One wonders if trump has been getting some flack from agribusiness after another flip-flop

[Missouri_Mike]

The funny part about the left losing their minds over this is once the illegals are removed the first ones we would be bringing back legally will be the ones with agricultural and construction skills. The difference will be their employers now have to pay and provide benefits to a legal person and not ******* them over as illegals.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

The funny part about the left losing their minds over this is once the illegals are removed the first ones we would be bringing back legally will be the ones with agricultural and construction skills. The difference will be their employers now have to pay and provide benefits to a legal person and not ******* them over as illegals.

And punish the employers when you find illegals working for them.

Many of your opponents have no problem with deportation as long as due process is followed.

 

[Mac1958]

Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Most Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries​

The Trump administration has abruptly shifted the focus of its mass deportation campaign, telling Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to largely pause raids and arrests in the agricultural industry, hotels and restaurants, according to an internal email and three U.S. officials with knowledge of the guidance.

The decision suggested that the scale of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign — an issue that is at the heart of his presidency — is hurting industries and constituencies that he does not want to lose.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/politics/trump-ice-raids-farms-hotels.html

Are we now to believe it's more important to keep agribusiness' profits safe than the nation?

Trump has made it demonstrably clear to anyone -- including American businesses -- that if they publicly criticize him, they're his next target. He picks the winners and losers in all things.

I'm sure agribusiness is trying some behind-the-scenes advocacy, so hopefully that will work to some degree.

 

[Winston]

It also defies common sense. How did Biden deport "more illegals than Trump" and not hurt the farmers, while Trump's focusing on illegal aliens who committed heinous crimes after the crime of illegal entry does?

Why do you oppose farm workers being paid a living wage? I'm willing to pay a little extra for my food, so farm workers can have humane conditions. Why would you be willing to pay more for "cage-free" eggs, but get so angry that the near-slave conditions of farm workers may be improved?

Because Biden deported more criminals. I mean you can check the numbers from the INS, I have posted them many times. Don't you get it, first, it is a damn dog and pony show. It is all show, for the cameras, the mask, the assault rifles. I mean it really takes a coward to show up at immigration court and wait for a case to be dismissed. Same for a school or a church.

But second, well it is pay to play. Give Trump enough money, through PAC contributions, campaign contributions to Republicans, you got no worries. Have they raided a Tyson plant? Uh, NO. Just small independent operators. I mean here is a thought, show up at a Walmart when the floor stripping crew shows up. Subcontractors, damn near all illegals, ICE ain't going to show.

But the paid a living wage part. You are sadly mistaken. Those field crop workers, they are making damn good money, albeit it most of it under the table. My oldest son spent two summers in the fields with those "illegal" immigrants. He made more money than any of his friends. His brother, worked at the Country Club as a lifeguard. Damn what a cushy job. Free chicken tenders, free beer, and he was underage. When he showed up in Charlotte and applied for a lifeguard position he quickly pulled out. Those dudes actually saved lives. But the point, his older brother made far more money. And in retrospect, learned far more too.

I mean I really don't see how it is not easy to understand. All you Trump supporters are being played for fools. It ain't about you, it has never been about you. Flippin Trump don't give as fat rat's ass about you. It is about him. PERIOD.