President Donald Trump’s hard line against immigrants in the U.S. illegally has sent a chill through the nation’s agricultural industry, which fears a crackdown will deprive it of the labor it needs to plant, grow and pick the crops that feed the country.
Workers process onions at a farm in Georgia. Under new guidelines handed down by the Trump administration, farmers could face more penalties for hiring people who are in the country illegally. Read more
Read More »This week Congress is, once again, on a tight deadline to fund the government. As government shutdown looms, the budget standoff is linked to another issue important to agriculture: immigration. Democratic leaders insist on including action dealing with DACA — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, says Jim Wiesemeyer, ProFarmer’s Washington[…]
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