How Trump's plan to deport undocumented immigrants threatens the U.S. farm workforce

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‘Farmers are facing several challenges in keeping their businesses running, including climate change, bird flu outbreaks and higher costs for feed and fertilizer. Now, many of America's farmers must face the possibility of the Trump administration uprooting a huge part of the workforce with its threat of deporting millions of undocumented immigrants. "It's a lot of hands to hand-harvest fruits and vegetables," New Jersey farmer Kurt Alstede said.

More than two-thirds of U.S. crop workers are foreign born, according to the USDA. Many of them came to the country through the H-2A visas, but officials estimate that 42% of the workers are undocumented migrants. Since his first day in office, President Trump has already issued a slew of executive actions to start reshaping federal immigration and border policies. Many of them are expected to face significant legal challenges, but the administration has created fear and uncertainty in the community.’

How Trump's plan to deport undocumented immigrants threatens the workforce for U.S. farm workforce

About 42% of U.S. farm workers are undocumented, and Trump's plan to deport millions of migrants could uproot the industry's workforce.

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Most farmers have only themselves to blame, having voted for Trump, against their own interests.

And the threat to the U.S. farm workforce is completely unnecessary, the consequence of Trump voters’ racism, bigotry, and hate, and their unwarranted obsession with the non-issue of immigration.

President Trump is all for H-2A visas for essential workers. The farmer knows what labor he will need and if he cannot hire enough American workers, he should complete the proper paperwork and bring in what he needs.

To rely on illegal labor is just lazy.

 

[JoeB131]

I want to see all criminal illegal aliens deported, no questions asked

That includes rapists, murderers, criminal gangs, shop lifters, drunk drivers, and domestic abusers

Next will come illegals who have been in the country less than 4 years

Okay, I'm going have to stop you, because you just went into your racist rant about all the people you want to round up, that will never happen.

The priority is for criminal aliens

Blame your lib democrat sanctuary policies for the 566 non criminal arrests

No, I blame Homan for abusing the system.

If your priority is just getting the criminals, I'm fine with that.

I'm not fine with picking up an immigrant who applied for asylum, showed up at her regularly scheduled court appearance, and then got taken away. That actually makes things worse, because these people are going to go off the radar now.

 

[JoeB131]

President Trump is all for H-2A visas for essential workers. The farmer knows what labor he will need and if he cannot hire enough American workers, he should complete the proper paperwork and bring in what he needs.

To rely on illegal labor is just lazy.

Going back to my point... why fill out a raft of paperwork for some workers you will only need for a couple of weeks? That's just stupid.

Post #51, I detailed all the hoops I had to go through to get my wife a CR-1 visa even though she's been here for 7 years on a AS2 Visa.

Basicly, I've paid our $4000 and had to submit 200 pages of documentation, and that was during the supposedly "lax" Biden years.

 

[Mac-7]

Okay, I'm going have to stop you, because you just went into your racist rant about all the people you want to round up, that will never happen.

To you every disagreement is a crime against humanity
Why not deport all violent-criminal aliens?
Do you have something against law an order?
You say it will never happen because you dont want it to happen

 

[Mac-7]

No, I blame Homan for abusing the system.

Homan didnt abuse the system, you and your friends on the left in the sanctuary cities did

You should have honored ICE retainers at the jailhouse instead of turning them loose

 

[Mac-7]

I'm not fine with picking up an immigrant who applied for asylum, showed up at her regularly scheduled court appearance, and then got taken away. That actually makes things worse, because these people are going to go off the radar now.

Again, blame yourself for allowing 10s of millions of illegal aliens into the country over the objections of the American people
You thought you could bully the rest of us and run ruff shod over our laws
Now you know you cant
Libs should have thought of this years ago

 

[JoeB131]

To you every disagreement is a crime against humanity
Why not deport all violent-criminal aliens?
Do you have something against law an order?
You say it will never happen because you dont want it to happen

Because you didn't stop at violent criminals, you went on a crazy rant list of all the brown people you want to deport.

Homan didnt abuse the system, you and your friends on the left in the sanctuary cities did

You should have honored ICE retainers at the jailhouse instead of turning them loose

This is where you are confused. ICE was making local jails pick up the expense of locking these people up (usually for petty offenses a white person would have been given a fine for) for years while their cases wound their way through the courts.

Meanwhile, ICE is nabbing American citizens - INCLUDING VETERANS - for being too brown. This is fucked up.

Again, blame yourself for allowing 10s of millions of illegal aliens into the country over the objections of the American people
You thought you could bully the rest of us and run ruff shod over our laws
Now you know you cant
Libs should have thought of this years ago

Guy, the American people invited these folks in when they wanted cheap lettuce and clean toilet seats.

Years ago, liberals asked for immigration to be reformed to conform to reality, and George W. Bush agreed with us, but a few nativist assholes blocked it, and they kept coming.

Obama deported millions trying to get Republicans to sign on to sensible reforms. They didn't.

Now we have millions coming because of various humanitarian crises WE CAUSED, and we are whining that they are here.

Homan is actually making it worse. Instead of signing all the papers and complying with court orders waiting for their cases to be resolved, undocumented immigrants are just going to go off the radar, but they'll still keep coming, and they'll still keep returning.

 

[Mac-7]

Because you didn't stop at violent criminals, you went on a crazy rant list of all the brown people you want to deport.

Yes, enforce our immigration laws

You are the one who is fixed on skin color, as most libs are

Never did I say deport only brown people

 

[Mac-7]

Meanwhile, ICE is nabbing American citizens - INCLUDING VETERANS - for being too brown. This is fucked up.

You are such a liar

 

[Mac-7]

Guy, the American people invited these folks in when they wanted cheap lettuce and clean toilet seats.

No

That just typical Alice in Wonderland lib spin

I didnt invite them in, and neither did most Americans, with the exception of you

 

[Mac-7]

Years ago, liberals asked for immigration to be reformed to conform to reality, and George W. Bush agreed with us, but a few nativist assholes blocked it, and they kept coming.

Bush wanted a second amnesty, but had no intention of sealing the border which is what his own voters wanted and what trump is doing now

 

[Mac-7]

I'm not fine with picking up an immigrant who applied for asylum, showed up at her regularly scheduled court appearance, and then got taken away. That actually makes things worse, because these people are going to go off the radar now.

The grim reality is that biden brought in too many, in too short of time, and most of them will not be allowed to stay

Thats why the priority is criminals go first

Followed by the newly arrived, meaning under 4 years

And after that we will see

 

[JoeB131]

Yes, enforce our immigration laws

You are the one who is fixed on skin color, as most libs are

Never did I say deport only brown people

You didn't have to. We all know what you meant.

The grim reality is that biden brought in too many, in too short of time, and most of them will not be allowed to stay

Thats why the priority is criminals go first

Followed by the newly arrived, meaning under 4 years

And after that we will see

Again, we aren't talking bout "Criminals", we are talking about people who were following the rules and showing up to their hearings.

Bush wanted a second amnesty, but had no intention of sealing the border which is what his own voters wanted and what trump is doing now

No, Bush was a realist who knew you can't deport 11 million people.

And he was clinically retarded.

Compared to Trump, who is a complete moron.

 

[lennypartiv]

We need to round up some Gen Z youth and send them to the farms to harvest the crops.

 

[JoeB131]

We need to round up some Gen Z youth and send them to the farms to harvest the crops.

Why?

They wouldn't want to be there and they wouldn't be very good at it.

On the other hand, the undocumented laborers want to be there and are VERY good at it.