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In Garlic Capital, Tariffs And Immigration Crackdown Have Mixed Impacts

Garlic sits in bins before being processed at the processing plant.

Gilroy, Calif., is known as the garlic capital of the world. And two Trump administration policies — one on trade, the other on immigration — are having a mixed impact on this agricultural community south of San Francisco.

It's about 50 degrees outside, but for a moment it looks like it's snowing. But the morning air is pungent and savory, and those flakes falling from the

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