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Trump signals deference to farmers on undocumented workers
IOWA, UNITED STATES, JUL 4 – Trump aims to address farm labor shortages by allowing farmers to vouch for long-serving undocumented workers, with nearly 42% of U.S. farmworkers lacking legal status, officials said.
- President Trump spoke at a rally on July 4, 2024, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds discussing immigration and farmworker policies.
- He announced working on legislation to let farmers take responsibility for migrant workers, addressing a 2024 rule protecting foreign farmworkers with H-2A visas.
- The H-2A program now includes 378,000 approved positions in 2023, representing 20% of the nation's farmworkers, but raids have caused labor shortages affecting nearly two million family farms.
- Trump said, "Farmers know better," and acknowledged radical right critics may not be happy but will understand; he also referenced trade deals with Vietnam and the UK impacting agriculture.
- The policy shift aims to clarify immigration enforcement while supporting farmers and could influence hotel and leisure industries reliant on migrant labor.
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Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Josué Rivera Castro asserted that the island's agricultural industry has not been impacted by U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policies, noting that work permits for foreigners continue to be processed normally on the island.
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Uncanceled NewsTrump Floats Plan to Allow Farmers to Vouch for Migrant Workers Facing Deportation
(The Post Millennial)—On Thursday, President Trump floated the possibility that his administration may allow migrant farmers facing deportation to remain in the United States if farmer vouch for them and they have been working in the US for a while. The president made the remarks during a patriotic rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds to kick off Independence Day celebrations. He said that farmers would be responsible for vouching for their workf…
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