064_063_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58064_063_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58064_063_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Izabella Gonzalez walks with her family during the United Farm Workers march leaving Walnut Grove on Day 22 of a 24-day 'March for the Governor's Signature' on Wednesday. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Fifty-six years ago, César Chavez did this march to bring awareness to the issues of farmworkers,” Romero said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We thought it was important enough to recreate that march, so people and the consumers understand that farmworkers still need the rights that other workers have. We all eat because of their hard work.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1562326316786954240"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'It's blood, tears and sweat. It's what it takes to create change, bring awareness, be seen and be heard.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Flor Martinez Zaragoza, creator, @flowerinspanish","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lourdes Cardenas, a farmworker and union member, had been marching for days when KQED spoke with her in Spanish on Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though our feet hurt, and our ankles hurt, it’s been a very strong [march]. We’re reaching for victory,” Cardenas said. “It would give us all better benefits, rights and equality. We’re people — we may have a lower salary, but we’re parents, we’re people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923841\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11923841\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58054_057_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"line of marchers walks down a rural highway\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58054_057_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58054_057_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58054_057_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58054_057_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58054_057_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farmworkers and their supporters leave Walnut Grove on Day 22 of a 24-day 'March for the Governor’s Signature' on Wednesday. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13918088","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/RS58048_044_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1020x680.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before reaching Sacramento, the march attracted hundreds of people over the 24 days since it started in the Kern County city of Delano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13918088/bay-area-chefs-united-farm-workers-march-al-pastor-papi\">Food vendors provided sopas, tacos and other cuisine\u003c/a> for marchers; \u003ca href=\"https://health.ucdavis.edu/cppn/news/headlines/medical-students-help-soothe-farmworkers-on-300-mile-trek/2022/08\">UC Davis medical students tended to blistered feet and swollen legs\u003c/a>; and children of farmworkers came to support their families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flor Martinez Zaragoza, a prominent activist on \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/flowerinspanish/?hl=en\">Instagram\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@flowerinspanish\">TikTok\u003c/a>, said social media has helped her spread the word to a younger generation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923839\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11923839\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58020_017_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"smiling woman holds bright union flag against bright blue sky\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58020_017_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58020_017_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58020_017_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58020_017_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58020_017_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flor Martinez Zaragoza walks with farmworkers and their supporters as they march through Walnut Grove on Day 22 of a 24-day 'March for the Governor’s Signature' on Wednesday. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This march has definitely felt historic. It’s from the heart, it’s raw emotions. It's blood, tears and sweat. It’s what it takes to create change, bring awareness, be seen and be heard,” Martinez Zaragoza said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Social media is a tool that we have now, and I think it’s important that we utilize it to organize and be able to make an impact. The youth have their phones on them 24/7.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923706\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11923706\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58051_049_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"line or marchers, one draped in union flag, walk away from the camera along a rural highway next to a river\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58051_049_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58051_049_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58051_049_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58051_049_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58051_049_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farmworkers and their supporters march next to the Sacramento River as they pass through Walnut Grove on Day 22 of a 24-day 'March for the Governor’s Signature' on Wednesday. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Although the march has gained the support of thousands of people in person and even more online, there is still opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matthew Allen, \u003ca href=\"https://www.wga.com/blog/card-check-bill-ab-2183-heads-california-assembly-floor\">vice president of state government affairs for the Western Growers Association\u003c/a>, which represents family farmers in California, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico, said the bill is “the latest attempt to undermine the secret ballot election process as established by the Agricultural Labor Relations Act.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'It's been 330 miles. Our bodies hurt, our feet are blistered. We're exhausted, but our spirits are high.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Teresa Romero, president, United Farm Workers","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>If Gov. Newsom does not eventually sign the bill, Romero said the UFW “will regroup and plan because we are not going to give up. This is something that is that important to us, that is that important to farmworkers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923831\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11923831\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58208_075_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"woman with long grey hair wearing hat and light by early morning sun speaks as others listen\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58208_075_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58208_075_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58208_075_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58208_075_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58208_075_KQED_UnitedFarmWorkersMarch_08242022-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teresa Romero, president of the United Farm Workers union, speaks to marchers in Walnut Grove before setting out on Day 22 of their 24-day 'March for the Governor’s Signature' on Wednesday. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When KQED spoke to Romero on Thursday, she was preparing to march 14 miles, the second-to-last leg of the campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been 330 miles. Our bodies hurt, our feet are blistered,” Romero said. “We’re exhausted, but our spirits are high.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from KQED's Madi Bolaños and Don Thompson of The Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11923693/farmworkers-24-day-march-culminates-in-sacramento-pressuring-newsom-to-sign-union-bill","authors":["11301"],"categories":["news_1169","news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_18538","news_5968","news_18269","news_27626","news_16","news_19904","news_17968","news_95","news_884","news_1602"],"featImg":"news_11923798","label":"news"},"news_11770792":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11770792","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11770792","score":null,"sort":[1567289129000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"central-valley-mariachi-releases-debut-album-as-she-sets-off-for-harvard","title":"Central Valley Mariachi Releases Debut Album as She Sets Off for Harvard","publishDate":1567289129,"format":"audio","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Eighteen-year-old vocalist and musician Anaí Morales — who uses the stage name Anaí Adina — isn't your typical mariachi. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her debut album “\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Esperame-en-Cielo-Ana%C3%AD-Adina/dp/B07TT2NZ2L\">Esperame en el Cielo\u003c/a>” (\u003cem>Wait for Me in Heaven\u003c/em>) introduces classic motifs of love and heartbreak typically performed by much older, usually male musicians. She also includes songs about working in the fields, inspired by her upbringing in the Central Valley town of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/129148/new-film-on-cesar-chavez-evokes-memories-in-delano-for-original-farmworkers\">Delano, where Cesar Chavez began organizing workers\u003c/a> in the fields more than a half-century ago. [aside tag='mariachi' label='a traditional art']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morales comes from a musical family. She and her sisters got their start at \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/YouthMariachiMestizo/\">Mariachi Mestizo\u003c/a>, an award-winning youth ensemble founded by her parents in Delano. The group has performed at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. (Her father, Juan Morales, has played in some of the most famous Mariachi groups in the United States, including Mariachi Sol de Mexico and Mariachi Los Camperos).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morales herself has won a number of competitions for voice, violin, and trumpet — including the “Shining Star” award at the highly competitive “Battle of the Mariachis” in San Juan Capistrano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morales is starting at Harvard University this fall, where she took a break from orientation to talk to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrmag/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The California Report Magazine\u003c/a> host Sasha Khokha. Here is an excerpt from that conversation, edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11770798\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11770798 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38820_image_123986672-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38820_image_123986672-qut.jpg 750w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38820_image_123986672-qut-160x103.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anaí Morales with her family of musicians. Her parents, Leticia and Juan, teach music to kids at a studio in Delano. Morales' sisters are also musicians. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Anaí Adina)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On Mariachi’s influence on kids from the Central Valley:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mariachi music in general is a very important part of Mexican culture; it's present in everything that I do. I think mariachi in a community like Delano — which has a lot of Mexican immigrants and Filipino culture — gives kids a creative outlet and keeps them out of the gang violence that's present in the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also nurturing to their cultural backgrounds, I think. A lot of kids enroll in the [mariachi] studio because their grandparents or their parents want them to play that music, or their grandparents and parents were mariachis, so it has a familial vibe to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Growing up in such a musical family helped shape my worldview and every aspect of my personality. I’m very grateful that it kept me close to my culture, especially being so far from home now. I know that I can easily connect to my family and my Mexican culture just by singing a mariachi song or listening to mariachi. It was also fun getting to spend a lot of time making music with my sisters. (Anaí 's sister, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11567779/at-17-this-mariachi-veteran-is-releasing-her-first-poetry-album\">Xochitl Morales\u003c/a>, is a spoken word artist who has also been featured on The California Report.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11770827\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 355px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11770827\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-1122x1496.jpg 1122w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-840x1120.jpg 840w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-687x916.jpg 687w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-414x552.jpg 414w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-354x472.jpg 354w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morales has won a number of competitions for voice, violin, and trumpet — including the “Shining Star” award at the highly competitive “Battle of the Mariachis” in San Juan Capistrano. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Anaí Adina)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On singing about love and heartbreak as a young woman in a male-dominated genre:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I don't think there should ever be stereotypes about who can sing what. There's been a huge switch in mariachi, at least in the L.A. area, with a lot of all-female groups. That's something that wasn't around a few years ago, and so they've started to break the stereotype that mariachis are male. I'm lucky to have grown up in a household where my dad was the only male. My family is full of super strong women, with a grand total of 10 tías (\u003cem>aunts\u003c/em>). I also think that was important in helping me feel confident to sing whatever I wanted — songs that tell stories about falling in love, getting your heart broken, dying and joining your lover in heaven. They're very dramatic, and I think I'm a dramatic person. My parents used to say I'm a drama queen. I think the songs fit well with my personality, but they're also narratives that people can relate to. We've all been in love. We've all had our heart broken. We've all felt super emotional about something, and music is a way for me to express those feelings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On singing about the people of Delano: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the community is made up of Mexican immigrants; working in the fields is usually their daytime job, while some people work another job at night. Delano is not a wealthy community, but it is rich in culture, which has played a huge part in my music. I come from a community of people who work tirelessly to provide for their families and to ensure that their kids will have it better. That has inspired me not only to work hard for what I want in my music, but also to pursue higher education so that I can return to my community and give them what they deserve: the chance to seek better opportunities for themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGnwfDgXkHA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On singing in Mixteco, one of the indigenous languages of Oaxaca:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I am not fluent in Mixteco, so at times you can hear my accent or some mispronunciations. I did an internship last summer at a hospital in Oxnard, which is where many Oaxacan immigrants work in the strawberry fields. I helped translate what patients were saying to the doctors. Most of them speak only Mixteco; there is a Mixteco-to-Spanish translator, and I was the Spanish-to-English translator working with those patients. I definitely felt super connected to them and that I was able to help them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On studying at Harvard:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvard is definitely a place where you can explore niche concentrations, so I have a feeling that whatever I go in studying is most likely going to change. I'm very open-minded about what I want to do with my life. Right now the goal is to become a doctor and go back to the [Central] Valley and offer [the people there] holistic and affordable medical services that they've been deprived of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='large' align='right' citation='Anaí Adina']'I know that I can easily connect to my family and my Mexican culture just by singing a mariachi song or listening to mariachi.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On what’s next musically:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I tell people that I have an album out they always ask me if I want to study music. And I guess the answer is that I love music. It's been a huge part of my life forever and I can't really see my life in a world without music. I want to continue pursuing music, but more as a hobby. I'm still going to be playing mariachi [at Harvard with the university’s band, \u003ca href=\"https://mariachiveritasdeharvard.com/\">Mariachi Veritas de Harvard\u003c/a>]. But I'm also very passionate about medicine and science and math, so that might be a more practical route to take in terms of a career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My parents have never discouraged me from loving music to the extent that I do. They've been nothing but supportive of my music aspirations. But I've also seen how difficult it can be when your sole source of income is how many gigs you can get on one weekend. I know that that's not something that I want for myself. I want to help my family with any financial burdens they have once I graduate and get a job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6P1Q1O7E8M\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Delano local Anaí Adina was born in a musical family. Art has connected her to her Mexican roots - and now she wants to return with a degree to help her community.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1567213690,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":23,"wordCount":1295},"headData":{"title":"Central Valley Mariachi Releases Debut Album as She Sets Off for Harvard | KQED","description":"Delano local Anaí Adina was born in a musical family. 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She also includes songs about working in the fields, inspired by her upbringing in the Central Valley town of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/129148/new-film-on-cesar-chavez-evokes-memories-in-delano-for-original-farmworkers\">Delano, where Cesar Chavez began organizing workers\u003c/a> in the fields more than a half-century ago. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"mariachi","label":"a traditional art "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morales comes from a musical family. She and her sisters got their start at \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/YouthMariachiMestizo/\">Mariachi Mestizo\u003c/a>, an award-winning youth ensemble founded by her parents in Delano. The group has performed at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. (Her father, Juan Morales, has played in some of the most famous Mariachi groups in the United States, including Mariachi Sol de Mexico and Mariachi Los Camperos).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morales herself has won a number of competitions for voice, violin, and trumpet — including the “Shining Star” award at the highly competitive “Battle of the Mariachis” in San Juan Capistrano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morales is starting at Harvard University this fall, where she took a break from orientation to talk to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrmag/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The California Report Magazine\u003c/a> host Sasha Khokha. Here is an excerpt from that conversation, edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11770798\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11770798 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38820_image_123986672-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38820_image_123986672-qut.jpg 750w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38820_image_123986672-qut-160x103.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anaí Morales with her family of musicians. Her parents, Leticia and Juan, teach music to kids at a studio in Delano. Morales' sisters are also musicians. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Anaí Adina)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On Mariachi’s influence on kids from the Central Valley:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mariachi music in general is a very important part of Mexican culture; it's present in everything that I do. I think mariachi in a community like Delano — which has a lot of Mexican immigrants and Filipino culture — gives kids a creative outlet and keeps them out of the gang violence that's present in the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also nurturing to their cultural backgrounds, I think. A lot of kids enroll in the [mariachi] studio because their grandparents or their parents want them to play that music, or their grandparents and parents were mariachis, so it has a familial vibe to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Growing up in such a musical family helped shape my worldview and every aspect of my personality. I’m very grateful that it kept me close to my culture, especially being so far from home now. I know that I can easily connect to my family and my Mexican culture just by singing a mariachi song or listening to mariachi. It was also fun getting to spend a lot of time making music with my sisters. (Anaí 's sister, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11567779/at-17-this-mariachi-veteran-is-releasing-her-first-poetry-album\">Xochitl Morales\u003c/a>, is a spoken word artist who has also been featured on The California Report.