Agua Si Se Puede

07/14/2025

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06/13/2025

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/los-angeles-immigrant-students-ice-raids_n_684ae04be4b0cf5f0c9b5941

"This week we held our graduation ceremony. Outside, school police patrolled to guard against potential ICE raids."

12/28/2024

IN STOCK! Good news friends - all brands are now back in stock! A special shoutout to our volunteer superstar Gracie for her help with moving and stacking. In other good news, our updated website and online store are coming soon… stay tuned, stay hydrated.

11/30/2024

In 2007, our attention was drawn to the injustice of immigration laws, and Agua Si Se Puede! was created.
Fast-forward 18 years, and the immigration process for those seeking a better life is still a mess. Today, people still come looking for a better life and are told, “No, you can’t come; No, you can’t have a living wage; No, you can’t live without fear or intimidation.” And we respond, “Yes, we can! Si, Se Puede!” See aguasisepuede.com for more information.

12/21/2020

Washington state Department of Labor & Industries has issued one of the largest workplace safety and health fines in state history against Gebbers Farm in Brewster, where 2 workers died from COVID-19: $2,038,200.

Worried about a lack of COVID-19 safety precautions, visiting workers say they are prioritizing their lives in the midst of the pandemic.

11/24/2020

Central Washington Farms Fined For Violating COVID-19 Protections For Workers - including Gebbers!
https://bit.ly/39dE5Aw

Three Mid-Columbia farms are among those receiving the biggest fines in the state from the Washington state Department of Labor and Industries for serious violations of agriculture regulations to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. More than 20 farms have been cited for inadequate COVID precautio...

11/06/2020

The WA Supreme Court has ruled that farm workers have the right to receive overtime pay after eight hours a day of work.
https://twitter.com/ufwupdates/status/1324510174774661120?s=21

“BREAKING: The WA Supreme Court has ruled that farm workers have the right to receive overtime pay after eight hours a day of work. This ruling is about more than money. It is about righting the deep historical wrong of excluding farm workers from labor protections. 1/”

06/18/2020

The decision is a dramatic victory for immigration advocates and gives a new lease on life for the so-called DREAMers, immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

05/06/2020

In the pandemic, “illegal” workers are now deemed “essential” by the federal government.

04/13/2020

Farming cannot be done from home, and so in Central and Eastern Washington, work busily goes on, sometimes virtually unchanged. Workplace rules rushed through earlier in the coronavirus pandemic lack specificity and so the state, growers and farmworker advocates are...

04/11/2020

The impact of the coronavirus will be determined by how seriously the agricultural industry takes this health threat, whether they enforce safety measures, and what resources are directed at addressing issues such as health care access.

Field workers face many risks trying to feed a nation during the pandemic: crowded conditions, a lack of safety protections, and hunger at home.

03/30/2020

What about the children!

Millions of undocumented workers have been left out of the government stimulus plan as they face some of the highest rates of job loss. Immigrant rights groups are also warning Trump’s so-called public charge rule, which allows officials to deny green cards and visas to immigrants who use public b...