Article 72DZT A vineyard manager’s deportation shattered an Oregon town. Now his daughter is carrying on his legacy

A vineyard manager’s deportation shattered an Oregon town. Now his daughter is carrying on his legacy

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Cy Neff
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Alondra Sotelo Garcia took over her father's business when he was deported to Mexico after three decades in the US

Alondra Sotelo Garcia saw the same headlines as everybody else. Masked immigration agents making increasingly bold arrests. Community members disappearing without warning.

As the middle child of immigrants, she feared for her parents. She started tracking her father's iPhone location, put in her two weeks' notice at her job, and told her father she wanted to start working at the vineyard management company he founded after decades in the wine industry.

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