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Agriculture secretary suggests Medicaid recipients could replace immigrant farmworkers
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said there will be "no amnesty" for agricultural workers as part of President Donald Trump's immigration agenda. Rollins then suggested that some Medicaid recipients could replace immigrants as farmworkers.
The California Farm Bureau says fears in the Central Valley have led to migrant farmworkers not showing up for work, which has virtually halted the area’s citrus harvest.
United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero gives an interview at Delano Memorial Park before an estimated 7,000 marched ...
"70% of the workers are gone," one farmer said as most of the work is mostly done by immigrants, impacting business.
United Farm Workers has spoken with valley citrus, almond, pistachio and wine grape workers, and while the fear among immigrant laborers is palpable, they must work to feed their families.
In California’s Central Valley, we grow more than food — we grow opportunity. Our fields feed the nation, and our families ...
"What happens when an experienced worker is detained or doesn't show up? It's total chaos," a dairy farmworker said.
Explore the urgent need for immigration reform in America to secure borders and support a thriving workforce economy.
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Large-scale immigration raids at packinghouses and fields in California are threatening businesses that supply much of the country’s food, farm bureaus say.
The California Farm Bureau says fears in the Central Valley have led to migrant farmworkers not showing up for work, which has virtually halted the area’s citrus harvest.
Their agenda is replacing the domestic farm labor work force — now comprising both documented and undocumented farm workers — with many more H-2A quest workers brought in from outside the ...
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