US EditionTrump suggests farmers may get to keep undocumented workers after all
- Donald Trump recently suggested that changes may come to immigration policies to help farmers keep undocumented workers.
- This comes amid longstanding legal and legislative challenges, including laws that bar status adjustments for some immigrants and caps on visas since 1965.
- Farmers face labor shortages due to aggressive immigration enforcement, with some receiving frozen grants and others expressing dismay over lost workers under Trump-era policies.
- Trump acknowledged on social media that immigration policies remove long-time workers from farms and businesses, making such jobs hard to fill.
- If implemented, these immigration changes could alleviate labor shortages and impact the agricultural sector’s ability to sustain operations amid workforce challenges.
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'They quit after a few hours': Farmers admit they can't find American workers
In interviews with the Washington Post, multiple farmers expressed their dismay with the loss of farm workers under Donald Trump's harsh immigration policies and his administration's waffling on subsidies.In a deep dive focusing on one farmer who voted for Trump, 36-year-old J.J. Ficke of Kirk, Colo...
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that the massive deportation of undocumented migrants that drives his administration is only aimed at criminals and that he “does not want to cause harm” to farmers who hire foreign day laborers. “We have to get criminals out of our country. We’re thinking of doing something so that, in the case of farmers with good reputation, they can take responsibility for the people they hire and let them take respons…
Donald Trump suggested that farmers could continue to work without fear of raids by the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE).From Morristown Airport, New Jersey, the president said that from the White House they are working on an alternative that allows farmers to take responsibility for the people they hire, claiming they don't want to leave them "out of business." Read more]]>
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