US EditionTrump Calls Undocumented Workers 'Naturally' Suited for Farm Labor
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump stated in a CNBC interview that undocumented migrants are naturally suited for farm work as inner-city residents do not perform these jobs.
- Trump's remarks followed ongoing enforcement actions targeting undocumented farm workers, with deportations proceeding despite prior pauses to address farmers' labor concerns.
- He emphasized that migrants handle difficult labor well, citing a farmer who said undocumented workers do not get bad backs because if they do, they die, and called these workers "very special people."
- Trump emphasized the necessity of ensuring that farmers have access to labor and noted that some migrants are returned to their countries with legal authorization to come back, reflecting a nuanced stance on farm labor enforcement.
- The administration’s intensified efforts to deport undocumented immigrants are having a major impact on the agricultural sector, prompting Trump to indicate his readiness to cooperate with farmers to address the resulting labor shortages.
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Donald Trump is once again under fire for making what many are calling a straight-up racist comment — this time claiming that migrant workers are “naturally” suited for grueling farm labor. The president made the eyebrow-raising remarks Tuesday on CNBC’s Squawk Box, during a discussion about the labor shortages in U.S. agriculture caused by his own immigration policies. “We can’t let our farmers not have anybody,” Trump said. “You know … these p…
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