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11770827\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 355px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11770827\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-1122x1496.jpg 1122w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-840x1120.jpg 840w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-687x916.jpg 687w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-414x552.jpg 414w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut-354x472.jpg 354w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38821_IMG_2307-qut.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morales has won a number of competitions for voice, violin, and trumpet — including the “Shining Star” award at the highly competitive “Battle of the Mariachis” in San Juan Capistrano. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Anaí Adina)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On singing about love and heartbreak as a young woman in a male-dominated genre:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I don't think there should ever be stereotypes about who can sing what. There's been a huge switch in mariachi, at least in the L.A. area, with a lot of all-female groups. That's something that wasn't around a few years ago, and so they've started to break the stereotype that mariachis are male. I'm lucky to have grown up in a household where my dad was the only male. My family is full of super strong women, with a grand total of 10 tías (\u003cem>aunts\u003c/em>). I also think that was important in helping me feel confident to sing whatever I wanted — songs that tell stories about falling in love, getting your heart broken, dying and joining your lover in heaven. They're very dramatic, and I think I'm a dramatic person. My parents used to say I'm a drama queen. I think the songs fit well with my personality, but they're also narratives that people can relate to. We've all been in love. We've all had our heart broken. We've all felt super emotional about something, and music is a way for me to express those feelings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On singing about the people of Delano: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the community is made up of Mexican immigrants; working in the fields is usually their daytime job, while some people work another job at night. Delano is not a wealthy community, but it is rich in culture, which has played a huge part in my music. I come from a community of people who work tirelessly to provide for their families and to ensure that their kids will have it better. That has inspired me not only to work hard for what I want in my music, but also to pursue higher education so that I can return to my community and give them what they deserve: the chance to seek better opportunities for themselves.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/AGnwfDgXkHA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/AGnwfDgXkHA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On singing in Mixteco, one of the indigenous languages of Oaxaca:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I am not fluent in Mixteco, so at times you can hear my accent or some mispronunciations. I did an internship last summer at a hospital in Oxnard, which is where many Oaxacan immigrants work in the strawberry fields. I helped translate what patients were saying to the doctors. Most of them speak only Mixteco; there is a Mixteco-to-Spanish translator, and I was the Spanish-to-English translator working with those patients. I definitely felt super connected to them and that I was able to help them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On studying at Harvard:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvard is definitely a place where you can explore niche concentrations, so I have a feeling that whatever I go in studying is most likely going to change. I'm very open-minded about what I want to do with my life. Right now the goal is to become a doctor and go back to the [Central] Valley and offer [the people there] holistic and affordable medical services that they've been deprived of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'I know that I can easily connect to my family and my Mexican culture just by singing a mariachi song or listening to mariachi.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"large","align":"right","citation":"Anaí Adina","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On what’s next musically:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I tell people that I have an album out they always ask me if I want to study music. And I guess the answer is that I love music. It's been a huge part of my life forever and I can't really see my life in a world without music. I want to continue pursuing music, but more as a hobby. I'm still going to be playing mariachi [at Harvard with the university’s band, \u003ca href=\"https://mariachiveritasdeharvard.com/\">Mariachi Veritas de Harvard\u003c/a>]. But I'm also very passionate about medicine and science and math, so that might be a more practical route to take in terms of a career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My parents have never discouraged me from loving music to the extent that I do. They've been nothing but supportive of my music aspirations. But I've also seen how difficult it can be when your sole source of income is how many gigs you can get on one weekend. I know that that's not something that I want for myself. I want to help my family with any financial burdens they have once I graduate and get a job.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/i6P1Q1O7E8M'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/i6P1Q1O7E8M'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11770792/central-valley-mariachi-releases-debut-album-as-she-sets-off-for-harvard","authors":["11580"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_223","news_8"],"tags":["news_311","news_5968","news_21258","news_23478"],"featImg":"news_11770795","label":"news_72"},"news_11703744":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11703744","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11703744","score":null,"sort":[1541460144000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"tragic-immigrant-deaths-fuel-drive-to-flip-california-gop-congressional-district","title":"Tragic Immigrant Deaths Fuel Drive to 'Flip' California GOP Congressional District","publishDate":1541460144,"format":"image","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>[dropcap]A[/dropcap] small shrine with fresh marigolds and votive candles marks the spot where immigrants Marcelina and Santos Garcia \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11659380/after-immigrant-couple-dies-fleeing-ice-farmworkers-describe-new-community-fears\">were killed on March 13.\u003c/a> The couple, of Mixtec Indian origin, had emigrated to California’s Central Valley from a rural region in Mexico where family values are strong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like so many other immigrants, they built a life in Delano, a city of 53,000 that’s about 140 miles north of Los Angeles. There, they worked in the world’s most productive farm industry, in its vast sea of grape vines, fruit trees and multi-seasonal crops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But early that March morning, as the Garcias drove through town, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents closed in on their SUV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attempting to evade agents, the undocumented couple sped down a country road. The vehicle went out of control and crashed into a pole and rolled over, killing the Garcias, who never knew that ICE was looking for Santos’ brother, not for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703752\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703752\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump2-800x476.jpg\" alt=\"Mourning family bid goodbye to the immigrant couple who died fleeing ICE agents.\" width=\"800\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump2-800x476.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump2-160x95.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump2.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mourning family bid goodbye to the immigrant couple who died fleeing ICE agents. \u003ccite>(The Bakersfield Californian)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Garcias’ deaths left their six children, who are not all U.S. citizens, orphaned. And in Delano — where in 1965 the United Farm Workers first carved their place in history — anger and fear about what happened has added urgency and upped the stakes for the midterm election occurring tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has been huge wake-up call for the Latino community,” said Yazmin Hernandez, 22, a graduate of Fresno State University who helps legal permanent-resident immigrants in Delano apply for citizenship. “As a child of farmworkers,” she said, “I really want to vote.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But do others agree? Hernandez and a lot of young Latinos like her — many motivated, some less so — could be pivotal to what happens in this grape-growing region with a disappointing history of voter turnout. That history explains why get-out-the-vote campaigns hoping to energize thousands of voters have been sweeping through California’s Central Valley in recent weeks, as labor groups and immigrant rights activists aim to send a message to President Donald J. Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the eye of the storm: the district’s congressman, U.S. Rep. David Valadao, a Republican who has defied the odds by being elected three times in a district where Democrats hold a registration advantage and Hillary Clinton was victorious just two years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Youth Get Involved\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>There’s no escaping Delano’s dramatic past. Not far from the roadside shrine commemorating the Garcias, the United Farm Workers’ original adobe headquarters, “Forty Acres,” is now a national historic landmark — something few would have imagined in the late 1960s here in Kern County. A bronze plaque and other markers explain Delano’s place in a chapter of American history that still rankles some conservatives and divides people here even today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It took a five-year strike and a national boycott campaign for the UFW to obtain its first union contract in 1970 benefiting Mexican-American and Mexican and Filipino immigrant grape laborers. As door-to-door voter turnout campaigns tick up to Election Day, Forty Acres is a reminder that change can take root slowly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703753\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703753\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-800x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-800x300.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-160x60.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-1020x382.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-1200x450.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-1180x442.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-960x360.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-240x90.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-375x140.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-520x195.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delano is home to Forty Acres, now a national historic landmark. It’s where Cesar Chavez and farmworkers established a headquarters in the late 1960s to fight for farm labor and civil rights. Chavez fasted in a room at Forty Acres, pictured at left, to demand rights for agricultural workers. (Susan Ferriss / Center for Public Integrity).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For frustrated Democrats, this is a crucial beachhead. Out of the 53 seats allotted to California in the House of Representatives, only 14 districts are held by Republicans in a state that’s been gradually turning deep blue for years now. Delano, 77 percent Latino, sits in one of the GOP pockets: the sprawling 21st Congressional District. The Almanac of American Politics says Valadao has won here against Democratic candidates “who have consistently under-performed initial expectations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stretching more than 150 miles northwest to southeast, the Valley district includes parts of Fresno, Kings, Tulare and Kern counties and a piece of the city of Bakersfield. The district is also home to a smattering of small cities, Naval Air Station Lemoore, a major fighter base, and mile after mile of crops and dairy farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interest in midterm elections is usually tepid compared to presidential races. But it’s the age of Trump, and California is a state where Latinos, mostly Mexican-American, are now the single largest demographic.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">“As a child of farmworkers, I really want to vote.\" \u003ccite>Yazmin Hernandez, 22 \u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Against this backdrop, Democrats hope that more door-to-door contact with “low-propensity” voters and “ticket splitters” will channel that anti-Trump sentiment into victories in at least a few GOP-held districts. If that happens, GOP California could shrink more and contribute to “flipping” the Republican-held U.S. House of Representatives to Democrats. But Valadao has not been alone in bucking the tide; neighboring conservative districts are held by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702053/the-nations-most-expensive-congressional-race-is-in-the-central-valley\"> rising conservative star Devin Nunes.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats would dearly love to do better here. But even enthusiasts don’t expect turnout miracles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Statewide, Latinos are only 21 percent of those most likely to vote in elections generally, even though 34 percent of those eligible to vote in California are Latino, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But young people, especially, who are scared for their peers’ or their own undocumented parents, say there’s no choice but to hit the streets and persuade those eligible to cast ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We share a history as the children of immigrant parents. We don’t know if the next ICE pursuit will be for one our families,” said Bryan Osorio, 22, who grew up in Delano. He explained the personal stakes for so many here during a meeting at Delano’s sole Starbucks. The coffee shop wasn’t far from where workers, swaddled in scarfs to fend off dust, were gleaning the last of this area’s gargantuan crop of table grapes to ship back East.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703756\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703756\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-800x534.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-800x534.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-240x160.jpeg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-375x250.jpeg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-520x347.jpeg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4.jpeg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bryan Osorio, 22, of Delano, talks to an 80-year-old Delano voter. Osorio is a University of California, Berkeley, graduate running for Delano City Council to address drinking water problems and defend immigrant families. (Susan Ferriss / Center for Public Integrity).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After the Garcias died, Delano police examined video and found that ICE agents had pursued the couple with lights flashing, contrary to what ICE agents told officers investigating circumstances of the chase. Police recommended Kern County prosecutors charge ICE agents for providing false information, but prosecutors disagreed that evidence supported that charge. Osorio and fellow students who were home on spring break marched with Delano high school students denouncing Trump’s aggressive deployment of ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Osorio’s immigrant parents aren’t citizens and can’t vote, he said. But he can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Going back years, Republican politicians and agribusiness companies in California have acknowledged that they depend on immigrant workers, many of whom likely don’t have authentic work documents. As producers of more than half the fruits, vegetables and nuts in the country — and as the biggest dairy producers — California agribusiness interests lobbied Washington for years to legalize the labor force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That didn’t happen, and then Trump was elected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because he’d like a leadership role in vigorously challenging Trump policies, Osorio is now running for Delano City Council. He’s also vowing to address Delano’s poor water quality and stop water rate hikes burdening low-income families here. Armed with research to help him home in on infrequent voters, the recent University of California at Berkeley graduate has been knocking on doors on the West side of Delano, the Latino barrio back when Latinos were a minority and some white-owned establishments barred Mexicans from entry.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702053/the-nations-most-expensive-congressional-race-is-in-the-central-valley\">The Nation's Most Expensive Congressional Race Is in the Central Valley\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702053/the-nations-most-expensive-congressional-race-is-in-the-central-valley\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/GettyImages-1000649560-1180x787.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Other college students are backing Osorio, and they split up homes chosen as targets. When he’s not campaigning, Osorio’s working as a fellow at the American Civil Liberties Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve gotten a lot of vulgar comments from older men,” Osorio said of reactions to his campaign. “They said, ‘When I was your age I was chasing girls and partying. But my respect to you.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his canvassing rounds, Osorio secured a verbal pledge of support from an 80-year-old citizen relaxing in his rose garden. A younger man in dusty work clothes shook Osorio’s hand and assured him in a mix of Spanish and English that he’d already voted “all Democrats” and for Osorio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe he did,” Osorio said, as his team discussed follow up visits. Not all voters appreciated the students’ visits. As one of Osorio’s friends approached a house, he was met with: “I don’t vote. Go away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Split Ticket Voters\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s easy to see why it’s frustrating to Delano immigrant activists and Democrats that the 21st congressional district remains Republican.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sunbaked valley has some of the worst air pollution in the country and high rates of health problems like diabetes and asthma. Obamacare was a boon to many low-income residents here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district chose Democrat Hillary Clinton over Trump by more than 15 points in 2016, making it one of seven GOP-held Congressional districts where the Democrat prevailed. But even though Democrats in the 21st had an estimated 16-point registration advantage over Republicans, voters returned Valadao to Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">“We share a history as the children of immigrant parents. We don’t know if the next ICE pursuit will be for one our families.” \u003ccite>Bryan Osorio, 22 who grew up in Delano\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Like the more nationally recognizable Nunes, Valadao, 41, comes from dairy-farming roots. A bank seized Valadao’s family farm in June due to $8 million in unpaid loans, a crisis Valadao said exemplifies the travails of farmers he serves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A mild-mannered man, he recently posed in Arizona with President Trump, along with Nunes and McCarthy of Bakersfield, who hopes to vault from GOP majority leader to Speaker of the House if the GOP retains control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The photo op on Oct. 19 was all about irrigation water — a massive issue here. It showcased Trump signing a memo accelerating biological reviews of water systems that Central Valley farmers — and workers — hope will divert more water from California rivers bearing endangered species. Trump’s move was met here with strong approval, and there was Valadao by his side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to its tight bond with agribusiness, the valley is also one of California’s most culturally conservative regions. Evangelical churches are prominent, along with conservative talk radio in English and Spanish. Some local Latino activists suggest that Valadao has benefited at the polls because some voters think he is of Mexican heritage. In reality, Valadao is of Portuguese descent, as is Nunes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, what gives Democrats hope for this election?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president’s lacerating rhetoric about Mexican immigrants has upset a lot of people, so even if they regard Valadao as moderate, Trump has further tarnished the Republican brand in California. About 62 percent of the 21st district’s residents who are eligible to register to vote are Latino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These immigrants risk their lives to work here,” said Mexican-American Erica Cruz, 48, a self-employed hairdresser whose husband used to be undocumented. “Latinos are getting picked on. This town thrives on Latinos…Trump is putting us in a terrible position and we’re scared.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s irksome to Cruz because it’s plain to her that the region’s agribusiness industry — America’s farm powerhouse — has benefited from people who shoulder all the risks that come with undocumented immigration. Workers have assumed the burden of paying smugglers thousands of dollars to get them over the border, so they can take back-breaking jobs they obtain by showing fake documents that employers have no obligation to authenticate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, it’s common for there to be no bright line between documented and undocumented in towns like Delano because there are many “mixed status” families, with some members citizens, others legal residents and still others who are undocumented, “sin papales,” without papers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703757\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703757\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump5-800x534.