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Trump Calls Undocumented Workers 'Naturally' Suited for Farm Labor
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump stated in a CNBC interview that undocumented migrants are naturally suited for farm work as inner-city residents do not perform these jobs.
- Trump's remarks followed ongoing enforcement actions targeting undocumented farm workers, with deportations proceeding despite prior pauses to address farmers' labor concerns.
- He emphasized that migrants handle difficult labor well, citing a farmer who said undocumented workers do not get bad backs because if they do, they die, and called these workers "very special people."
- Trump emphasized the necessity of ensuring that farmers have access to labor and noted that some migrants are returned to their countries with legal authorization to come back, reflecting a nuanced stance on farm labor enforcement.
- The administration’s intensified efforts to deport undocumented immigrants are having a major impact on the agricultural sector, prompting Trump to indicate his readiness to cooperate with farmers to address the resulting labor shortages.
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Donald Trump calls migrants " irreplaceable for agriculture in the US and does not shy away from serving racist clichés.
In an interview, Donald Trump once again pulls out against migrants. From the President's point of view, they are primarily suitable for a job.
Donald Trump describes migrants as indispensable for agriculture – and indirectly dismisses the willingness of black people in US cities to work. Criticism about racist stereotypes follows promptly.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, acknowledged this Tuesday that the migrant workers he is expelling, as part of his immigration policy, are difficult to replace, especially in some sectors such as agriculture. “They can’t be replaced easily,” said the president in statements to the CNBC chain. “People living in cities don’t do that job. We’ve tried it. They don’t. These people (migrants) do it naturally,” he added. The Republica…
According to Donald Trump, migrants are irreplaceable for U.S. agriculture. These would do farm work "by nature", according to the Republican. People from big cities are unsuitable for this, the president postpones - and uses a politically charged term.
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