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October 16, 2025
The Washington Post’s Lauren Kaori Gurley reported that "the Trump administration said that its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices for Americans by cutting off agriculture’s labor supply.”
“The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that ‘the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens’ is threatening ‘the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers,'” Gurley reported. “‘Unless the Department acts immediately to provide a source of stable and lawful labor, this threat will grow’ with increased funding for immigration enforcement from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Labor Department said in the Federal Register, which is the place where all proposed rules are recorded for the public to view and comment.”
“Also, contradicting comments made by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins that the U.S. farm workforce will become ‘100 percent American’ as an effect of mass deportations, the Labor Department noted that Americans are not willing to step into farm work and lack the skills to fill agricultural jobs that undocumented immigrants are abandoning,” Gurley reported. “‘The Department concludes that qualified and eligible U.S. workers will not make themselves available in sufficient numbers,’ the agency said.”
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October 16, 2025
The Washington Post’s Lauren Kaori Gurley reported that "the Trump administration said that its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices for Americans by cutting off agriculture’s labor supply.”
“The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that ‘the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens’ is threatening ‘the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers,'” Gurley reported. “‘Unless the Department acts immediately to provide a source of stable and lawful labor, this threat will grow’ with increased funding for immigration enforcement from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Labor Department said in the Federal Register, which is the place where all proposed rules are recorded for the public to view and comment.”
“Also, contradicting comments made by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins that the U.S. farm workforce will become ‘100 percent American’ as an effect of mass deportations, the Labor Department noted that Americans are not willing to step into farm work and lack the skills to fill agricultural jobs that undocumented immigrants are abandoning,” Gurley reported. “‘The Department concludes that qualified and eligible U.S. workers will not make themselves available in sufficient numbers,’ the agency said.”
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Immigration Crackdown Hurting Ag, Labor Dept. Concedes - Farm Policy News
The Trump administration said that its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices for Americans by cutting off agriculture’s labor supply. The Labor Department made this case in paperwork documenting a new rule that took effect Oct. 2 that effectively lowers pay for...
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No problem, Trump can just import food from Argentina to help bolster Argentina's economy. Or convince high skilled American workers to work on farms instead because I'm sure they'll do it for their country. 
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ACAMPO, Calif. — Many of the immigrant farmworkers in Acampo said they're afraid to even walk outside their homes, in fear they will be detained by ICE. It comes after President Donald Trump's back-and-forth on introducing new orders and directives.
In the grape fields of Acampo, hundreds of farm workers usually show up early to earn their living, and on...
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ACAMPO, Calif. — Many of the immigrant farmworkers in Acampo said they're afraid to even walk outside their homes, in fear they will be detained by ICE. It comes after President Donald Trump's back-and-forth on introducing new orders and directives.
In the grape fields of Acampo, hundreds of farm workers usually show up early to earn their living, and on...
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
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