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump5-800x534.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump5-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump5.jpeg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Immigrant workers are the backbone of agribusiness in California’s 21st Congressional District and other GOP-held districts in the Central Valley. (Susan Ferriss / Center for Public Integrity).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Valadao, whose campaign did not respond to interview requests, has succeeded in part because he’s sensitive to the composition of his district, and he’s tried to walk a difficult line on immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On his Spanish-language website, he calls himself as an “hijo de inmigrantes,” a son of immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valadao’s website also says he supports a path to legal status for undocumented people: “This will allow millions of immigrants to come out of the shadows…and raise their families without the constant fear of deportation.” But none of Valadao’s positions have gone anywhere under GOP leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When pressed on immigration, Valadao has pointed out that he signed a petition this year designed to force GOP House leaders to allow lawmakers to vote on a series of complex immigration proposals, among them a path to legal status for Dreamers, undocumented people brought to the United States as children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The petition failed to lead to any reforms passing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Delano, voters seemed either unaware of the byzantine petition process or dismissed it as window dressing to aid GOP legislators looking for Latino votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TJ Cox, Valadao’s Democratic rival, told Valadao during a recent debate: “The fact is your party has control of every branch of government … and you can’t pass … an immigration bill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cox, 55, is a Fresno engineer and businessman who’s developed dams — he can talk water — and who’s also founded two nut-processing businesses and a series of health centers in lower-income areas. He’s part Chinese and Filipino, which he’s highlighted in this multicultural region.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11703637/immigrant-candidates-versus-trump-anti-immigrant-rhetoric\">Immigrant Candidates Versus Trump's Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11703637/immigrant-candidates-versus-trump-anti-immigrant-rhetoric\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/valencia_crowd-qut-1180x885.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But Valadao has attacked Cox for living a few miles outside the 21st district — which is allowed — and for what Cox says was an “honest mistake” in claiming his Fresno home and an East Coast home as his primary address while his wife was studying in Maryland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The influential Cook Political Report predicts a win for Valadao. It’s moved the 21st district race to “likely Republican,” rather than the more equivocal “lean” or “toss up” designations given to some of California’s other contested districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cox’s campaign, though, sees hope in fresh numbers pollsters might not be capturing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Trump took office in January 2017, campaign workers point out, more than 30,000 additional people have registered to vote in the 21st district, more than 20,000 of them Latinos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Latinos know there’s some guy there in the administration that has no respect for them,” Cox told the Center for Public Integrity after his wife, Kathleen Murphy, a pediatric intensive care physician, passed her cell phone over for a chat. On a recent weekend, she was in a Delano park with supporters who fanned out through town as part of a Democratic “blue wave” door-to-door strategy to try to coax voters to come out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joining Murphy was Cruz, the Delano hairdresser, who said that rather than just casting a ballot this year, she felt compelled to hold home meetings and to canvass along with other bilingual volunteers. She’s hoping Republican hostility to the Affordable Care Act — and Valadao’s votes to oppose and then repeal it — will also animate voters to choose Cox.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, she conceded, many people aren’t aware of Valadao’s votes and she’s left explaining them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We must fight back,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Veronica Lopez, 36, a medical technician, is just the type of voter Cruz wants to reach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview at Starbucks, where she was scrolling through her phone, Lopez said that she had voted for Hillary Clinton. She has health insurance through her job. What’s weighing on her mind these days is college affordability, which has stymied her son’s plans for a four-year college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She does care about immigration to the extent that she doesn’t want to see families “torn apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t like people deported for no good reason,” she said. Farms have been losing workers because of ICE enforcement and they need workers, she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as for Trump, she said with a shake of her head, “I’ve never seen a president who talks so badly about people.” Will she vote? She thinks so but wasn’t certain. She didn’t seem that excited about the kinds of races on the ballot this time around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Political scientist Mark Martinez at California State University at Bakersfield, also in Kern County, said he thinks if TJ Cox were running in a presidential election year, his odds of defeating Valadao would be far greater.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">“Latinos know there’s some guy there in the administration that has no respect for them.\" — TJ Cox, David Valadao’s Democratic rival\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>A longtime observer of elections here, Martinez said it’s “Poli Sci 101” why more Central Valley voters don’t come out more at midterms: Just as in other parts of the country, he said, the least advantaged people are the least likely \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11697624/why-is-it-so-hard-to-engage-latino-voters-theyre-young-and-historically-neglected\">to believe their vote matters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have some of the poorest congressional districts,” he said. Valadao, he added, doesn’t make “any stupid mistakes” in regard to the hot-button issue of immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Sowing Voter Seeds\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Another Delano resident, Valerie Gorospe, 40, is a community organizer at Delano’s Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment. She collaborated with a bipartisan voter-registration education campaign this past year called Central Valley Freedom Summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The campaign sent college students from the University of California’s Santa Cruz and Merced campuses back to their Valley hometowns to talk to kids about voting, and register 18-year-olds along with kids 16 and older, who can pre-register in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gorospe grew up in an Earlimart, right across from a giant vineyard in the 21st Congressional District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gorospe said she can’t understand how agribusiness can continue to vote for politicians who support Trump, who’s portrayed undocumented people as criminals and has pushed for blanket deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like cutting your arms off,” Gorospe said of Trump-supporting politicians whose districts have so eagerly used immigrant laborers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703758\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703758\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump6-800x534.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump6-800x534.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump6-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump6.jpeg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Valerie Gorospe, 40, a Delano community organizer, said more young voters are connecting federal policy under Trump with their families’ lives. (Susan Ferriss / Center for Public Integrity).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Kern County Farm Bureau didn’t respond to a request to talk about Trump, ICE enforcement and the election. The group’s Facebook page has multiple posts about labor shortage concerns and educational sessions on how to respond to audits of employment records ICE carries out to identify potential undocumented employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local chambers of commerce and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have endorsed Valadao, because of his connections to “ag, energy and water,” as a press release said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Golespe said she thinks Trump and GOP positions on immigration are going to bring more younger voters to the polls next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve never seen curiosity about voting in this age group like I’ve seen this year,” she said. “They’ve really connected federal policies with what’s happening here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others are trying to share that optimism. Veronica Terriquez, who is a UC Santa Cruz associate professor of sociology, organized the Freedom Summer project. Research, she said, shows that kids are often “socialized” to vote and learn about candidates and issues within their family. The project is trying to address the absence of that socialization in Central Valley homes because so many kids’ parents aren’t citizens and either can’t vote or vote infrequently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools, too, Terriquez said, don’t devote a lot of time encouraging voting. She said some Central Valley school administrators, worried about controversy, were initially hesitant to allow returning college students to talk with younger kids and conduct registration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the high school students asked if there were concerns if she, a citizen, registered, and her parents were undocumented,” Terriquez added.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11697624/why-is-it-so-hard-to-engage-latino-voters-theyre-young-and-historically-neglected\">Why Is It So Hard to Engage Latino Voters? They're Young - and Historically Neglected\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11697624/why-is-it-so-hard-to-engage-latino-voters-theyre-young-and-historically-neglected\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/MenaCanvassing-1180x752.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>During the 2014 midterms, turnout among all Californians eligible to vote was a record low of about 31 percent. But for eligible 18- to 24-year-olds, turnout was even worse at about 8 percent. Turnout for the young demographic in the Central Valley was even lower at less than 7 percent, according to research by the California Civic Engagement Project at the University of Southern California’s Sacramento office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mindy Romero, director of the California Civic Engagement Project, said that beyond registration, cultivating turnout “takes deep, multiple contacts,” along with strategies that include “peer to peer” outreach and time spent in communities off the election cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s what one nonpartisan group, Faith in the Valley, has been trying to do in five counties, including Kern, where Delano is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re shooting to speak to between 12,000 and 15,000 voters,” said Carmen Medrano, a regional organizer for the Valley group. “We’re not from a political party, we say. We’re here about issues, like affordable housing, fair rents, making sure immigrant families are protected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United Farm Workers are also active in the district, though they’re focused more on a state Assembly race. On their rounds, canvassers explain the union’s slate choices, which include Valadao’s opponent, TJ Cox. UFW member Nancy Oropeza, who’s working on the effort, said that canvassers have also left potted flowers with voters to remind them — when you water the flower, think about voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">“I don’t like people deported for no good reason.” — Veronica Lopez, 36, a medical technician\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The UFW assignment was to reach a universe in multiple towns of 16,000, face-to-face, who are Latino and infrequent voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first thing we’ve been hearing from people we contact is: Trump, Trump. He attacks us,” Oropeza said. “Once they say, yes, they want to vote, you go back to ensure they’ve received their ballot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at Delano’s Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, another influential institution in town — which has collaborated with the UFW to aid the orphaned Garcia children — Father Miguel Campos said the church doesn’t favor candidates in elections. But the church does believe that elections matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We tell people,” he said, “that it’s a civic and Christian duty to vote.” Tomorrow he’ll find out whether they’re listening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was published in partnership with HuffPost.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"In shadow of Cesar Chavez, turnout drive seeks to engage Latinos upset over Trump’s policies.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1541548199,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":87,"wordCount":4042},"headData":{"title":"Tragic Immigrant Deaths Fuel Drive to 'Flip' California GOP Congressional District | KQED","description":"In shadow of Cesar Chavez, turnout drive seeks to engage Latinos upset over Trump’s policies.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11703744 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11703744","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/11/05/tragic-immigrant-deaths-fuel-drive-to-flip-california-gop-congressional-district/","disqusTitle":"Tragic Immigrant Deaths Fuel Drive to 'Flip' California GOP Congressional District","source":"The Center for Public Integrity","sourceUrl":"www.publicintegrity.org","nprByline":"Susan Ferriss","path":"/news/11703744/tragic-immigrant-deaths-fuel-drive-to-flip-california-gop-congressional-district","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">A\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp> small shrine with fresh marigolds and votive candles marks the spot where immigrants Marcelina and Santos Garcia \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11659380/after-immigrant-couple-dies-fleeing-ice-farmworkers-describe-new-community-fears\">were killed on March 13.\u003c/a> The couple, of Mixtec Indian origin, had emigrated to California’s Central Valley from a rural region in Mexico where family values are strong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like so many other immigrants, they built a life in Delano, a city of 53,000 that’s about 140 miles north of Los Angeles. There, they worked in the world’s most productive farm industry, in its vast sea of grape vines, fruit trees and multi-seasonal crops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But early that March morning, as the Garcias drove through town, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents closed in on their SUV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attempting to evade agents, the undocumented couple sped down a country road. The vehicle went out of control and crashed into a pole and rolled over, killing the Garcias, who never knew that ICE was looking for Santos’ brother, not for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703752\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703752\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump2-800x476.jpg\" alt=\"Mourning family bid goodbye to the immigrant couple who died fleeing ICE agents.\" width=\"800\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump2-800x476.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump2-160x95.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump2.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mourning family bid goodbye to the immigrant couple who died fleeing ICE agents. \u003ccite>(The Bakersfield Californian)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Garcias’ deaths left their six children, who are not all U.S. citizens, orphaned. And in Delano — where in 1965 the United Farm Workers first carved their place in history — anger and fear about what happened has added urgency and upped the stakes for the midterm election occurring tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has been huge wake-up call for the Latino community,” said Yazmin Hernandez, 22, a graduate of Fresno State University who helps legal permanent-resident immigrants in Delano apply for citizenship. “As a child of farmworkers,” she said, “I really want to vote.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But do others agree? Hernandez and a lot of young Latinos like her — many motivated, some less so — could be pivotal to what happens in this grape-growing region with a disappointing history of voter turnout. That history explains why get-out-the-vote campaigns hoping to energize thousands of voters have been sweeping through California’s Central Valley in recent weeks, as labor groups and immigrant rights activists aim to send a message to President Donald J. Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the eye of the storm: the district’s congressman, U.S. Rep. David Valadao, a Republican who has defied the odds by being elected three times in a district where Democrats hold a registration advantage and Hillary Clinton was victorious just two years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Youth Get Involved\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>There’s no escaping Delano’s dramatic past. Not far from the roadside shrine commemorating the Garcias, the United Farm Workers’ original adobe headquarters, “Forty Acres,” is now a national historic landmark — something few would have imagined in the late 1960s here in Kern County. A bronze plaque and other markers explain Delano’s place in a chapter of American history that still rankles some conservatives and divides people here even today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It took a five-year strike and a national boycott campaign for the UFW to obtain its first union contract in 1970 benefiting Mexican-American and Mexican and Filipino immigrant grape laborers. As door-to-door voter turnout campaigns tick up to Election Day, Forty Acres is a reminder that change can take root slowly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703753\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703753\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-800x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-800x300.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-160x60.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-1020x382.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-1200x450.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-1180x442.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-960x360.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-240x90.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-375x140.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3-520x195.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump3.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delano is home to Forty Acres, now a national historic landmark. It’s where Cesar Chavez and farmworkers established a headquarters in the late 1960s to fight for farm labor and civil rights. Chavez fasted in a room at Forty Acres, pictured at left, to demand rights for agricultural workers. (Susan Ferriss / Center for Public Integrity).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For frustrated Democrats, this is a crucial beachhead. Out of the 53 seats allotted to California in the House of Representatives, only 14 districts are held by Republicans in a state that’s been gradually turning deep blue for years now. Delano, 77 percent Latino, sits in one of the GOP pockets: the sprawling 21st Congressional District. The Almanac of American Politics says Valadao has won here against Democratic candidates “who have consistently under-performed initial expectations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stretching more than 150 miles northwest to southeast, the Valley district includes parts of Fresno, Kings, Tulare and Kern counties and a piece of the city of Bakersfield. The district is also home to a smattering of small cities, Naval Air Station Lemoore, a major fighter base, and mile after mile of crops and dairy farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interest in midterm elections is usually tepid compared to presidential races. But it’s the age of Trump, and California is a state where Latinos, mostly Mexican-American, are now the single largest demographic.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">“As a child of farmworkers, I really want to vote.\" \u003ccite>Yazmin Hernandez, 22 \u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Against this backdrop, Democrats hope that more door-to-door contact with “low-propensity” voters and “ticket splitters” will channel that anti-Trump sentiment into victories in at least a few GOP-held districts. If that happens, GOP California could shrink more and contribute to “flipping” the Republican-held U.S. House of Representatives to Democrats. But Valadao has not been alone in bucking the tide; neighboring conservative districts are held by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702053/the-nations-most-expensive-congressional-race-is-in-the-central-valley\"> rising conservative star Devin Nunes.