US EditionWith Half of US Farm Workers Undocumented, Farm Groups Urge Trump to Rethink Deportations
- U.S. farm industry groups want President-elect Donald Trump to spare their sector from his promise of mass deportations, which could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent on immigrants in the United States illegally.
- Nearly half of the nation's approximately 2 million farmworkers lack legal status, according to the Labor and Agriculture departments, as well as many dairy and meatpacking workers.
- Mass removal of farm workers would shock the food supply chain and drive consumer grocery prices higher, said David Ortega, a professor of food economics and policy at Michigan State University.
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Los Angeles TimesAre California farmers on a collision course with Trump deportation plans?
SAN JACINTO, Calif. — A paradox has settled across California’s velvet green fields and orchards. California farmers, who are some of the most ardent supporters of Donald Trump, would seem to be on a collision course with one of the president-elect’s most important campaign promises. Read more...
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Cal MattersTrump’s deportations could cost California ‘hundreds of billions of dollars.’ Here’s how
(BCN) -- Mass deportations promised by President-elect Donald Trump could have a seismic economic effect in California -- potentially inflicting billions of dollars in direct damages to a wide range of industries, including small business, agriculture, construction and childcare, advocates and academics said. The impact could also spread outward to other sectors, including growth drivers like tech. The Golden State relies heavily on the labor of…
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US agriculture representatives are expecting President-elect Donald Trump to exempt their sector from a promise to mass deport illegal immigrants on whom the US food supply chain is heavily dependent.
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