A Washington farm advocacy group said the Trump administration should clarify whether it plans to target farmworkers as part of its campaign to deport illegal immigrants.

Save Family Farming executive director Ben Tindall said Feb. 25 he hasn’t heard of any raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Washington, but farmers and workers are on edge.

“I would love to see the administration speak directly to the farming community,” he said. “Whether the threat is overblown or not, the fear is very real.”

The USDA estimates 40% of U.S. farmworkers are in the country illegally. President Trump, on his first day in office, ordered federal agencies to promptly remove all illegal immigrants.

ICE is mostly publicizing arrests of illegal immigrants who committed other crimes. ICE reported raiding a Pennsylvania tire store Feb. 21 and arresting three illegal immigrants. The shop was suspected of labor exploitation, according to ICE.

National Council of Agricultural Employers President Michael Marsh said he hasn’t heard of farmworkers being widely targeted. “It’s a very uncertain time. I know uncertainty creates anxiety among growers and their employees,” he said.

DHS launched a “multimillion dollar,” “hyper-targeted” ad campaign this month warning illegal immigrants to self-deport if they want to have a chance to re-enter legally.

“President Trump has a clear message: If you are here illegally, we will find you and deport you. You will never return,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said. “But if you leave now, you may have an opportunity to return and enjoy our freedom and live the American dream.”

Grant County, Wash., tree fruit gower Kent Karstetter said he won’t be surprised if farmworkers, legal or illegal, skip work if immigration officials are seen in the area.

Foreign guest farmworkers have been told to always carry their visas and identification to avoid getting swept up in immigration enforcement, he said.

“I haven’t seen an ICE officer here for probably eight, 10 years. I bet I see one this year,” Karstetter said. “I do have concerns about ICE showing up on my farm.”

The Trump administration rescinded a long-standing policy against enforcing immigration laws in “sensitive areas,” such as churches, schools, hospitals, funerals, weddings and parades. The new DHS policy calls for individual officers to use a “healthy dose of common sense.”

U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland ruled Feb. 24 that enforcing immigration laws in churches likely violated the First Amendment.

Quaker, Baptist and Sikh congregations filed the suit and reported that fewer immigrants, legal and illegal, were attending services.

The government argued the churches were just speculating that they would be harmed by the new policy.

Chuang said it made sense that even legal immigrants would stay away from church and that since the congregations welcome immigrants, it was reasonable to expect DHS would raid them.

The mishandling of deportation policies has created an atmosphere of fear, said Markus Rollinger, a dairy farmer and Save Family Farming president.

“We call on federal leaders to immediately pursue real solutions to fix America’s broken immigration system, not performative policies that intimidate the very people who put food on our tables,” he said in a statement.