ICE Arrests Empty Fields and Works From South Texas and Threaten Republican Vote · Global Voices
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Continued migration control operations have accentuated labour shortages in key sectors such as agriculture and construction,
McAllen (USA), Oct 7 (EFE).- A year ago, JB Álvarez has been unable to gather more than 40 people to harvest or sow in the fields of Hidalgo County, South Texas. The “ice,” as the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) is known in the area, has [...] The entry The arrests of ICE empty fields and works from South Texas and threaten the Republican vote was first published in HolaNews.
According to American Immigration Council, in 2022 more than 40% of construction workers in Texas were immigrants.
McAllen (USA), 7 Oct (EFE).- A year ago, JB Álvarez failed to gather more than 40 people to harvest or sow in the fields of Hidalgo County, South Texas (USA). The “ice”, as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) is known in the area, has arrested some workers in his crew and kept others locked in their homes. “We used to count as many as 100 or 150 people. Now we don’t even make it in half,” he tells EFE while he rests from buryin…
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