
march to protest trump deportation threats
David Bacon | California, United States
Photographer: David Bacon
Exhibit Title: march to protest trump deportation threats
Location: California, United States
Young people and their families in Fort Bragg CA joined thousands of others who went into the streets this past week, protesting the threat of immigration raids and deportations.
Mexicans began coming to Fort Bragg, many from the Yucatan, to work in the seafood plants in the Noyo River harbor, and moved into jobs in the tourism industry or picking wine grapes in nearby vinyards.
Today students from immigrant families make up a majority in the city's schools. But being part of Fort Bragg has not been easy. The first immigration raid took place in 1988. When Trump threatened new raids and mass deportations, young people knew what he was intending from their own family histories.
It is a testimony to the courage of these young people of Fort Bragg and their families that fear of deportation did not paralyze them, or make them cower behind closed doors in fear.
These photographs are part of a body of work that has gone on for over 30 years, documenting migration and immigrant communities. It is participatory documentation, tryiing to use photographs and words to help build movements for social justice.
David Bacon
dbaconphotography@gmail.com
510-851-1589
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