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats would dearly love to do better here. But even enthusiasts don’t expect turnout miracles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Statewide, Latinos are only 21 percent of those most likely to vote in elections generally, even though 34 percent of those eligible to vote in California are Latino, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But young people, especially, who are scared for their peers’ or their own undocumented parents, say there’s no choice but to hit the streets and persuade those eligible to cast ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We share a history as the children of immigrant parents. We don’t know if the next ICE pursuit will be for one our families,” said Bryan Osorio, 22, who grew up in Delano. He explained the personal stakes for so many here during a meeting at Delano’s sole Starbucks. The coffee shop wasn’t far from where workers, swaddled in scarfs to fend off dust, were gleaning the last of this area’s gargantuan crop of table grapes to ship back East.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703756\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703756\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-800x534.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-800x534.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-240x160.jpeg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-375x250.jpeg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4-520x347.jpeg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump4.jpeg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bryan Osorio, 22, of Delano, talks to an 80-year-old Delano voter. Osorio is a University of California, Berkeley, graduate running for Delano City Council to address drinking water problems and defend immigrant families. (Susan Ferriss / Center for Public Integrity).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After the Garcias died, Delano police examined video and found that ICE agents had pursued the couple with lights flashing, contrary to what ICE agents told officers investigating circumstances of the chase. Police recommended Kern County prosecutors charge ICE agents for providing false information, but prosecutors disagreed that evidence supported that charge. Osorio and fellow students who were home on spring break marched with Delano high school students denouncing Trump’s aggressive deployment of ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Osorio’s immigrant parents aren’t citizens and can’t vote, he said. But he can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Going back years, Republican politicians and agribusiness companies in California have acknowledged that they depend on immigrant workers, many of whom likely don’t have authentic work documents. As producers of more than half the fruits, vegetables and nuts in the country — and as the biggest dairy producers — California agribusiness interests lobbied Washington for years to legalize the labor force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That didn’t happen, and then Trump was elected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because he’d like a leadership role in vigorously challenging Trump policies, Osorio is now running for Delano City Council. He’s also vowing to address Delano’s poor water quality and stop water rate hikes burdening low-income families here. Armed with research to help him home in on infrequent voters, the recent University of California at Berkeley graduate has been knocking on doors on the West side of Delano, the Latino barrio back when Latinos were a minority and some white-owned establishments barred Mexicans from entry.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702053/the-nations-most-expensive-congressional-race-is-in-the-central-valley\">The Nation's Most Expensive Congressional Race Is in the Central Valley\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702053/the-nations-most-expensive-congressional-race-is-in-the-central-valley\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/GettyImages-1000649560-1180x787.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Other college students are backing Osorio, and they split up homes chosen as targets. When he’s not campaigning, Osorio’s working as a fellow at the American Civil Liberties Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve gotten a lot of vulgar comments from older men,” Osorio said of reactions to his campaign. “They said, ‘When I was your age I was chasing girls and partying. But my respect to you.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his canvassing rounds, Osorio secured a verbal pledge of support from an 80-year-old citizen relaxing in his rose garden. A younger man in dusty work clothes shook Osorio’s hand and assured him in a mix of Spanish and English that he’d already voted “all Democrats” and for Osorio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe he did,” Osorio said, as his team discussed follow up visits. Not all voters appreciated the students’ visits. As one of Osorio’s friends approached a house, he was met with: “I don’t vote. Go away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Split Ticket Voters\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s easy to see why it’s frustrating to Delano immigrant activists and Democrats that the 21st congressional district remains Republican.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sunbaked valley has some of the worst air pollution in the country and high rates of health problems like diabetes and asthma. Obamacare was a boon to many low-income residents here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district chose Democrat Hillary Clinton over Trump by more than 15 points in 2016, making it one of seven GOP-held Congressional districts where the Democrat prevailed. But even though Democrats in the 21st had an estimated 16-point registration advantage over Republicans, voters returned Valadao to Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">“We share a history as the children of immigrant parents. We don’t know if the next ICE pursuit will be for one our families.” \u003ccite>Bryan Osorio, 22 who grew up in Delano\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Like the more nationally recognizable Nunes, Valadao, 41, comes from dairy-farming roots. A bank seized Valadao’s family farm in June due to $8 million in unpaid loans, a crisis Valadao said exemplifies the travails of farmers he serves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A mild-mannered man, he recently posed in Arizona with President Trump, along with Nunes and McCarthy of Bakersfield, who hopes to vault from GOP majority leader to Speaker of the House if the GOP retains control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The photo op on Oct. 19 was all about irrigation water — a massive issue here. It showcased Trump signing a memo accelerating biological reviews of water systems that Central Valley farmers — and workers — hope will divert more water from California rivers bearing endangered species. Trump’s move was met here with strong approval, and there was Valadao by his side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to its tight bond with agribusiness, the valley is also one of California’s most culturally conservative regions. Evangelical churches are prominent, along with conservative talk radio in English and Spanish. Some local Latino activists suggest that Valadao has benefited at the polls because some voters think he is of Mexican heritage. In reality, Valadao is of Portuguese descent, as is Nunes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, what gives Democrats hope for this election?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president’s lacerating rhetoric about Mexican immigrants has upset a lot of people, so even if they regard Valadao as moderate, Trump has further tarnished the Republican brand in California. About 62 percent of the 21st district’s residents who are eligible to register to vote are Latino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These immigrants risk their lives to work here,” said Mexican-American Erica Cruz, 48, a self-employed hairdresser whose husband used to be undocumented. “Latinos are getting picked on. This town thrives on Latinos…Trump is putting us in a terrible position and we’re scared.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s irksome to Cruz because it’s plain to her that the region’s agribusiness industry — America’s farm powerhouse — has benefited from people who shoulder all the risks that come with undocumented immigration. Workers have assumed the burden of paying smugglers thousands of dollars to get them over the border, so they can take back-breaking jobs they obtain by showing fake documents that employers have no obligation to authenticate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, it’s common for there to be no bright line between documented and undocumented in towns like Delano because there are many “mixed status” families, with some members citizens, others legal residents and still others who are undocumented, “sin papales,” without papers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703757\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703757\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump5-800x534.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump5-800x534.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump5-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump5.jpeg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Immigrant workers are the backbone of agribusiness in California’s 21st Congressional District and other GOP-held districts in the Central Valley. (Susan Ferriss / Center for Public Integrity).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Valadao, whose campaign did not respond to interview requests, has succeeded in part because he’s sensitive to the composition of his district, and he’s tried to walk a difficult line on immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On his Spanish-language website, he calls himself as an “hijo de inmigrantes,” a son of immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valadao’s website also says he supports a path to legal status for undocumented people: “This will allow millions of immigrants to come out of the shadows…and raise their families without the constant fear of deportation.” But none of Valadao’s positions have gone anywhere under GOP leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When pressed on immigration, Valadao has pointed out that he signed a petition this year designed to force GOP House leaders to allow lawmakers to vote on a series of complex immigration proposals, among them a path to legal status for Dreamers, undocumented people brought to the United States as children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The petition failed to lead to any reforms passing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Delano, voters seemed either unaware of the byzantine petition process or dismissed it as window dressing to aid GOP legislators looking for Latino votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TJ Cox, Valadao’s Democratic rival, told Valadao during a recent debate: “The fact is your party has control of every branch of government … and you can’t pass … an immigration bill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cox, 55, is a Fresno engineer and businessman who’s developed dams — he can talk water — and who’s also founded two nut-processing businesses and a series of health centers in lower-income areas. He’s part Chinese and Filipino, which he’s highlighted in this multicultural region.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11703637/immigrant-candidates-versus-trump-anti-immigrant-rhetoric\">Immigrant Candidates Versus Trump's Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11703637/immigrant-candidates-versus-trump-anti-immigrant-rhetoric\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/valencia_crowd-qut-1180x885.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But Valadao has attacked Cox for living a few miles outside the 21st district — which is allowed — and for what Cox says was an “honest mistake” in claiming his Fresno home and an East Coast home as his primary address while his wife was studying in Maryland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The influential Cook Political Report predicts a win for Valadao. It’s moved the 21st district race to “likely Republican,” rather than the more equivocal “lean” or “toss up” designations given to some of California’s other contested districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cox’s campaign, though, sees hope in fresh numbers pollsters might not be capturing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Trump took office in January 2017, campaign workers point out, more than 30,000 additional people have registered to vote in the 21st district, more than 20,000 of them Latinos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Latinos know there’s some guy there in the administration that has no respect for them,” Cox told the Center for Public Integrity after his wife, Kathleen Murphy, a pediatric intensive care physician, passed her cell phone over for a chat. On a recent weekend, she was in a Delano park with supporters who fanned out through town as part of a Democratic “blue wave” door-to-door strategy to try to coax voters to come out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joining Murphy was Cruz, the Delano hairdresser, who said that rather than just casting a ballot this year, she felt compelled to hold home meetings and to canvass along with other bilingual volunteers. She’s hoping Republican hostility to the Affordable Care Act — and Valadao’s votes to oppose and then repeal it — will also animate voters to choose Cox.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, she conceded, many people aren’t aware of Valadao’s votes and she’s left explaining them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We must fight back,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Veronica Lopez, 36, a medical technician, is just the type of voter Cruz wants to reach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview at Starbucks, where she was scrolling through her phone, Lopez said that she had voted for Hillary Clinton. She has health insurance through her job. What’s weighing on her mind these days is college affordability, which has stymied her son’s plans for a four-year college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She does care about immigration to the extent that she doesn’t want to see families “torn apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t like people deported for no good reason,” she said. Farms have been losing workers because of ICE enforcement and they need workers, she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as for Trump, she said with a shake of her head, “I’ve never seen a president who talks so badly about people.” Will she vote? She thinks so but wasn’t certain. She didn’t seem that excited about the kinds of races on the ballot this time around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Political scientist Mark Martinez at California State University at Bakersfield, also in Kern County, said he thinks if TJ Cox were running in a presidential election year, his odds of defeating Valadao would be far greater.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">“Latinos know there’s some guy there in the administration that has no respect for them.\" — TJ Cox, David Valadao’s Democratic rival\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>A longtime observer of elections here, Martinez said it’s “Poli Sci 101” why more Central Valley voters don’t come out more at midterms: Just as in other parts of the country, he said, the least advantaged people are the least likely \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11697624/why-is-it-so-hard-to-engage-latino-voters-theyre-young-and-historically-neglected\">to believe their vote matters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have some of the poorest congressional districts,” he said. Valadao, he added, doesn’t make “any stupid mistakes” in regard to the hot-button issue of immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Sowing Voter Seeds\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Another Delano resident, Valerie Gorospe, 40, is a community organizer at Delano’s Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment. She collaborated with a bipartisan voter-registration education campaign this past year called Central Valley Freedom Summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The campaign sent college students from the University of California’s Santa Cruz and Merced campuses back to their Valley hometowns to talk to kids about voting, and register 18-year-olds along with kids 16 and older, who can pre-register in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gorospe grew up in an Earlimart, right across from a giant vineyard in the 21st Congressional District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gorospe said she can’t understand how agribusiness can continue to vote for politicians who support Trump, who’s portrayed undocumented people as criminals and has pushed for blanket deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like cutting your arms off,” Gorospe said of Trump-supporting politicians whose districts have so eagerly used immigrant laborers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703758\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11703758\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump6-800x534.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump6-800x534.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump6-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/trump6.jpeg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Valerie Gorospe, 40, a Delano community organizer, said more young voters are connecting federal policy under Trump with their families’ lives. (Susan Ferriss / Center for Public Integrity).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Kern County Farm Bureau didn’t respond to a request to talk about Trump, ICE enforcement and the election. The group’s Facebook page has multiple posts about labor shortage concerns and educational sessions on how to respond to audits of employment records ICE carries out to identify potential undocumented employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local chambers of commerce and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have endorsed Valadao, because of his connections to “ag, energy and water,” as a press release said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Golespe said she thinks Trump and GOP positions on immigration are going to bring more younger voters to the polls next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve never seen curiosity about voting in this age group like I’ve seen this year,” she said. “They’ve really connected federal policies with what’s happening here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others are trying to share that optimism. Veronica Terriquez, who is a UC Santa Cruz associate professor of sociology, organized the Freedom Summer project. Research, she said, shows that kids are often “socialized” to vote and learn about candidates and issues within their family. The project is trying to address the absence of that socialization in Central Valley homes because so many kids’ parents aren’t citizens and either can’t vote or vote infrequently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools, too, Terriquez said, don’t devote a lot of time encouraging voting. She said some Central Valley school administrators, worried about controversy, were initially hesitant to allow returning college students to talk with younger kids and conduct registration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the high school students asked if there were concerns if she, a citizen, registered, and her parents were undocumented,” Terriquez added.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11697624/why-is-it-so-hard-to-engage-latino-voters-theyre-young-and-historically-neglected\">Why Is It So Hard to Engage Latino Voters? They're Young - and Historically Neglected\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11697624/why-is-it-so-hard-to-engage-latino-voters-theyre-young-and-historically-neglected\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/MenaCanvassing-1180x752.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>During the 2014 midterms, turnout among all Californians eligible to vote was a record low of about 31 percent. But for eligible 18- to 24-year-olds, turnout was even worse at about 8 percent. Turnout for the young demographic in the Central Valley was even lower at less than 7 percent, according to research by the California Civic Engagement Project at the University of Southern California’s Sacramento office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mindy Romero, director of the California Civic Engagement Project, said that beyond registration, cultivating turnout “takes deep, multiple contacts,” along with strategies that include “peer to peer” outreach and time spent in communities off the election cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s what one nonpartisan group, Faith in the Valley, has been trying to do in five counties, including Kern, where Delano is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re shooting to speak to between 12,000 and 15,000 voters,” said Carmen Medrano, a regional organizer for the Valley group. “We’re not from a political party, we say. We’re here about issues, like affordable housing, fair rents, making sure immigrant families are protected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United Farm Workers are also active in the district, though they’re focused more on a state Assembly race. On their rounds, canvassers explain the union’s slate choices, which include Valadao’s opponent, TJ Cox. UFW member Nancy Oropeza, who’s working on the effort, said that canvassers have also left potted flowers with voters to remind them — when you water the flower, think about voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">“I don’t like people deported for no good reason.” — Veronica Lopez, 36, a medical technician\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The UFW assignment was to reach a universe in multiple towns of 16,000, face-to-face, who are Latino and infrequent voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first thing we’ve been hearing from people we contact is: Trump, Trump. He attacks us,” Oropeza said. “Once they say, yes, they want to vote, you go back to ensure they’ve received their ballot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at Delano’s Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, another influential institution in town — which has collaborated with the UFW to aid the orphaned Garcia children — Father Miguel Campos said the church doesn’t favor candidates in elections. But the church does believe that elections matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We tell people,” he said, “that it’s a civic and Christian duty to vote.” Tomorrow he’ll find out whether they’re listening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was published in partnership with HuffPost.