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Politics : The Trump Presidency

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From: bustersmith	10/11/2025 2:38:10 PM
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Well Duh... Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices Source: Washington Post In an unusual acknowledgement, the Labor Department said that tougher immigration enforcement is hurting farmers and the food supply. 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.” “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 a result 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. “The Department concludes that qualified and eligible U.S. workers will not make themselves available in sufficient numbers,” the agency said. Read more: wapo.st

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