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Fear of ICE raids causing farm worker shortage in Washington
- Washington farms face a severe labor shortage in 2025 as immigration raids and fears cause many migrant workers to stay home.
- The intensified ICE enforcement under President Trump's immigration crackdown disrupted an already complex and slow H2A visa program farmers rely on.
- Farmers report up to 50% workforce reductions and risk losing large portions of their crops due to insufficient workers to harvest within a narrow season.
- Carlos Torres expressed deep concern, warning that they risk losing everything, while Hernandez cautioned that if the usual pattern is disrupted, it could lead to widespread disorder, highlighting the prevalent anxiety and uncertainty.
- The shortage threatens food supply security, prompting calls to reform immigration policies and streamline worker visa programs to stabilize farm labor.
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Instead of ICE raids on farmworkers, overhaul this visa program - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
When Americans were told earlier this year that the Trump administration’s immigration raids would target criminals, they pictured roundups of human traffickers, sex offenders and gang members. It didn’t cross their minds that the people handcuffed and shipped off to detention centers would be longtime garment workers, beloved restaurant employees and farmworkers who toil under harsh conditions to fill the produce and dairy aisles at the grocery…
Bay Area day laborers say they live in fear of ICE raids
Alexandra, a 55-year-old undocumented immigrant, was recently on her way to work at a watermelon farm in the border town of Edinburgh, Texas, when her eldest son stopped her before she left her old trailer. "Please don't go. They're going to deport you," she told Alexandra, who asked that her last name not be used to get the attention of federal immigration agents. Her son showed her graphic videos of federal agents chasing and handcuffing migra…
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The Daily News‘There’s more of a hunker-down mentality’: WNY farms worry about ICE raids
The Trump administration’s intensified immigration raids and arrests have shaken the local agricultural community, which is dependent on migrant labor. “No farm would survive without them," said a Western New York fruit farmer.
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