America's Farms Have Largely Skipped the Immigration Crackdown — and Still Can't Find Workers
NPR reports that America's farms have largely escaped the president's aggressive immigration crackdown. The qualifier matters: largely, so far, for now. As ICE sweeps continue across the country, farmers are uneasy — not mainly about raids, but about the labor shortage they already have. Many still can't find enough workers, which means the anxiety is running ahead of any actual enforcement change on the farm.
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An exemption that holds only as long as enforcement policy does isn't much of a guarantee. Farms are reading the room, not a statute.
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The labor problem doesn't wait for that question to resolve. The workers aren't there now, whatever happens with the sweeps.