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On-Site Expeditions is working with the Immigration Task Force of Monterey County in California to produce a documentary film about the current situation in one of the countries biggest agricultural area.
READ OUR BLOG ABOUT THE PROJECT Goal of Documentary: To capture the reality of the migrant situation in Monterey County and educate the public, most specifically the undocumented immigrant community, about the services available at the Immigration Task Force. |
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Meet the Filmmakers
Dalton Gaudin (on left) and Maren Elwood (in middle) will be using their skills as visual anthropologists to bring sensitivity to this film project. This picture was taken in Peru where they are working on a long-term project with the descendants of the Inca people. This photo is of a 95 year old Incan woman who has participated in their study in Peru since 2010 with her grandson Fernando Sallo in the pink shirt. Learn more about the filmmakers by reading their Blog. |
KION local news story.
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 Deb Clifford / Executive Director of the Immigration Task Force of Monterey County
President Donald Trump announced Saturday, the deportation of illegal immigrants in 10 cities nationwide would be postponed to possibly find a solution across the isle.
Although no cities on the Central Coast are on that list, there are still concerns from some in our area could be next. "We are prepared that if these things come down we have peaceful legal responses we have ties to pretty much all the immigration attorneys in Monterey county and Santa Cruz County," Deb Clifford with the Monterey County immigration task force said. According to Clifford, these possible ICE raids could be unconstitutional. "If people are living here peacefully and there are no grounds...they need to have signed warrants for every person they are going to detain or its wildly against the law," Clifford said READ WHOLE ARTICLE |
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This film project is supported by the United Farm Workers &
the Catholic Charities. Pictured here are (L to R) Richardo Nunez (United Farm Workers Foundation), Paz Padilla (Catholic Charities of Monterey County), and
Deb Clifford (Founder of Immigration Task Force).
the Catholic Charities. Pictured here are (L to R) Richardo Nunez (United Farm Workers Foundation), Paz Padilla (Catholic Charities of Monterey County), and
Deb Clifford (Founder of Immigration Task Force).