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11703744/tragic-immigrant-deaths-fuel-drive-to-flip-california-gop-congressional-district","authors":["byline_news_11703744"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_1169","news_6188","news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_20717","news_5968","news_20597","news_1323","news_20191","news_24464","news_18269","news_23228","news_20320","news_18142","news_20529"],"affiliates":["news_18975"],"featImg":"news_11703751","label":"source_news_11703744"},"news_11675402":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11675402","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11675402","score":null,"sort":[1529364612000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"surveillance-video-contradicts-ice-agents-statements-on-fatal-delano-car-crash","title":"Surveillance Video Contradicts ICE Agents’ Statements on Fatal Delano Car Crash","publishDate":1529364612,"format":"audio","headTitle":"Surveillance Video Contradicts ICE Agents’ Statements on Fatal Delano Car Crash | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>A surveillance video obtained by KQED shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had their emergency lights on as they drove behind two farmworkers early on March 13 in Delano, a short time before the driver and passenger of the fleeing Ford pickup truck were killed in a car crash.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large\">‘\u003cstrong>The goal is to\u003c/strong> apprehend the suspect, so that is a pursuit. And if they have their lights and sirens on, there’s no question.’\u003c/span>\u003ccite>Geoffrey Alpert,\u003cbr>\nUniversity of South Carolina criminology professor\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The video, collected by police from a private residence, contradicts statements two ICE agents made to Delano police after the vehicle they were following crashed, killing both Santos Hilario Garcia, 35, and his wife, Marcelina Garcia Perfecto, 33. The couple had six children, ages 8 to 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agent Ramiro Sanchez told Delano police at the scene of the crash that he and agent Dimas Benitez were following Hilario Garcia’s vehicle, but not in “pursuit with emergency lights/sirens,” according to the police incident report. Benitez said they were not in pursuit, and both agents said “due to their policy, they did not pursue the fleeing vehicle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An ICE spokesman would not confirm what the agency’s pursuit policy is, or that the agency even has such a policy. However, federal \u003ca href=\"https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2018-title8-vol1/xml/CFR-2018-title8-vol1-part287.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regulations\u003c/a> for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security — which oversees ICE — available from the Government Publishing Office indicate that ICE agents, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/18/620933918/at-least-5-dead-after-border-patrol-car-chase-ends-with-a-crash-in-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unlike border patrol agents\u003c/a>, are not typically authorized to engage in vehicular pursuits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/artsandsciences/our-people/faculty-staff/alpert_geoffrey.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geoffrey Alpert\u003c/a>, a professor of criminology and expert in police pursuit driving at the University of South Carolina, said the video depicts an obvious law enforcement pursuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It makes no difference if the officers are right on the bumper or safely behind,” Alpert said. “The goal is to apprehend the suspect, so that is a pursuit. And if they have their lights and sirens on, there’s no question.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The video shows a truck believed to be driven by Hilario Garcia traveling westbound on West Cecil Avenue at a higher speed than other cars. Ten seconds later, two vehicles with flashing lights appear, driving in the same direction. A civilian vehicle was between Hilario Garcia’s truck and the ICE agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBO9vOQ5lII&feature=youtu.be\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agents told police that they had followed Hilario Garcia’s vehicle from his apartment, believing he was someone else wanted for deportation, according to the police report. They turned on their emergency lights after Hilario Garcia turned west onto West Cecil Avenue from Hiett Avenue, and the pickup truck initially pulled over. But when the agents got out and approached on foot, it sped off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE agent Sanchez said he followed the car “for approximately 15 seconds” after the stop, according to the police report, before pulling over and talking with Benitez, who was in a separate vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Minutes later, the couple’s truck crashed into a utility pole about 2.5 miles west of the spot where the agents had tried to pull over the truck. The vehicle flipped over, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11659380/after-immigrant-couple-dies-fleeing-ice-farmworkers-describe-new-community-fears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killing Hilario Garcia and Garcia Perfecto\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Witnesses told Delano police that the truck was traveling west at high speed and passing other cars using both the eastbound lane and the westbound dirt shoulder before it crashed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The surveillance video was acquired by police from a private residence almost exactly halfway between the site of the traffic stop and the crash scene. Three witnesses told police they did not see law enforcement following the truck before it crashed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Delano Police Department \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/delanopolicedepartment/posts/1868699283154182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">referred the case\u003c/a> to the Kern County District Attorney’s Office for review in April, requesting criminal charges based on the contradiction between the video and the agents’ statements that they were not in pursuit. Knowingly giving false information to a police officer can be charged as a misdemeanor under California’s vehicle code.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kern County District Attorney Lisa Green said on April 18 that her office \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4517437-Kern-DA-Statement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would not bring charges\u003c/a> against the agents because there was no credible evidence the agents lied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663646\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663646\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA-800x584.jpg\" alt=\"Kern County District Attorney Lisa Green speaks at a press conference on Wednesday. Green announced that her office will not bring charges against two ICE agents for their role in a car crash that resulted in the deaths of two undocumented immigrants in Delano in March.\" width=\"800\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA-800x584.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA-160x117.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA-1020x745.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA-1200x876.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA-1180x862.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA-960x701.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA-240x175.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA-375x274.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA-520x380.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kern County District Attorney Lisa Green speaks at an April 18 press conference. Green announced that her office will not bring charges against two ICE agents for their role in a car crash that resulted in the deaths of two undocumented immigrants in Delano in March. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It appears to me, from my review of the surveillance video, that both agents were obeying traffic rules. And in the relevant 10-second clip that was provided to my office, neither agent’s vehicle appeared to be overtaking the Ford,” Green said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Were the agents following the Ford? Yes. Were they speeding, and/or passing cars in order to catch up to the Ford, or to actively apprehend the people in the Ford? No.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green referenced the statements from witnesses who said Hilario Garcia’s car was not being chased by law enforcement in the moments immediately before it crashed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not quite sure what the county was thinking on this,” said Diana Tellefson Tórres, executive director of the United Farm Workers Foundation. “That contradiction really calls into question the reliability of the sworn statements that ICE officers are routinely making regarding their encounters with immigrants — not just in this case but in many cases.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large\">‘\u003cstrong>The only way\u003c/strong> [the agents’ statements] could be considered material is if the pursuit with lights and sirens was a factor in the cause of the accident.’\u003c/span>\u003ccite>Lisa Green,\u003cbr>\nKern County district attorney\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>To charge the agents, Green added, any false statement made to a peace officer must be material to the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The only way they could be considered material is if the pursuit with lights and sirens was a factor in the cause of the accident,” Green said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training \u003ca href=\"http://lib.post.ca.gov/Publications/vp_guidelines.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defines a pursuit\u003c/a> as “an event involving one or more law enforcement officers attempting to apprehend a suspected or actual violator of the law in a motor vehicle while the driver is using evasive tactics, such as high speed driving, driving off a highway, turning suddenly, or driving in a legal manner but failing to yield to the officer’s signal to stop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Criminology professor Alpert said the space between the agents and the fleeing vehicle has no bearing on whether they were in pursuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whether or not there’s an intervening car or whether they’re going a certain distance from the fleeing vehicle is irrelevant,” Alpert said. “If the suspect fleeing looks in his rear-view mirror, he sees the lights and will assume the police officer is attempting to apprehend him. That is a pursuit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An ICE spokesperson said agents were tracking the victims of the crash because Hilario Garcia matched the description of a person they were looking for. It turned out the agents had the wrong man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11675571\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11675571\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A roadside memorial to Santos Hilario Garcia and Marcelina Garcia Perfecto, who died while fleeing ICE agents on March 13, still stood at the site of the accident on a rural road in Delano over two months later.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A roadside memorial to Santos Hilario Garcia and Marcelina Garcia Perfecto, who died while fleeing ICE agents on March 13, still stood at the site of the accident on a rural road in Delano over two months later. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a statement, an ICE spokesman called the crash “isolated and extremely unfortunate,” adding that California’s sanctuary policies have forced its agents out of the jails and into communities, increasing risks to law enforcement and the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE agents \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/13/619631561/farmworkers-in-california-fearful-after-immigrant-couple-dies-while-fleeing-ice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently returned\u003c/a> to the same apartment complex where Hilario Garcia and his wife lived with their children to arrest Hilario Garcia’s brother, Celestino, who had been deported twice before and had three criminal DUI convictions and was the agents’ original target. He was deported to Mexico the same day.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Kern County district attorney said conflicting statements were not material to the case because the alleged pursuit by the agents didn't cause the crash.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1687378542,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":28,"wordCount":1338},"headData":{"title":"Surveillance Video Contradicts ICE Agents’ Statements on Fatal Delano Car Crash | KQED","description":"Kern County district attorney said conflicting statements were not material to the case because the alleged pursuit by the agents didn't cause the crash.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2018/06/HallDelanoICE.mp3","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11675402/surveillance-video-contradicts-ice-agents-statements-on-fatal-delano-car-crash","audioDuration":164000,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A surveillance video obtained by KQED shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had their emergency lights on as they drove behind two farmworkers early on March 13 in Delano, a short time before the driver and passenger of the fleeing Ford pickup truck were killed in a car crash.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large\">‘\u003cstrong>The goal is to\u003c/strong> apprehend the suspect, so that is a pursuit. And if they have their lights and sirens on, there’s no question.’\u003c/span>\u003ccite>Geoffrey Alpert,\u003cbr>\nUniversity of South Carolina criminology professor\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The video, collected by police from a private residence, contradicts statements two ICE agents made to Delano police after the vehicle they were following crashed, killing both Santos Hilario Garcia, 35, and his wife, Marcelina Garcia Perfecto, 33. The couple had six children, ages 8 to 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agent Ramiro Sanchez told Delano police at the scene of the crash that he and agent Dimas Benitez were following Hilario Garcia’s vehicle, but not in “pursuit with emergency lights/sirens,” according to the police incident report. Benitez said they were not in pursuit, and both agents said “due to their policy, they did not pursue the fleeing vehicle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An ICE spokesman would not confirm what the agency’s pursuit policy is, or that the agency even has such a policy. However, federal \u003ca href=\"https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2018-title8-vol1/xml/CFR-2018-title8-vol1-part287.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regulations\u003c/a> for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security — which oversees ICE — available from the Government Publishing Office indicate that ICE agents, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/18/620933918/at-least-5-dead-after-border-patrol-car-chase-ends-with-a-crash-in-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unlike border patrol agents\u003c/a>, are not typically authorized to engage in vehicular pursuits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/artsandsciences/our-people/faculty-staff/alpert_geoffrey.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geoffrey Alpert\u003c/a>, a professor of criminology and expert in police pursuit driving at the University of South Carolina, said the video depicts an obvious law enforcement pursuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It makes no difference if the officers are right on the bumper or safely behind,” Alpert said. “The goal is to apprehend the suspect, so that is a pursuit. And if they have their lights and sirens on, there’s no question.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The video shows a truck believed to be driven by Hilario Garcia traveling westbound on West Cecil Avenue at a higher speed than other cars. Ten seconds later, two vehicles with flashing lights appear, driving in the same direction. A civilian vehicle was between Hilario Garcia’s truck and the ICE agents.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/QBO9vOQ5lII'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/QBO9vOQ5lII'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The agents told police that they had followed Hilario Garcia’s vehicle from his apartment, believing he was someone else wanted for deportation, according to the police report. They turned on their emergency lights after Hilario Garcia turned west onto West Cecil Avenue from Hiett Avenue, and the pickup truck initially pulled over. But when the agents got out and approached on foot, it sped off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE agent Sanchez said he followed the car “for approximately 15 seconds” after the stop, according to the police report, before pulling over and talking with Benitez, who was in a separate vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Minutes later, the couple’s truck crashed into a utility pole about 2.5 miles west of the spot where the agents had tried to pull over the truck. The vehicle flipped over, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11659380/after-immigrant-couple-dies-fleeing-ice-farmworkers-describe-new-community-fears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killing Hilario Garcia and Garcia Perfecto\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Witnesses told Delano police that the truck was traveling west at high speed and passing other cars using both the eastbound lane and the westbound dirt shoulder before it crashed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The surveillance video was acquired by police from a private residence almost exactly halfway between the site of the traffic stop and the crash scene. Three witnesses told police they did not see law enforcement following the truck before it crashed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Delano Police Department \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/delanopolicedepartment/posts/1868699283154182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">referred the case\u003c/a> to the Kern County District Attorney’s Office for review in April, requesting criminal charges based on the contradiction between the video and the agents’ statements that they were not in pursuit. Knowingly giving false information to a police officer can be charged as a misdemeanor under California’s vehicle code.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kern County District Attorney Lisa Green said on April 18 that her office \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4517437-Kern-DA-Statement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would not bring charges\u003c/a> against the agents because there was no credible evidence the agents lied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663646\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663646\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA-800x584.jpg\" alt=\"Kern County District Attorney Lisa Green speaks at a press conference on Wednesday. Green announced that her office will not bring charges against two ICE agents for their role in a car crash that resulted in the deaths of two undocumented immigrants in Delano in March.\" width=\"800\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA-800x584.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA-160x117.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA-1020x745.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA-1200x876.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA-1180x862.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA-960x701.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA-240x175.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA-375x274.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/KernDA-520x380.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kern County District Attorney Lisa Green speaks at an April 18 press conference. Green announced that her office will not bring charges against two ICE agents for their role in a car crash that resulted in the deaths of two undocumented immigrants in Delano in March. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It appears to me, from my review of the surveillance video, that both agents were obeying traffic rules. And in the relevant 10-second clip that was provided to my office, neither agent’s vehicle appeared to be overtaking the Ford,” Green said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Were the agents following the Ford? Yes. Were they speeding, and/or passing cars in order to catch up to the Ford, or to actively apprehend the people in the Ford? No.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green referenced the statements from witnesses who said Hilario Garcia’s car was not being chased by law enforcement in the moments immediately before it crashed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not quite sure what the county was thinking on this,” said Diana Tellefson Tórres, executive director of the United Farm Workers Foundation. “That contradiction really calls into question the reliability of the sworn statements that ICE officers are routinely making regarding their encounters with immigrants — not just in this case but in many cases.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large\">‘\u003cstrong>The only way\u003c/strong> [the agents’ statements] could be considered material is if the pursuit with lights and sirens was a factor in the cause of the accident.’\u003c/span>\u003ccite>Lisa Green,\u003cbr>\nKern County district attorney\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>To charge the agents, Green added, any false statement made to a peace officer must be material to the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The only way they could be considered material is if the pursuit with lights and sirens was a factor in the cause of the accident,” Green said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training \u003ca href=\"http://lib.post.ca.gov/Publications/vp_guidelines.