Picketing was in protest over the arrest of 29 persons at a Delano, California ... American farmworkers went on strike to demand higher wages for grape pickers Cesar Chavez’s UFW joined them.

Gabriel Leal said he witnessed ICE detaining some of his farmworker friends during raids in January.

She organized the 500 workers at the Delano farm to strike with the UFW’s support. Eventually, they won a union contract, and Sanchez was elected as the union representative at her workplace.