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1.2 million immigrants are gone from the US labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows; Advocates: ICE raids have chilling effect on NY immigrants' daily needs; Study: ID has fourth-most industrial cattle operations in US; Empowering SD teachers to talk about preventing gun violence.

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The Public News Service Daily Newscast, September the 2nd, 2025.

I'm Mike Clifford.

It is tomato season and Lydia is harvesting on farms in California's Central Valley.

She's also anxious.

Attention from ICE could upend her life more than 23 years after she illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border as a teenager.

That's from the Associated Press.

"Their report to worry is they'll pull you over when you're driving and ask for your papers," said Lydia, who spoke to the AP on conditions that only her first name would be used because of her fears of deportation.

She added, "We need to work, we need to feed our families and pay our rent."

Meantime, immigrant rights advocates say the constant presence of ICE officers on New York streets is having a chilling effect of migrants' ability to meet their basic needs, such as food, work and housing.

Agencies such as the Capital District Latinos in Albany are finding parents often staying away from their work and children aren't attending school because of their fear of being detained, even if they have legal status.

Vicky Jimenez with the Capital District Latinos says many families are suffering from the stress.

The breadwinners in many of these households are staying home and causing the food and housing insecurity.

They know that in a matter of time they have to get money because then the landlords are expecting them to pay their rent.

New York State is home to about 5 million immigrants who wield $160 billion in spending power and pay $75 billion a year in taxes.

Jimenez says the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign is deliberately intimidating migrants, even those with legal status.

Mark Richardson reporting.

We head next to Idaho, a state that has one of the highest concentrations of industrial cattle feeding operations in the nation. according to a study in the journal Communications, Earth and Environment, which ranked Idaho fourth in the nation for most cattle-confined animal feeding operations, also known as CAFOs.

The state has more than 600 operations taking up more than 16,000 acres of land.

The operations come with health risks, especially for people living nearby.

Josh Johnson with the Idaho Conservation League says the state's ranking is no surprise for people living in eastern Idaho.

He says the cattle on these farms produce large amounts of waste, which can get into surface and groundwater.

If you don't spread out that manure enough on the landscape or do something else with it beyond just putting it in lagoons or stacking it in big piles, you are going to overload certain areas with nitrogen and phosphorus.

That leads to some significant water quality challenges down the road.

Johnson says some of the health impacts from this include blue baby syndrome, which can occur from high levels of nitrates in infants' drinking water, and the potential for long-term effects like cancer in adults.

The study in Communications Earth and Environment found pollution from CAFOs disproportionately impact vulnerable minority populations that are less likely to have adequate health coverage.

I'm Eric Tegethoff reporting.

This is Public News Service.

Last week's deadly shooting in Minnesota has students, parents and teachers again feeling the weight of gun violence.

Educators hope in states like South Dakota, classroom leaders will get their say on how to keep everyone safe.

In the aftermath of a school shooting, familiar arguments about reducing gun violence emerge from banning assault rifles to arming teachers.

Longtime educator Abby Clements is a survivor of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and co-founder of Teachers Unified to End Gun Violence.

She says her fellow teachers often feel scrutinized by their employer if they want to share their views.

To be honest, the message to teachers who endure these tragedies is, you know, don't speak. leaders with the South Dakota Education Association agree the tone should be more welcoming for teachers around the state to speak up.

In a statement the State Education Department says it respects the First Amendment right of all citizens including educators to contribute to the public square of debate.

I'm Mike Moen.

And you know how some car dealerships tell people one price to get them in the door then jack it up with a bunch of add-ons?

That would become illegal under a bill being considered in California.

The combating Auto Retail Scams or CARS Act is expected to get a vote in the state assembly this week.

Rosemary Sheahan with the nonprofit Consumers for Auto Safety and Reliability says the change would save California car buyers millions.

It will require car dealers to disclose the total price up front.

It's a flat-out prohibition against charging more than what they advertise as the total price.

Initial opposition came from the car dealers, auto lenders, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Civil Justice Association, but they negotiated amendments and dropped their objections.

I'm Suzanne Potter.

Finally, conservation groups are saying the proposed removal of the federal roadless rule could open pristine areas of New England forests to commercial logging.

The Trump administration has directed agencies to find ways to bypass environmental protections on public lands Sarah Adlew with the Old Growth Forest Network says building roads in unspoiled areas will damage wildlife habitat, important water resources and outdoor recreation.

With the biodiversity issues and climate crisis we are in no position to be opening up our forests for even more damage on our environment.

Federal officials say the rules removal will help land managers better protect communities from wildfires but studies show most wildfires ignite within 50 yards of a road.

A shortened three-week public comment period on the proposed policy change runs through September 19th.

I'm Katherine Carley.

This is Mike Clifford for Public News Service.

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