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U.S. farm industry groups want President-elect Donald Trump to spare their sector from his promise of mass deportations, which could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent on immigrants in the United States illegally.

So far Trump officials have not committed to any exemptions, according to interviews with farm and worker groups and Trump’s incoming “border czar” Tom Homan.

Nearly half of the nation’s approximately 2 million farm workers lack legal status, according to the departments of Labor and Agriculture, as well as many dairy and meatpacking workers.

  • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
    40·
    2 days ago

    Deporting half the farm workers is going to do wonders for inflation, for sure. I’m sure all the people who voted for Trump because of “the economy” will be thrilled.

    • islands@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      16·
      2 days ago

      Couple this with his stupid ass tariffs (which he doesn’t understand even a tiny bit) and we’re going to see massive Trumpflation. It’s going to a riot. Probably literally.

      • Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world
        8·
        2 days ago

        I just hope that when that happens, people don’t burn the cities. The cities did not vote for this.

        The small towns, and the farmers did. I hope people remember that.

    • TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 days ago

      Yeah, this could cause a huge spike in food prices along with everything else. If that happens, its going to hurt a lot of people who cant even afford current food costs.

      • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        Especially when one considers that food prices alone have already increased over 20% from pre-pandemic pricing and wages have definitely not kept pace.