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defines a pursuit\u003c/a> as “an event involving one or more law enforcement officers attempting to apprehend a suspected or actual violator of the law in a motor vehicle while the driver is using evasive tactics, such as high speed driving, driving off a highway, turning suddenly, or driving in a legal manner but failing to yield to the officer’s signal to stop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Criminology professor Alpert said the space between the agents and the fleeing vehicle has no bearing on whether they were in pursuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whether or not there’s an intervening car or whether they’re going a certain distance from the fleeing vehicle is irrelevant,” Alpert said. “If the suspect fleeing looks in his rear-view mirror, he sees the lights and will assume the police officer is attempting to apprehend him. That is a pursuit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An ICE spokesperson said agents were tracking the victims of the crash because Hilario Garcia matched the description of a person they were looking for. It turned out the agents had the wrong man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11675571\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11675571\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A roadside memorial to Santos Hilario Garcia and Marcelina Garcia Perfecto, who died while fleeing ICE agents on March 13, still stood at the site of the accident on a rural road in Delano over two months later.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31500_Memorial-recent-1-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A roadside memorial to Santos Hilario Garcia and Marcelina Garcia Perfecto, who died while fleeing ICE agents on March 13, still stood at the site of the accident on a rural road in Delano over two months later. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a statement, an ICE spokesman called the crash “isolated and extremely unfortunate,” adding that California’s sanctuary policies have forced its agents out of the jails and into communities, increasing risks to law enforcement and the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE agents \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/13/619631561/farmworkers-in-california-fearful-after-immigrant-couple-dies-while-fleeing-ice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently returned\u003c/a> to the same apartment complex where Hilario Garcia and his wife lived with their children to arrest Hilario Garcia’s brother, Celestino, who had been deported twice before and had three criminal DUI convictions and was the agents’ original target. He was deported to Mexico the same day.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11675402/surveillance-video-contradicts-ice-agents-statements-on-fatal-delano-car-crash","authors":["11490"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_1169","news_6188","news_8"],"tags":["news_5968","news_19542","news_20320","news_20529"],"featImg":"news_11675568","label":"news_72"},"news_11672268":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11672268","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11672268","score":null,"sort":[1528047563000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"latino-movie-producer-opens-theaters-in-rural-poor-areas","title":"Latino Movie Producer Opens Theaters in Rural, Poor Areas","publishDate":1528047563,"format":"image","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>For nearly 10 years, residents in a Central Valley farming community have had to drive nearly 40 miles to see the latest film, a rare trip for some in a place where a third of the population lives in poverty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That all changed in May when Moctesuma Esparza, a Latino movie producer, opened his latest Maya Cinemas theater in Delano in his ongoing effort to open theaters in poor, rural areas in the U.S. that lack entertainment options. The $20 million project gives Delano's 53,000 residents access to recent movie releases in a high-end experience with luxury seating. In 1965, Delano helped spark Cesar Chavez's farm worker union movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esparza, who produced the 1997 movie \"Selena\" and has opened up four identical theaters in poor areas in California, said poverty shouldn't sentence residents to \"movie deserts\" where inexpensive leisure is limited. He has vowed to do his part to change the landscape in rural America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, rural communities in Appalachia, the American Southwest and the Mississippi Delta have seen small theaters close due to the high cost of technology updates and to economic downturns that discourage investors from taking over struggling movie houses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Data from the National Association of Theater Owners, the trade organization that represents exhibitors, also found that the overall number of U.S. cinema sites fell 25 percent from 1995 to 2018. However, the number of screens spiked 45 percent, largely as a result of an increase in megaplex movie theaters opening in urban areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group estimates about 10,000 screens could go dark soon because small independent and rural theaters can't afford to make digital upgrades that modern movies require.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Being in a rural area that may lack broadband or have spotty cell service that makes streaming services like Netflix and Hulu difficult to access, combined with the absence of a movie theater, can be isolating or just boring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have nothing out here,\" said Chanika Green, 18, of Shelby, Mississippi, a town of around 3,000 residents two hours south of Memphis, Tennessee. \"No movie theater, nothing. It'd be nice to have something so we could do something.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lack of a movie theater and basic leisure like skating rinks hurts struggling regions that have seen jobs leave, said Robby Moore, mayor of Lobelville, Tennessee. Residents in rural areas often have to travel more than an hour to watch a movie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's why Esparza began building theaters in underserved areas in 2000. The theaters also provide jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I saw a business opportunity. But what I soon realized was that I have to become a developer, too,\" Esparza said. \"Few people were investing in these communities.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11672271\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11672271\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/GettyImages-89996832-800x1025.jpg\" alt=\"Moctesuma Esparza, a well-known Latino movie producer, opened his latest Maya Cinemas theater in May 2018 in the Central California city of 53,000 people as part of his ongoing effort to open movie theaters in poor, U.S. rural areas that lack basic entertainment options.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1025\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moctesuma Esparza, a well-known Latino movie producer, opened his latest Maya Cinemas theater in May 2018 in Delano, a Central California city of 53,000, as part of his ongoing effort to open movie theaters in poor, U.S. rural areas that lack basic entertainment options. \u003ccite>( Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Esparza is erecting megaplex movie theaters in rural Latino areas in California. Besides Delano, theaters have opened in Salinas, Bakersfield, Pittsburg and Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His next theater is being planned for North Las Vegas. He says a developer could do the same for rural areas in Kentucky, West Virginia and the Deep South, if they research the need and build complexes that give moviegoers a special experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some states are encouraging local communities to take active steps to bring movies to town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New Mexico announced two years ago that it was joining other states in pushing an initiative to revitalize downtown districts in isolated small towns by rehabilitating aging, historic theaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An economic development program, similar to efforts in Iowa and Illinois, seeks to save often-forgotten facilities like the Shuler Theater in Raton, New Mexico — a poor and rural area. The program helps refurbish buildings and gives grants for new digital projection and sound equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New Mexico officials believe that reviving theaters in ranching towns and small cities near American Indian reservations will help create jobs in struggling downtown districts and spark excitement in entertainment deserts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Gates Family Foundation also is awarding $10,000 to $30,000 grants to rural communities to purchase new digital equipment for movie theaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esparza says that, like food and shelter, all people need the communal experience that movies provide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Everyone should have a right to dream,\" Esparza said. \"Movies allow people to dream, to think of a world outside their experiences.\"\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Moctesuma Esparza opened his latest theater in Delano as part of his ongoing effort to open movie theaters in poor U.S. rural areas that lack basic entertainment options. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1528155965,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":22,"wordCount":754},"headData":{"title":"Latino Movie Producer Opens Theaters in Rural, Poor Areas | KQED","description":"Moctesuma Esparza opened his latest theater in Delano as part of his ongoing effort to open movie theaters in poor U.S. rural areas that lack basic entertainment options. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11672268 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11672268","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/06/03/latino-movie-producer-opens-theaters-in-rural-poor-areas/","disqusTitle":"Latino Movie Producer Opens Theaters in Rural, Poor Areas","source":"Associated Press","nprByline":"\u003cstrong>Russell Contreras\u003c/strong> \u003c/br>Associated Press","path":"/news/11672268/latino-movie-producer-opens-theaters-in-rural-poor-areas","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For nearly 10 years, residents in a Central Valley farming community have had to drive nearly 40 miles to see the latest film, a rare trip for some in a place where a third of the population lives in poverty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That all changed in May when Moctesuma Esparza, a Latino movie producer, opened his latest Maya Cinemas theater in Delano in his ongoing effort to open theaters in poor, rural areas in the U.S. that lack entertainment options. The $20 million project gives Delano's 53,000 residents access to recent movie releases in a high-end experience with luxury seating. In 1965, Delano helped spark Cesar Chavez's farm worker union movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esparza, who produced the 1997 movie \"Selena\" and has opened up four identical theaters in poor areas in California, said poverty shouldn't sentence residents to \"movie deserts\" where inexpensive leisure is limited. He has vowed to do his part to change the landscape in rural America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, rural communities in Appalachia, the American Southwest and the Mississippi Delta have seen small theaters close due to the high cost of technology updates and to economic downturns that discourage investors from taking over struggling movie houses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Data from the National Association of Theater Owners, the trade organization that represents exhibitors, also found that the overall number of U.S. cinema sites fell 25 percent from 1995 to 2018. However, the number of screens spiked 45 percent, largely as a result of an increase in megaplex movie theaters opening in urban areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group estimates about 10,000 screens could go dark soon because small independent and rural theaters can't afford to make digital upgrades that modern movies require.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Being in a rural area that may lack broadband or have spotty cell service that makes streaming services like Netflix and Hulu difficult to access, combined with the absence of a movie theater, can be isolating or just boring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have nothing out here,\" said Chanika Green, 18, of Shelby, Mississippi, a town of around 3,000 residents two hours south of Memphis, Tennessee. \"No movie theater, nothing. It'd be nice to have something so we could do something.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lack of a movie theater and basic leisure like skating rinks hurts struggling regions that have seen jobs leave, said Robby Moore, mayor of Lobelville, Tennessee. Residents in rural areas often have to travel more than an hour to watch a movie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's why Esparza began building theaters in underserved areas in 2000. The theaters also provide jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I saw a business opportunity. But what I soon realized was that I have to become a developer, too,\" Esparza said. \"Few people were investing in these communities.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11672271\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11672271\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/GettyImages-89996832-800x1025.jpg\" alt=\"Moctesuma Esparza, a well-known Latino movie producer, opened his latest Maya Cinemas theater in May 2018 in the Central California city of 53,000 people as part of his ongoing effort to open movie theaters in poor, U.S. rural areas that lack basic entertainment options.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1025\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moctesuma Esparza, a well-known Latino movie producer, opened his latest Maya Cinemas theater in May 2018 in Delano, a Central California city of 53,000, as part of his ongoing effort to open movie theaters in poor, U.S. rural areas that lack basic entertainment options. \u003ccite>( Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Esparza is erecting megaplex movie theaters in rural Latino areas in California. Besides Delano, theaters have opened in Salinas, Bakersfield, Pittsburg and Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His next theater is being planned for North Las Vegas. He says a developer could do the same for rural areas in Kentucky, West Virginia and the Deep South, if they research the need and build complexes that give moviegoers a special experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some states are encouraging local communities to take active steps to bring movies to town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New Mexico announced two years ago that it was joining other states in pushing an initiative to revitalize downtown districts in isolated small towns by rehabilitating aging, historic theaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An economic development program, similar to efforts in Iowa and Illinois, seeks to save often-forgotten facilities like the Shuler Theater in Raton, New Mexico — a poor and rural area. The program helps refurbish buildings and gives grants for new digital projection and sound equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New Mexico officials believe that reviving theaters in ranching towns and small cities near American Indian reservations will help create jobs in struggling downtown districts and spark excitement in entertainment deserts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Gates Family Foundation also is awarding $10,000 to $30,000 grants to rural communities to purchase new digital equipment for movie theaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esparza says that, like food and shelter, all people need the communal experience that movies provide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Everyone should have a right to dream,\" Esparza said. \"Movies allow people to dream, to think of a world outside their experiences.\"\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11672268/latino-movie-producer-opens-theaters-in-rural-poor-areas","authors":["byline_news_11672268"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_223","news_8"],"tags":["news_5968","news_22328","news_701","news_4889","news_4731"],"featImg":"news_11672269","label":"source_news_11672268"},"news_11663524":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11663524","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11663524","score":null,"sort":[1524261619000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"kern-county-wont-charge-ice-agents-over-their-role-in-crash-that-killed-farmworker-couple","title":"Kern County Won't Charge ICE Agents Over Their Role in Crash That Killed Farmworker Couple","publishDate":1524261619,"format":"audio","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Kern County District Attorney Lisa Green announced on Wednesday that no charges will be brought against two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents for their role in a car accident in March that killed two undocumented farmworkers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Delano Police Department had requested a review of evidence that they believed might have showed the agents lied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early on the morning of March 13, Santos Hilario Garcia, 35, and Marcelina Garcia Perfecto, 33, were driving in Delano looking for field work when vehicles operated by ICE agents signaled their car to pull over. As soon as they stopped, and ICE agents got out of their vehicles, Hilario sped off, attempting to flee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moments later, Hilario's truck had hit a telephone pole and flipped over, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11659380/after-immigrant-couple-dies-fleeing-ice-farmworkers-describe-new-community-fears\">killing them both\u003c/a>. The couple left behind six children, ages 8 to 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Delano Police Department’s investigation into the crash, the ICE agents told detectives that once Hilario began to flee, they terminated their attempt to stop the vehicle and were not “in pursuit” with emergency lights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, according to the Delano Police Department's report, surveillance video collected by police showed the ICE agents' SUVs driving behind the victims’ car with front and/or rear emergency lights activated, contradicting the agents’ statements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663729\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Santos-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Santos Hilario Garcia and Marcelina Garcia Perfecto died in Delano on March 13 after flipping their car in an attempt to flee ICE agents. This photo was featured on a GoFundMe webpage to raise funds for the couple's children.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663729\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Santos-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Santos-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Santos-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Santos.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Santos-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Santos-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Santos-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Santos-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Santos-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santos Hilario Garcia and Marcelina Garcia Perfecto died in Delano on March 13 after flipping their car in an attempt to flee ICE agents. This photo was featured on a GoFundMe webpage to raise funds for the couple's children. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Linda Hinojosa)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Delano Police Department \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/delanopolicedepartment/posts/1868699283154182\">referred the case\u003c/a> to the Kern County D.A.’s office, requesting possible charges if it was determined that the agents violated \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=31\">Vehicle Code 31\u003c/a>, which states:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\nNo person shall give, either orally or in writing, information to a peace officer while in the performance of his duties under the provision of this code when such person knows that the information is false.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>At a press conference on Wednesday, Green told reporters that her office would not bring criminal charges against the ICE agents, because she did not believe the agents chased the victims' Ford pickup truck, and that there wasn’t a legal basis to pursue the charges under Vehicle Code 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It appears to me, from my review of the surveillance video, that both agents were obeying traffic rules. And in the relevant 10-second clip that was provided to my office, neither agent’s vehicle appeared to be overtaking the Ford,\" Green said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Were the agents following the Ford? Yes. Were they speeding to catch up to the Ford? No.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green said that video showing ICE officers’ vehicles with emergency lights on was from an earlier period of time, not immediately before the crash, and pointed to statements from three witnesses who indicated that the victims’ car was not being chased just before the accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In order for there to be a violation of Vehicle Code 31, Green said, any such false statements knowingly made to a police officer must be material to the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These statements were not material. The only way they could be considered material is if the pursuit with lights and sirens was a factor in the cause of the accident,” Green said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663735\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Farm labor contractor Jasmine Quintanilla (L) and forewoman Rosa Lopez worked with farmworkers Santos Hilario Garcia and Marcelina Garcia Perfecto for several years in Delano.