His phone starts going off early in the morning and he hardly ever gets a break, with pings sometimes demanding his attention through the late hours of the night.

Jose A. Garibay Esquivel is the owner of Isabellas Market in Salem, but most of his calls lately come from people seeking help or wanting to share information about immigration crackdowns in communities across Oregon.

Around January or February, just as President Donald Trump returned to office, Garibay Esquivel started seeing misinformation spread on social media related to immigration enforcement. He distributes Mexican products, such as candy, chips, salsas and Mexican drinks, to Oregon stores, including up and down the Willamette Valley, so he’s often on the road. He started sharing what he was seeing as he was traveling, g

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