Rudy Marchello cleans dust off of his boots at a farmworkers encampment in Calexico, April 6, 2021. Marchello works as an irrigator on a farm and has been staying at the encampment for a few days.
Onions hang between tents at a farmworkers encampment in Calexico, April 6, 2021.
Sergio Macias walks from the Calexico farmworker encampment to downtown where he will get a ride to work before dawn, Feb. 24, 2021.
Sergio Macias walks through an intersection in downtown Calexico where he and other farmworkers gather for work before dawn, Feb. 24, 2021.
A farmworker harvests cabbage on Vessey Farms in Holtville, Feb. 23, 2021.
Farmworkers stack boxes of cabbage at Vessey Farms in Holtville, Feb. 23, 2021.
Humberto Chavez waters plants in a new garden at the Calexico farmworker encampment on March 18, 2021.
Humberto Chavez passes in front of a tent that serves as the office at the Calexico encampment, March 18, 2021. Chavez is a retired farmworker who had been at the encampment for more than a week after undergoing a medical procedure.
Antonio Cuevas fries chicken in his tent at the Calexico farmworker encampment on March 18, 2021. Cuevas lives with his wife in Mexicali but works in the Imperial County fields.
Calexico police officers arrest Hugo Castro who refused to move from the community garden at the Calexico farmworkers encampment, April 7, 2021. Castro is one of the organizers who started the encampment in January.
Antonio Cuevas, left, and Alejandro Cazares moved belongings from the Calexico encampment to the outside of a neighbor’s apartment, April 7, 2021. Both have agreed to stay in a Calexico shelter for the night if there are beds available for them.
Antonio Cuevas eats dinner at Our Lady of Guadalupe Men's Shelter in Calexico, April 7, 2021. Cuevas was able to find a bed at the shelter after Calexico police officers cleared out the encampment he was staying at.
Morning sunlight moves toward a contested piece of land along the border fence in Calexico, April 7, 2021. A group of farmworkers and activists has camped on the city-owned parcel since January.