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663735\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farm labor contractor Jasmine Quintanilla (L) and forewoman Rosa Lopez worked with farmworkers Santos Hilario Garcia and Marcelina Garcia Perfecto for several years in Delano. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Shortly after the announcement on Wednesday, farmworkers who knew the couple that died were out in the fields, trimming leaves from table grape vines on a plot of land in rural Delano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think that’s fair, they took two lives away. And they left six children behind,” Farm Labor Contractor Jasmine Quintanilla said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I imagine for (Hilario’s) brother, for their children, it must be very hard. If they died and there aren’t charges, it’s like you’re saying their lives weren’t worth anything. Because, well, nothing happened,” said Rosa Lopez, a forewoman who worked with Hilario and Garcia for around three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least two farmworkers said that Hilario had been pulled over under very similar circumstances a year ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the workers, the couple was pulled over by ICE near their home. Because the couple’s children came outside, agents detained and eventually deported only Hilario -- but they let Garcia stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The workers believe Hilario attempted to get away this time because he didn’t want to be separated from his family again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for ICE called the crash “isolated and extremely unfortunate,” adding that sanctuary policies have pushed the agency’s officers out of jails and into the community, increasing risks for the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Delano Police Department did not respond to the DA's decision.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"District Attorney Lisa Green said she does not believe ICE agents chased the undocumented couple's vehicle, or caused the crash.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1524261619,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":825},"headData":{"title":"Kern County Won't Charge ICE Agents Over Their Role in Crash That Killed Farmworker Couple | KQED","description":"District Attorney Lisa Green said she does not believe ICE agents chased the undocumented couple's vehicle, or caused the crash.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11663524 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11663524","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/04/20/kern-county-wont-charge-ice-agents-over-their-role-in-crash-that-killed-farmworker-couple/","disqusTitle":"Kern County Won't Charge ICE Agents Over Their Role in Crash That Killed Farmworker Couple","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2018/04/HallKernDAPresserCUT.mp3","path":"/news/11663524/kern-county-wont-charge-ice-agents-over-their-role-in-crash-that-killed-farmworker-couple","audioDuration":110000,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Kern County District Attorney Lisa Green announced on Wednesday that no charges will be brought against two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents for their role in a car accident in March that killed two undocumented farmworkers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Delano Police Department had requested a review of evidence that they believed might have showed the agents lied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early on the morning of March 13, Santos Hilario Garcia, 35, and Marcelina Garcia Perfecto, 33, were driving in Delano looking for field work when vehicles operated by ICE agents signaled their car to pull over. As soon as they stopped, and ICE agents got out of their vehicles, Hilario sped off, attempting to flee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moments later, Hilario's truck had hit a telephone pole and flipped over, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11659380/after-immigrant-couple-dies-fleeing-ice-farmworkers-describe-new-community-fears\">killing them both\u003c/a>. The couple left behind six children, ages 8 to 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Delano Police Department’s investigation into the crash, the ICE agents told detectives that once Hilario began to flee, they terminated their attempt to stop the vehicle and were not “in pursuit” with emergency lights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, according to the Delano Police Department's report, surveillance video collected by police showed the ICE agents' SUVs driving behind the victims’ car with front and/or rear emergency lights activated, contradicting the agents’ statements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663729\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Santos-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Santos Hilario Garcia and Marcelina Garcia Perfecto died in Delano on March 13 after flipping their car in an attempt to flee ICE agents. This photo was featured on a GoFundMe webpage to raise funds for the couple's children.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663729\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Santos-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Santos-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Santos-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Santos.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Santos-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Santos-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Santos-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Santos-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Santos-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santos Hilario Garcia and Marcelina Garcia Perfecto died in Delano on March 13 after flipping their car in an attempt to flee ICE agents. This photo was featured on a GoFundMe webpage to raise funds for the couple's children. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Linda Hinojosa)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Delano Police Department \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/delanopolicedepartment/posts/1868699283154182\">referred the case\u003c/a> to the Kern County D.A.’s office, requesting possible charges if it was determined that the agents violated \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=31\">Vehicle Code 31\u003c/a>, which states:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\nNo person shall give, either orally or in writing, information to a peace officer while in the performance of his duties under the provision of this code when such person knows that the information is false.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>At a press conference on Wednesday, Green told reporters that her office would not bring criminal charges against the ICE agents, because she did not believe the agents chased the victims' Ford pickup truck, and that there wasn’t a legal basis to pursue the charges under Vehicle Code 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It appears to me, from my review of the surveillance video, that both agents were obeying traffic rules. And in the relevant 10-second clip that was provided to my office, neither agent’s vehicle appeared to be overtaking the Ford,\" Green said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Were the agents following the Ford? Yes. Were they speeding to catch up to the Ford? No.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green said that video showing ICE officers’ vehicles with emergency lights on was from an earlier period of time, not immediately before the crash, and pointed to statements from three witnesses who indicated that the victims’ car was not being chased just before the accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In order for there to be a violation of Vehicle Code 31, Green said, any such false statements knowingly made to a police officer must be material to the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These statements were not material. The only way they could be considered material is if the pursuit with lights and sirens was a factor in the cause of the accident,” Green said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663735\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Farm labor contractor Jasmine Quintanilla (L) and forewoman Rosa Lopez worked with farmworkers Santos Hilario Garcia and Marcelina Garcia Perfecto for several years in Delano.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11663735\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/FarmworkersRemember-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farm labor contractor Jasmine Quintanilla (L) and forewoman Rosa Lopez worked with farmworkers Santos Hilario Garcia and Marcelina Garcia Perfecto for several years in Delano. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Shortly after the announcement on Wednesday, farmworkers who knew the couple that died were out in the fields, trimming leaves from table grape vines on a plot of land in rural Delano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think that’s fair, they took two lives away. And they left six children behind,” Farm Labor Contractor Jasmine Quintanilla said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I imagine for (Hilario’s) brother, for their children, it must be very hard. If they died and there aren’t charges, it’s like you’re saying their lives weren’t worth anything. Because, well, nothing happened,” said Rosa Lopez, a forewoman who worked with Hilario and Garcia for around three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least two farmworkers said that Hilario had been pulled over under very similar circumstances a year ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the workers, the couple was pulled over by ICE near their home. Because the couple’s children came outside, agents detained and eventually deported only Hilario -- but they let Garcia stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The workers believe Hilario attempted to get away this time because he didn’t want to be separated from his family again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for ICE called the crash “isolated and extremely unfortunate,” adding that sanctuary policies have pushed the agency’s officers out of jails and into the community, increasing risks for the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Delano Police Department did not respond to the DA's decision.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11663524/kern-county-wont-charge-ice-agents-over-their-role-in-crash-that-killed-farmworker-couple","authors":["11490"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_1169","news_6188","news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_5968","news_18269","news_21027","news_20529","news_244"],"featImg":"news_11663646","label":"news_72"},"news_11659380":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11659380","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11659380","score":null,"sort":[1522705248000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"after-immigrant-couple-dies-fleeing-ice-farmworkers-describe-new-community-fears","title":"After Immigrant Couple Dies Fleeing ICE, Farmworkers Describe New Community Fears","publishDate":1522705248,"format":"audio","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>On the side of a busy country road in Delano, California, local farmworkers have built a small memorial, featuring dozens of votive candles surrounding bouquets of roses and balloons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shrine in the small Central Valley city was erected in memory of Santos Hilario Garcia, 35, and Marcelina Garcia Perfecto, 33, two undocumented farmworkers from Guerrero, Mexico, who \u003ca href=\"https://kqed.org/news/11656376/undocumented-couple-killed-speeding-away-from-agents\">died in a car crash\u003c/a> last month, shortly after agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attempted to pull over their SUV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 13, as the couple was driving around looking for work in the grape fields, a car behind them flashed its lights, signaling their vehicle to pull over. When they stopped, and ICE agents got out of the car, Hilario sped off. According to police, minutes later, he lost control of the couple’s SUV and crashed into a telephone pole. Their vehicle flipped over, killing them both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokeswoman for ICE said Hilario matched the description of a man agents were looking for. It turned out he was not that individual. In a statement, the agency called the incident “isolated” and “extremely unfortunate.” According to ICE, Santos Hilario Garcia had been deported to Mexico three times since 2008 and was convicted of a DUI in 2014. ICE noted that Marcelina Garcia Perfecto \"had no prior encounters with ICE.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4429095-Delano-Police-Department-press-release.html#document/p1\">Delano police also said\u003c/a> that the ICE agents stated they terminated their attempts to stop the victims’ vehicle once Hilario began to flee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incident hit the local community in Delano hard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hilario and Garcia had six children, ages 8 to 18. A teenage girl who recently stopped by the memorial with her parents asked not to be named, but said she went to school with the couple’s oldest daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's heartbreaking. Now she has to take full custody of her siblings. It's really sad, it's honestly really sad,\" the girl said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, community members held a wake for the victims at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Delano, which is accepting food donations for the couple's children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United Farm Workers Foundation recently held a \"Know Your Rights\" session at the same church. At the meeting, three UFW staff members performed a mock traffic stop role play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UFW Foundation intern Jesús -- who didn't want to disclose his last name -- pretended he was a farmworker sitting in the driver's seat of a car that had just been pulled over by ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As he rolled down an imaginary window, UFW Foundation fellow Karina Morales, acting as an ICE agent, asked him in Spanish, \"Where were you born? How many years have you been here?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I choose to plead the Fifth,\" Jesús responded, his head hanging down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11659454\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11659454 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-800x486.jpg\" alt=\"United Farm Workers Foundation Fellow Karina Morales holds a card which explains an individual's Fourth and Fifth Amendment constitutional rights, regardless of immigration status. UFW Foundation organizers distribute this card to farmworkers in the Central Valley, which they can hand to an ICE agent if they're pulled over or if agents knock on their door.\" width=\"800\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-800x486.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-160x97.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-1020x619.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-1180x717.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-960x583.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-240x146.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-375x228.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-520x316.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">United Farm Workers Foundation fellow Karina Morales holds a card that explains an individual's Fourth and Fifth Amendment constitutional rights, regardless of immigration status. UFW Foundation organizers distribute this card to farmworkers in the Central Valley, which they can hand to an ICE agent if they're pulled over or if agents knock on their door. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In March, \u003ca href=\"http://www.bakersfield.com/news/immigration-agents-conducting-operation-in-kern-county-detain-at-least/article_82ad03be-1db6-11e8-b3c9-1b53b406b402.html\">the Bakersfield Californian reported\u003c/a> at least 24 people were arrested in Kern County, many of them farmworkers stopped early in the morning on their way to the fields. Organizers with the UFW Foundation said they have received similar reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Since what happened with the [death] of Santos and Marcelina, it looks that ICE ... is stopping farmworkers on their way to work early mornings,\" said Nancy Oropeza, a UFW Foundation coordinator who keeps track of when farmworkers report they have seen ICE or been detained in Kern County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers believe the ICE agents that pulled Hilario and Garcia over were driving an unmarked vehicle. The agency won't confirm this, but said sanctuary policies have pushed ICE out of jails and into communities, increasing risk for the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's something we're concerned about, how ICE is doing these operations by portraying themselves as local police,\" said Eriberto Fernandez, civic participation and policy coordinator with the UFW Foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They turn on their emergency lights, they pull you over, you don't know if you're being pulled over for a speeding ticket, or broken tail light, or if it's an ICE official looking to see if you have papers or not,\" Fernandez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lack of communication has created fear in Delano, a town where most people either work in the fields or know someone who does.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They say [ICE] was at the Mexican stores,\" said Rosa Sandoval, a member of the church, referring to grocery stores popular with Latino and Mexican immigrant workers. Sandoval looked around and leaned in before whispering, \"at Vallarta ... they were there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The farmworkers, they're really intimidated with what is happening, especially with the Delano case,\" said Jesús. \"It's opened up a lot of eyes in the community. Just to look out for each other and get more informed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers held the \"Know Your Rights\" meeting at the church with the idea that farmworkers would consider it a safe space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trouble is, in this climate of fear, no one showed up.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"ICE says sanctuary policies have pushed their agents out of jails and into communities, increasing risk for the public. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1522714760,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":25,"wordCount":875},"headData":{"title":"After Immigrant Couple Dies Fleeing ICE, Farmworkers Describe New Community Fears | KQED","description":"ICE says sanctuary policies have pushed their agents out of jails and into communities, increasing risk for the public. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11659380 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11659380","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/04/02/after-immigrant-couple-dies-fleeing-ice-farmworkers-describe-new-community-fears/","disqusTitle":"After Immigrant Couple Dies Fleeing ICE, Farmworkers Describe New Community Fears","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2018/04/DelanoFarmWorkersHall180402.mp3","path":"/news/11659380/after-immigrant-couple-dies-fleeing-ice-farmworkers-describe-new-community-fears","audioDuration":220000,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On the side of a busy country road in Delano, California, local farmworkers have built a small memorial, featuring dozens of votive candles surrounding bouquets of roses and balloons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shrine in the small Central Valley city was erected in memory of Santos Hilario Garcia, 35, and Marcelina Garcia Perfecto, 33, two undocumented farmworkers from Guerrero, Mexico, who \u003ca href=\"https://kqed.org/news/11656376/undocumented-couple-killed-speeding-away-from-agents\">died in a car crash\u003c/a> last month, shortly after agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attempted to pull over their SUV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 13, as the couple was driving around looking for work in the grape fields, a car behind them flashed its lights, signaling their vehicle to pull over. When they stopped, and ICE agents got out of the car, Hilario sped off. According to police, minutes later, he lost control of the couple’s SUV and crashed into a telephone pole. Their vehicle flipped over, killing them both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokeswoman for ICE said Hilario matched the description of a man agents were looking for. It turned out he was not that individual. In a statement, the agency called the incident “isolated” and “extremely unfortunate.” According to ICE, Santos Hilario Garcia had been deported to Mexico three times since 2008 and was convicted of a DUI in 2014. ICE noted that Marcelina Garcia Perfecto \"had no prior encounters with ICE.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4429095-Delano-Police-Department-press-release.html#document/p1\">Delano police also said\u003c/a> that the ICE agents stated they terminated their attempts to stop the victims’ vehicle once Hilario began to flee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incident hit the local community in Delano hard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hilario and Garcia had six children, ages 8 to 18. A teenage girl who recently stopped by the memorial with her parents asked not to be named, but said she went to school with the couple’s oldest daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's heartbreaking. Now she has to take full custody of her siblings. It's really sad, it's honestly really sad,\" the girl said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, community members held a wake for the victims at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Delano, which is accepting food donations for the couple's children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United Farm Workers Foundation recently held a \"Know Your Rights\" session at the same church. At the meeting, three UFW staff members performed a mock traffic stop role play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UFW Foundation intern Jesús -- who didn't want to disclose his last name -- pretended he was a farmworker sitting in the driver's seat of a car that had just been pulled over by ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As he rolled down an imaginary window, UFW Foundation fellow Karina Morales, acting as an ICE agent, asked him in Spanish, \"Where were you born? How many years have you been here?