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They had to weigh the risk of a workplace raid and the husband’s possible arrest against the financial implications of losing a vital source of income.

“We’ve had other administrations deport people, but not like this,” she said, referencing this month’s immigration enforcement that has swept up families at homes, in workplaces and while in vehicles.

Thursday when he was told immigration agents were outside of his workplace.

Large-scale raids on workplaces in California's agricultural heartland haven't been seen for the last 15 years, says Lucas Zucker, a community organiser in California's Central Coast region.

“What works is that it has this instant combination of being a big, action-packed sci-fi show, but it’s also a workplace comedy.”