Farmer lobbies speak out against deportations

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... guys, you realize how inconvenient this is, especially your timing? You don’t really have the big bucks to ask for anything! But how are we going to explain to our base the disconnect between our loudmouthed immigration policy, and the fact that we need those 700k or so illegals to ensure food supply?

More than 40 farmers and agricultural industry groups are warning Washington leaders that the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration is affecting the nation’s food supply, hurting farmers and risking higher grocery prices.

“Targeting immigrant workers who have not committed crimes and blocking workforce solutions for agriculture devastates agricultural producers, drives up food costs for all Americans and makes our nation more dependent on other countries,” the groups say in a letter addressed to President Donald Trump and congressional leaders, according to a copy obtained by The Washington Post. Signatories include the Milk Producers Council, the Texas International Produce Association, the Kansas Livestock Association and the Indiana Dairy Producers, among other members of the American Business Immigration Coalition, a bipartisan group of employers that lobbies for immigration changes on Capitol Hill.

The letter marks a shift in strategy for an industry that has been reluctant to publicly criticize Trump’s campaign of immigration raids, detention and deportation targeting its workforce, preferring generally to lobby the administration behind the scenes. About 66 percent of the country’s farmworkers are foreign-born. ...

washingtonpost.com - Ag leaders say trumps immigration crackdown is disrupting US food supply

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