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I choose to plead the Fifth,\" Jesús responded, his head hanging down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11659454\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11659454 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-800x486.jpg\" alt=\"United Farm Workers Foundation Fellow Karina Morales holds a card which explains an individual's Fourth and Fifth Amendment constitutional rights, regardless of immigration status. UFW Foundation organizers distribute this card to farmworkers in the Central Valley, which they can hand to an ICE agent if they're pulled over or if agents knock on their door.\" width=\"800\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-800x486.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-160x97.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-1020x619.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-1180x717.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-960x583.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-240x146.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-375x228.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/RedCard-520x316.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">United Farm Workers Foundation fellow Karina Morales holds a card that explains an individual's Fourth and Fifth Amendment constitutional rights, regardless of immigration status. UFW Foundation organizers distribute this card to farmworkers in the Central Valley, which they can hand to an ICE agent if they're pulled over or if agents knock on their door. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In March, \u003ca href=\"http://www.bakersfield.com/news/immigration-agents-conducting-operation-in-kern-county-detain-at-least/article_82ad03be-1db6-11e8-b3c9-1b53b406b402.html\">the Bakersfield Californian reported\u003c/a> at least 24 people were arrested in Kern County, many of them farmworkers stopped early in the morning on their way to the fields. Organizers with the UFW Foundation said they have received similar reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Since what happened with the [death] of Santos and Marcelina, it looks that ICE ... is stopping farmworkers on their way to work early mornings,\" said Nancy Oropeza, a UFW Foundation coordinator who keeps track of when farmworkers report they have seen ICE or been detained in Kern County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers believe the ICE agents that pulled Hilario and Garcia over were driving an unmarked vehicle. The agency won't confirm this, but said sanctuary policies have pushed ICE out of jails and into communities, increasing risk for the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's something we're concerned about, how ICE is doing these operations by portraying themselves as local police,\" said Eriberto Fernandez, civic participation and policy coordinator with the UFW Foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They turn on their emergency lights, they pull you over, you don't know if you're being pulled over for a speeding ticket, or broken tail light, or if it's an ICE official looking to see if you have papers or not,\" Fernandez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lack of communication has created fear in Delano, a town where most people either work in the fields or know someone who does.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They say [ICE] was at the Mexican stores,\" said Rosa Sandoval, a member of the church, referring to grocery stores popular with Latino and Mexican immigrant workers. Sandoval looked around and leaned in before whispering, \"at Vallarta ... they were there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The farmworkers, they're really intimidated with what is happening, especially with the Delano case,\" said Jesús. \"It's opened up a lot of eyes in the community. Just to look out for each other and get more informed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers held the \"Know Your Rights\" meeting at the church with the idea that farmworkers would consider it a safe space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trouble is, in this climate of fear, no one showed up.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11659380/after-immigrant-couple-dies-fleeing-ice-farmworkers-describe-new-community-fears","authors":["11490"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_1169","news_6188","news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_5968","news_18269","news_21027","news_17041","news_20529","news_244"],"featImg":"news_11659419","label":"news_72"},"news_11567779":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11567779","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11567779","score":null,"sort":[1500411637000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"at-17-this-mariachi-veteran-is-releasing-her-first-poetry-album","title":"At 17, This Mariachi Veteran Is Releasing Her First Poetry Album","publishDate":1500411637,"format":"audio","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Seventeen-year-old Xochitl Morales has been surrounded by music since she was in the womb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s eat, breathe, sleep mariachi,” she says, as she points out trophies and event posters in her family’s music studio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the California mariachi scene, everybody knows the Morales family of Delano. Xochitl’s dad, Juan Morales, played with mariachi superstars \u003ca href=\"https://www.mariachiloscamperos.com/about\">Los Camperos\u003c/a>; Xochitl and her sister \u003ca href=\"http://www.bakersfield.com/entertainment/music/delano-mariachi-group-to-play-carnegie-hall/article_e80afa39-a0ee-5a7e-b368-2099eb7bbaa8.html\">played at Carnegie Hall earlier this year\u003c/a> with Mariachi Mestizo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She's well versed in just about every instrument in the mariachi, and she even gives violin lessons to kids, like 3-year-old Damian Martinez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11567868\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11567868 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl1-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl1-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl1-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl1-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xochitl helping 3-year-old Damian with his finger placement. \u003ccite>(Vanessa Rancano/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To teach him how to hold his instrument, she marks his fingers with a pen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What do we do with the dots here?” she asks. “Put our fingers right there and then right there,” Damian says, as he wraps his tiny hand around the bow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There you go!” Xochitl says. \"Now play 'Miss-iss-ipp-i hot dog.’” He squeaks along to the rhythm of the words.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11567865\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11567865 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl2-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl2-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl2-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl2-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xochitl teaching 3-year-old Damian how to keep rhythm. \u003ccite>(Vanessa Rancano/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Xochitl is headed into her last year of high school, and during the summer she spends much of her time here in the studio, either teaching or rehearsing with her mariachi group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while Xochitl’s days are filled with music, she spends her nights writing poetry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her writing got national attention last year when she starred in a \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">YouTube video produced by BuzzFeed\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. In the video she stands against a white backdrop, wearing perfectly drawn black eyeliner, braces and a T-shirt that says “poet.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_RnrH7SQ-s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My first language was Spanish learned from sweet stories told by my papi at bedtime,” she recites. “My tongue, a formation of the stardust of my heritage, an intertwined galaxy of rolled R’s and the Pledge of Allegiance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The video has over 80,000 views and led to media coverage about Xochitl’s writing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’d shared the spotlight before, as part of \u003ca href=\"http://www.themariachistudio.com/performance/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mariachi Mestizo\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the youth group her dad started. They recorded an album with \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://littlevillagefoundation.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Little Village Foundation\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> -- a nonprofit run by musician Jim Pugh. But Pugh was also interested in releasing her poetry.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11567866\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11567866\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl3-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl3-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl3-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl3.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl3-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl3-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl3-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl3-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl3-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xochitl and fellow members of Mariachi Mestizo help teach a group of younger musicians. Here she works with 13-year-old Xavier Olea. \u003ccite>(Vanessa Rancano/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At first Xochitl was reluctant. She’d started writing poetry early in high school, joined \u003ca href=\"http://getlit.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">slam poetry group Get Lit\u003c/a> and was soon getting commissioned to write poems. It got old after a while.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It had just become a very formulaic thing, like, I know what you want to hear so I’m gonna write it,” she says. “It got really boring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She decided the album would be a chance to write for herself -- and to try something new. As a musician she’d learned that improvisation was a powerful creative force, but as a writer she was a perfectionist, agonizing over every word. With this record, she decided to try writing spontaneously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"1aGXg6pMzK2ZOX1FC3oTrcKwKzunJ7tU\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was just, like, this explosion of improvisation,” she says. In two days she wrote the 11 poems on \u003ca href=\"http://littlevillagefoundation.com/xochitl-morales/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">her album, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"Descansos.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> She also improvised music for the record with her dad.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her favorite is the first poem on the album, \"X.16.\" It’s about the place she grew up. “It’s the Central Valley talking to me,” she says, “and kinda like telling me, ‘As much as you don’t want to be here, this is home.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Children of narco refugees and lipstick stains, Chavez boycott babies, cheeks of neighborhood cholos: All of you were made in this valley, in this belly of deadly blossoms, of eyes that saw and left the motherland, born in this body of bloody endings and proud father tears on graduation days. Yes, including you, girl who wishes on my stars for city lights against midnight. You cannot deny that I run through your blood.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/315487462\" params=\"auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Xochitl has come to embrace the Central Valley as part of her artistic identity. She writes a lot about the region’s agriculture industry and its workers. The first poem she ever wrote and performed was about pesticides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I went to talk about pesticide poisoning to a bunch of urban kids in L.A.,” she says. “They were like, whoa, this happens?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a kid, she remembers being told she couldn’t go out to recess because nearby fields had been crop-dusted. It’s a theme she returns to on her album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/315487456\" params=\"auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know what this means for those that have a choice: no walks for a week, windows closed while we sleep. This means sticky nights and no recess for the schools across the street.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Xochitl, art and activism are intertwined. She says what’s most important about her art is that it have impact. She’s going into her senior year of high school and wants to move to New York City for college -- maybe to study art and politics. She knows that could be risky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really want someone to validate that this is what I should be doing,” she says, “because there’s a lot of pressure on second-generation Americans to kind of go into jobs that are guaranteed a stable income.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though her parents, Juan and Leticia, have dedicated themselves to music, they’re conflicted about the path Xochitl wants to pursue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been there done that,” says Leticia. “When we first married, we lived off the music and it was hard. We want them to have something better than our struggles.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Xochitl has already started down that road, and her parents helped put her on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/315487402\" params=\"auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was named after a war goddess: Xochitl, Toltec queen, leading a battalion of women to arms; Xochitl, southern fireball that found breath in sister and mother; Xochitl, a victory laureled in \u003cem>caderas de flores y labios de miel.\u003c/em> They say her legacy runs through blood, and it ran through mine. After all, I came into this world kicking and screaming as loud as the women she fought alongside in battle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Xochitl is still figuring out who she is as an artist, so the future is uncertain. But she says she won’t put her pen or her instruments down for long.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Born to a famous mariachi family, Xochitl Morales is already finding her artistic voice, blending art and activism, inspired by her Central Valley roots.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1500401837,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":36,"wordCount":1235},"headData":{"title":"At 17, This Mariachi Veteran Is Releasing Her First Poetry Album | KQED","description":"Born to a famous mariachi family, Xochitl Morales is already finding her artistic voice, blending art and activism, inspired by her Central Valley roots.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"disqusIdentifier":"11567779 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11567779","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/07/18/at-17-this-mariachi-veteran-is-releasing-her-first-poetry-album/","disqusTitle":"At 17, This Mariachi Veteran Is Releasing Her First Poetry Album","audioUrl":"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2017/07/Morales.mp3","guestFields":"0","path":"/news/11567779/at-17-this-mariachi-veteran-is-releasing-her-first-poetry-album","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Seventeen-year-old Xochitl Morales has been surrounded by music since she was in the womb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s eat, breathe, sleep mariachi,” she says, as she points out trophies and event posters in her family’s music studio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the California mariachi scene, everybody knows the Morales family of Delano. Xochitl’s dad, Juan Morales, played with mariachi superstars \u003ca href=\"https://www.mariachiloscamperos.com/about\">Los Camperos\u003c/a>; Xochitl and her sister \u003ca href=\"http://www.bakersfield.com/entertainment/music/delano-mariachi-group-to-play-carnegie-hall/article_e80afa39-a0ee-5a7e-b368-2099eb7bbaa8.html\">played at Carnegie Hall earlier this year\u003c/a> with Mariachi Mestizo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She's well versed in just about every instrument in the mariachi, and she even gives violin lessons to kids, like 3-year-old Damian Martinez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11567868\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11567868 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl1-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl1-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl1-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl1-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xochitl helping 3-year-old Damian with his finger placement. \u003ccite>(Vanessa Rancano/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To teach him how to hold his instrument, she marks his fingers with a pen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What do we do with the dots here?” she asks. “Put our fingers right there and then right there,” Damian says, as he wraps his tiny hand around the bow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There you go!” Xochitl says. \"Now play 'Miss-iss-ipp-i hot dog.’” He squeaks along to the rhythm of the words.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11567865\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11567865 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl2-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl2-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl2-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl2-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xochitl teaching 3-year-old Damian how to keep rhythm. \u003ccite>(Vanessa Rancano/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Xochitl is headed into her last year of high school, and during the summer she spends much of her time here in the studio, either teaching or rehearsing with her mariachi group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while Xochitl’s days are filled with music, she spends her nights writing poetry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her writing got national attention last year when she starred in a \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">YouTube video produced by BuzzFeed\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. In the video she stands against a white backdrop, wearing perfectly drawn black eyeliner, braces and a T-shirt that says “poet.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/-_RnrH7SQ-s'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/-_RnrH7SQ-s'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>“My first language was Spanish learned from sweet stories told by my papi at bedtime,” she recites. “My tongue, a formation of the stardust of my heritage, an intertwined galaxy of rolled R’s and the Pledge of Allegiance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The video has over 80,000 views and led to media coverage about Xochitl’s writing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’d shared the spotlight before, as part of \u003ca href=\"http://www.themariachistudio.com/performance/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mariachi Mestizo\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the youth group her dad started. They recorded an album with \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://littlevillagefoundation.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Little Village Foundation\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> -- a nonprofit run by musician Jim Pugh. But Pugh was also interested in releasing her poetry.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11567866\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11567866\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl3-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl3-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl3-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl3.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl3-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl3-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl3-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl3-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Xochitl3-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xochitl and fellow members of Mariachi Mestizo help teach a group of younger musicians. Here she works with 13-year-old Xavier Olea. \u003ccite>(Vanessa Rancano/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At first Xochitl was reluctant. She’d started writing poetry early in high school, joined \u003ca href=\"http://getlit.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">slam poetry group Get Lit\u003c/a> and was soon getting commissioned to write poems. It got old after a while.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It had just become a very formulaic thing, like, I know what you want to hear so I’m gonna write it,” she says. “It got really boring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She decided the album would be a chance to write for herself -- and to try something new. As a musician she’d learned that improvisation was a powerful creative force, but as a writer she was a perfectionist, agonizing over every word. With this record, she decided to try writing spontaneously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was just, like, this explosion of improvisation,” she says. 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