system reward victim subject abuse sheriff donny youngbloodthat kind stance enemies california immigrant-rights movement frequent comparisons joe arpaio brash arizona sheriff notorious workplace raid id checks.youngblood 64 say try make headline vietnam war veteran grow work potato shed around bakersfield say happy hike rid quarter horse sparky.he live modest suburban neighborhood grow bakersfield heavily latino eastside bristle accusations policies encourage racial profile point third deputies latino.as drive town recent morning past oil derricks gate golf course strip malls line mexican restaurants carnicerias youngblood outline philosophy immigration.the federal government start enforce immigration laws write new ones say criticize president obama new deportation policies say immigrants commit serious crimes few three minor crimes record priorities removal country illegally go give three bite apple three victims youngblood say commit crimes oughta go youngblood defiant view make rare voice dissent become nation welcome state people country illegally.at time democrat-controlled legislature move allow immigrants drive practice law pay in-state college tuition pass 26 immigrant-friendly laws last year alone accord national conference state legislatures youngblood outlier.he largely refuse sign paperwork immigrant crime victims need apply visa allow victims stay country lawfully president major county sheriffs assn national advocacy group ask immigration customs enforcement officials share data police patrol officer determine whether person stop may country illegally.youngblood say department begin follow trust act last year advice county attorneys say reserve right violate ice call say someone commit heinous crime really need hold probably go hold said.youngblood approach celebrate believe obama lax immigration enforcement.and make target activists accuse set immigration policy sow fear among estimate 66,000 immigrants rural county illegally people scar say lorena lara immigrant bring country illegally farmworker father work community organize group call faith action kern county afraid call police think might deport immigrant advocate push protections political representation central valley since cesar chavez launch modern immigrant-rights movement grape field half century ago recent years kern county scene tense standoffs protesters oppose side immigration debate include well-publicized shout match outside bakersfield office republican rep. kevin mccarthy 2013.the majority kern county residents latino 1990s latino elect bakersfield city council kern county board supervisors political scientists point latinos make third register voters tend turn elections much low rat white counterparts youngblood say view line conservative voters put office three time since 2006. ideas immigration government different electorate los angeles add even though kern border los angeles county right-of-the-center things say always say kern county ought arizona far youngblood home jose wife live run-down gray bungalow large portrait virgin guadalupe live room dirt yard front recent even couple clean long day field locomotive screech nearby tracks.the couple come mexico nine years ago find work jose want give full name say fear retaliation sheriff earn hour pick almonds oranges make day bus driver back home.jose say 2013 wife attack arm robbers sleep thieve steal everything value beat jose hour shatter ribs.organizers unite farm workers encourage jose apply visa say slam-dunk case crime sufficiently severe say cooperate sheriff deputies respond 911 call.to apply visa immigrants must present declaration law enforcement agency investigate crime say helpful.the bakersfield police department like agencies nation policy sign visa declarations youngblood t.out 160 request 2012 2014 sign four accord sheriff department record think something personal latinos say jose pray youngblood find heart reconsider mercy said.youngblood say sign declarations believe premise law system reward victim subject abuse said.the sheriff stance supporters ellen fluhart 70 retire rancher live northeastern part county say youngblood decision sign visa petition prerogative fluhart say youngblood view refresh state politicians pass bill say encourage unlawful immigration break law fluhart say reward tensions law enforcement immigrant laborers community go back decades say gonzalo santos sociologist cal state bakersfield 1930s sheriff officials deputize farm owners could use badge shut labor protest santos say farmworkers killed.now department intervene immigration matter say santos call youngblood rogue sheriff youngblood argue brown legislature interfere pass trust act conflict state federal mandate put sheriffs like crosshairs say unfair law unclear youngblood say really look clear law clear direction via la time meet ca sheriff bully obama illegal immigrant activists believe laws apply lawbreakers