President Trump promised voters that he would conduct large-scale deportations of illegal immigrants, but millions of them are a key source of labor in U.S. agriculture. About two-thirds of the nation’s crop-farm workers are foreign-born and, according to the labor department, roughly 42% of these immigrants are not legally authorized to work in the U.S. So how would removing these workers impact the food supply chain?
WSJ explores how Trump’s plans to deport millions could upend the agriculture industry.
Chapters:
0:00 Trump’s plan
0:32 Immigration and agriculture in the U.S.
1:35 How agriculture could be affected
2:44 The legal pathway to hire migrant labor
3:57 Trump’s immigration policies
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