The United Farm Workers Foundation (UFW), which advocates for farm workers and immigrants in the U.S., recently released a survey finding most farmworkers expressed increased worry about detention and deportation stemming from the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown.

Anna Hill Galendez is the managing attorney at the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC). She leads the farmworker and immigrant worker rights team, providing legal services to farmworkers throughout Michigan.

“While we haven’t seen large-scale raids at agricultural sites in Michigan during this administration, the constant threat or potential threat of that enforcement has really created a chilling effect and climate of fear for farmworkers in Michigan,” she says.

The survey found people are also afraid of seeking medical help, shopping, or using social media.

Many have been working in the U.S. for more than 10 years.

The survey finds half of the agricultural workforce is made up by undocumented workers.

Galendez says more than one-third of Michigan’s agricultural crops depend on labor intensive practices.

“We’re seeing a huge growth in the use of the H-2A temporary visa program, and it’s grown more than 45 times larger since 2012. Last year, Michigan had nearly 16,000 H-2A positions certified for temporary visa workers to come,” she says.

Galendez says the fear of detention and deportation also impacts employment conditions for farm workers with some employers delaying payment and wages.

While migrants have an increased fear of immigration enforcement, Galendez says that MIRC is seeing more local law enforcement helping federal agencies.

“Sometimes in what look to be pretextual types of traffic stops… questioning people and then calling ICE or CBP, sometimes engaging in unlawful practices such as demanding passengers provide their identification,” she explains.

The survey found raids and deportations affect employment, health, and family separation for many people who have lived in the U.S. for 10 years or longer.

The UFW Foundation research surveyed 2,250 farm workers in 12 states, including Michigan.