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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017
Farmers fear losing immigrant workers under Trump crackdown
Farming uses
high percentage
of illegal labor
By ANDREW SELSKY
Associated Press
SALEM — The head
of Bethel Heights Vineyard
looked out over the 100 acres
of vines her crew of 20 Mex-
icans had just fi nished prun-
ing, worried about what will
happen if the Trump adminis-
tration presses ahead with its
crackdown on immigrants.
From tending the plants
to harvesting the grapes, it
takes skill and a strong work
ethic to produce the win-
ery’s pinot noir and chardon-
nay, and native-born Ameri-
cans just aren’t willing to work
that hard, Patricia Dudley said
as a cold rain drenched the
vineyard.
“Who’s going to come out
here and do this work when
they deport them all?” she
asked.
AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus
Moses Maldonado poses for a photo in March in front of a
statue in front of the state Capitol in Salem.
President Donald Trump’s
hard line against immigrants
in the U.S. illegally has sent a
chill through the nation’s agri-
cultural industry, which fears
a crackdown will deprive it
of the labor it needs to plant,
grow and pick the crops that
feed the country.
Fruit and vegetable grow-
ers, dairy and cattle farmers
and owners of plant nurser-
ies and vineyards have begun
lobbying politicians at home
and in Washington to get them
to deal with immigration in a
way that minimizes the harm
to their livelihoods.
Some of the farm leaders
are Republicans who voted for
Trump and are torn, wanting
border security but also mercy
toward laborers who are not
dangerous criminals.
Farming uses a higher
percentage of illegal labor
than any other U.S. industry,
according to a Pew Research
Center study.
Immigrants working ille-
gally in this country accounted
for about 46 percent of Amer-
ica’s roughly 800,000 crop
farmworkers in recent years,
according to an Associated
Press analysis of data from the
U.S. Departments of Labor
and Agriculture.
Economic implications
Stepped-up deportations
could carry “signifi cant eco-
nomic implications,” a 2012
U.S. Department of Agri-
culture study said. If Ameri-
ca’s unauthorized labor force
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
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Jan. 1, 1933 — April 2, 2017
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Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
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Leonard McKinley Vaughn Jr., 84, of teams, being a volunteer fi reman, and involve-
Naselle, Washington, passed away peacefully at ment in churches and other volunteer projects.
Willapa Health and Rehab Center in Raymond, He enjoyed playing cards, and especially loved
spending time with family.
Washington, on Sunday, April 2, 2017.
He is survived by his wife, Betty;
Leonard was born to Leonard and
daughters, Linda Thompson (Tom)
Ellen Vaughn on Jan. 1, 1933, in Asto-
of Naselle and Judy Heiner (Scott) of
ria, Oregon. He began his education
Montesano; and son, Danny Vaughn
at the age of 4 in the newly opened
(wife Pam, and daughters Amanda
Rosburg School, and graduated from
and Morgan) of Naselle; grandchil-
Naselle High School in 1951. He
dren Michal Corbin (Derrill), Dan-
began working at a young age on the
ielle Thompson, Jason Heiner, Jus-
family dairy farm, the Grays River
tin Heiner and Calen Thompson; 10
Creamery and driving truck.
great-grandchildren; and numerous
Leonard married Betty Nelson on
cousins, nieces and nephews.
Oct. 5, 1951. They lived with Bet-
Leonard was preceded in death
ty’s parents while building their own Leonard Vaughn
Jr.
by his fi rst-born son, Leonard Dale
home nearby in Salmon Creek, where
Vaughn in 1970; sisters, Betty
he lived for the remainder of his life.
Leonard and his brother-in-law, Millard Habakangas (Charles), MaryAnn Hayes (Ken-
Penttila, were partners in L & M Garage in neth) and baby sister, Virginia Vaughn.
A memorial service is being held at Bethany
Naselle for 25 years. After selling the garage,
Leonard began driving log truck for Johnson Free Lutheran Church in Astoria at 1 p.m. on
Forestry until buying his own self-loader and Saturday, April 29. A graveside service will fol-
starting his own business, B & L Trucking. low at Peaceful Hill Cemetery in Naselle at 3
Leonard and Betty operated the business until p.m., with a reception immediately following at
the Naselle Congregational Church on Parpala
he retired in 1995.
Leonard shared his dry sense of humor and Road.
Donations in remembrance of Leonard may
“words of wisdom” with those closest to him.
He enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, clamming, be made to Appelo Archives Center in Naselle.
His guestbook is available at www.pentti-
woodworking and raising cows. He spoke
fondly of being part of community basketball laschapel.com
TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
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UNDER THE SKY
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Leonard McKinley Vaughn Jr.
Rather cloudy
Pendleton
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Sunset tonight ........................... 8:15 p.m.
Sunrise Tuesday .......................... 6:12 a.m.
Moonrise today ........................... 5:36 a.m.
Moonset today ........................... 6:14 p.m.
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Precipitation
Sunday ............................................. 0.82"
Month to date ................................... 6.87"
Normal month to date ....................... 4.20"
Year to date .................................... 39.20"
Normal year to date ........................ 29.04"
Apr 26
Cloudy with rain tapering
off
gon on their way to a forest
to pick a plant used in fl oral
arrangements.
It doesn’t appear the arrests
themselves have put a sizable
dent in the agricultural work-
force yet, but the fear is taking
its toll.
Some workers in Ore-
gon are leaving for job sites
as early as 1 a.m. and stay-
ing away from check-cash-
ing shops on payday to avoid
dragnets. Farm employers
are worried about losing their
workforces.
“They say, ‘Don’t go out,
don’t get drunk, don’t do noth-
ing illegal’ because they need
us too. They worry too,” said
Moses Maldonado, who is
in the U.S. illegally and has
worked for nearly four decades
tending wine grapes and pick-
ing fruit in Oregon.
In Los Banos, Califor-
nia, asparagus farmer Joe Del
Bosque said workers are so
afraid of being arrested in the
fi eld that he struggled to fi nd
enough hands in March to pick
his crop.
OBITUARIES
FRIDAY
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Astoria through Sunday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 51°/45°
Normal high/low ........................... 57°/42°
Record high ............................ 73° in 2006
Record low ............................. 34° in 2013
New
THURSDAY
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shrank 40 percent, for exam-
ple, vegetable production
could drop by more than 4 per-
cent, the study said.
The American Farm Bureau
Federation says strict immi-
gration enforcement would
raise food prices 5 to 6 per-
cent because of a drop in sup-
ply and because of the higher
labor costs farmers could face.
In addition to proposing
a wall at the Mexican border,
Trump wants to hire 10,000
more Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement offi cers
and has served notice that he
intends to be more aggressive
than the Obama administration
in deporting immigrants.
ICE agents have arrested
hundreds of immigrants since
Trump took offi ce, though
how much of a change from
the Obama administration
that represents is a matter of
debate.
Field hands have been
among those targeted, with
apple pickers detained in
upstate New York and Gua-
temalans pulled over in Ore-
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scheduled for Tuesday
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submitted to the C ounty C lerk’s O ffi ce by 8 p.m.
E lection D ay.
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through May 19 as county staff holds the election.
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PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Knappa Prairie Cemetery Association, 6 p.m., annu-
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Seaside City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway.
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Clatsop Care Health District Board, noon, Clatsop
Retirement Village, 947 Olney Ave.
Astoria Library Board, 5:30 p.m., Library Flag Room,
450 10th St.
Astoria Budget Committee, 6 p.m., City Hall, 1095
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Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S.
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Astoria Planning Commission, 6:30 p.m., City Hall,
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