As east Charlotte grows, residents want a stake in its future
As Charlotte grows and the city mulls revitalization plans, the Central Avenue corridor could change in unexpected ways — and it has before.
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As Charlotte grows and the city mulls revitalization plans, the Central Avenue corridor could change in unexpected ways — and it has before.
Tonight is reprobably going to be picked by immigrant hands. the real question is is it going to be picked by immigrant hands here in the united states or in another country? >> you can create a big problem because the whole economy can collapse. >> reporter: yeah. >> you need the workers here. >> reporter: farm worker advocate says the nation's food supply relies on undocumented labor and deporting them is not only bad for business but also threatens to break up families. a lot of people we saw today, the good people, the hardworking people, you said they're afraid. >> what are they afraid of...
Regulations away, he is going to take your work areas way. how do you deal with that? >> this is where i disagreed with him. the idea that we're going to send 11 million people out and walk them back in, it's not going to happen. we need a solution for the whole country where we can bring people out of the shadows so we don't have this problem. >> reporter: now you sound like a democrat. you are confusing me. >> this is messy. the farmers are not in lockstep. you get three farmers together, you get five different opinions. i have no problem voting for the president and disagreeing with him on ...
Tonight is probably going to be picked by immigrant hands. the real question is, is it going to be picked byism grant hands here in the united states and for us in california or in another country? >> you must work with folks pretty closely who are probably very scared. >> yes and no. i think most folks realize that something's going to have to happen. they're not going to move 12 million to 14 million people out of this country. >> many people if these fields believe they could be kicked out of the country and live in fear they could be deported any day. farm worker rights advocate, he says i...
Unthinkable. continued pressure from the federal government was squeezing us out. big issue here is water. we got no help from washington on water during the drought. and, you know, the regulatory burden continues to increase so continuation of what we had was unthinkable. >> i know you supported donald trump. on the one hand, i know he's good for small businesses in some ways, but he also is tough on the immigrant workers. are you kind of caught in the middle here? >> i disagree with him on that. >> farmer, paul wenger, also supports president trump but also said deported farm workers is bad ...