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[camille70]

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices



In an unusual acknowledgment, the Labor Department said that tougher immigration enforcement is hurting farmers and the food supply

https://wapo.st/48Iuil5

The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that “the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens” is threatening “the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.”



“Unless the Department acts immediately to provide a source of stable and lawful labor, this threat will grow,” with increased funding for immigration enforcement from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Labor Department said in the Federal Register, which is the place where all proposed rules are recorded for the public to view and comment.



Also, contradicting comments made by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins that the U.S. farm workforce will become “100 percent American” as a result of mass deportations, the Labor Department noted that Americans are not willing to step into farm work and lack the skills to fill agricultural jobs that undocumented immigrants are abandoning.

 

[bèlla]

Also, contradicting comments made by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins that the U.S. farm workforce will become “100 percent American” as a result of mass deportations, the Labor Department noted that Americans are not willing to step into farm work and lack the skills to fill agricultural jobs that undocumented immigrants are abandoning.

Americans have no interest in becoming farm workers and the wages are low. An agency was recruiting for farmers in Louisiana and the rate was $11 for 9-10 hours. That isn’t a livable wage and many are losing their farms now. That isn’t only due to deportation. Their reliance on government subsidies is the problem. The farmers who didn’t are fine.

~bella