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Migrant workers harvest corn on Uesugi Farms in Gilroy, California.

Obama’s immigration plan might convince some farm workers to ditch the fields

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If you want to see how the president’s new rules on deportation may change many lives — and farm labor — head to California’s vast Central Valley.

President Barack Obama signs two Presidential Memoranda associated with his Executive Actions on immigration aboard Air Force One on November 21, 2014.

Executive actions can be contentious all over the world

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President Obama announced executive action on immigration policy during a nationally televised address from the White House on November 20, 2014. Obama outlined a plan to ease the threat of deportion for about 4.7 million undocumented immigrants.

I’m Hispanic and I don’t like your plan, this woman tells Obama

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The Catena family — Gabriel, Marcela and their daughter, Nicole — live in the San Francisco Bay area. Both Gabriel and Marcela are undocumented immigrants and say that the new executive action will provide mental as well as legal relief to their family.

Obama’s immigration actions give a California family new hope for staying together

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