Standing beneath the shade of one of countless rows of grape vines in Bakersfield, California, Olivia Vasquez, who has worked these fields for more than 30 years, wipes away tears as she shares her fear of being separated from her children if she gets deported.

Her five children were all born in the United States, but, Vasquez is an undocumented immigrant, and so is at risk of being deported under President Donald Trump’s deportation program.

Vasquez is a crew leader in the grape fields. A friend who knows her well described her to me as “firm, but fair” to the more than 50 other farmworkers she oversees. Picking grapes is hard work, as is most agricultural labor. The workers get up early so they can be done before the midafternoon sun makes their jobs unbearable.

But Vasquez doesn’t co

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