Trump Administration Turns to Migrant Workers: "We Need Them!"

[Dante]

Discussing government policies...

For many of us MAGA has been anti-immigrant. Especially anti-these types of immigrants. Yet even in strong red parts of some farm states, we saw people upset of horrified at how ICE under the Trump administration has treated people in their communities. I guess for many people, it's always been about "those other people" and not "ours." And We know native born Americans are not ever going to replace immigrant farm workers. To deny this is to deny the realities on the ground.

To Address Farm Labor Shortage, Trump Administration Turns to Migrant Workers
"As the president’s immigration policies squeeze an already tight supply of farm labor, the Trump administration is making it cheaper to hire foreign farmworkers."


By Linda Qiu
Reporting from Washington

• March 15, 2026

For years, the agricultural sector has faced a tight labor market as farmworkers age and fewer new immigrants and younger Americans are willing to toil in the fields. Top Trump administration officials vowed that mass deportations would help, leading to “higher wages with better benefits” and a “100 percent American work force.”

But the administration has quietly acknowledged in recent months that its immigration raids and crackdown on the border have aggravated the issue. So it has instead turned to an alternative source, making it cheaper for farmers to hire immigrant farmworkers on temporary visas.

Many farmers have celebrated those changes, made to an increasingly popular visa program known as H-2A, noting the difficulty in hiring American workers and tough economic conditions for the industry. But immigration hawks and labor unions alike are opposed, arguing the move will only increase the share of foreign workers and hurt native workers and suppress their wages.

The simmering debate underscores how some of the administration’s top goals of reducing immigration, keeping food prices low and helping American workers may inevitably conflict. The competing interests at play also show the spillover effects of Mr. Trump’s hard-line approach to legal and illegal immigration.

 

[Mac1958]

Too funny.

At what point does the flock realize it's been had?

 

[Captain Caveman]

Discussing government policies...

For many of us MAGA has been anti-immigrant. Especially anti-these types of immigrants. Yet even in strong red parts of some farm states, we saw people upset of horrified at how ICE under the Trump administration has treated people in their communities. I guess for many people, it's always been about "those other people" and not "ours." And We know native born Americans are not ever going to replace immigrant farm workers. To deny this is to deny the realities on the ground.

To Address Farm Labor Shortage, Trump Administration Turns to Migrant Workers
"As the president’s immigration policies squeeze an already tight supply of farm labor, the Trump administration is making it cheaper to hire foreign farmworkers."


By Linda Qiu
Reporting from Washington

• March 15, 2026

Migrant workers in selective areas that are needed, yes.

Illegal immigrants, no.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Nobody has yet identified what crops these crop pickers are picking. Send em all home.

 

[Independent thinker]

Discussing government policies...

For many of us MAGA has been anti-immigrant. Especially anti-these types of immigrants. Yet even in strong red parts of some farm states, we saw people upset of horrified at how ICE under the Trump administration has treated people in their communities. I guess for many people, it's always been about "those other people" and not "ours." And We know native born Americans are not ever going to replace immigrant farm workers. To deny this is to deny the realities on the ground.

To Address Farm Labor Shortage, Trump Administration Turns to Migrant Workers
"As the president’s immigration policies squeeze an already tight supply of farm labor, the Trump administration is making it cheaper to hire foreign farmworkers."


By Linda Qiu
Reporting from Washington

• March 15, 2026

Nothing wrong with having LEGAL immigrants. Illegals should be zero.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Nobody has yet identified what crops these crop pickers are picking. Send em all home.

"Nobody has knocked on my door and spoonfed me this information, and I sure as shit am not going to bother to look it up like a big boy."

 

[EMH]

We had a choice.

No way 4 years is enough to get even half out.

Go after the liabilities, the murderers, rapists, gang bangers, CCP spies etc...


But no, we had to sell out to the bigoted self proclaimed sub humans...

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Nothing wrong with having LEGAL immigrants. Illegals should be zero.

Then tell the fat rapist charity thief to stop electively and unilaterally deleting visas and asylum applications. Those people are all here legally.

 

[Dante]

Too funny.

At what point does the flock realize it's been had?

Piece by Piece, parts of the MAGA Movement is being told that broken promises aren't really broken promises.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Too funny.

At what point does the flock realize it's been had?

Why do you continue to support unvetted ILLEGAL immigration?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Why do you continue to support unvetted ILLEGAL immigration?

Why do you support illegally brutalizing and illegally detaining people that are here legally?

 

[Dante]

Migrant workers in selective areas that are needed, yes.

Illegal immigrants, no.

Nothing wrong with having LEGAL immigrants. Illegals should be zero.

MAYBE YOU BOTH know ICE has gone after Migrant workers who had papers in order? Try educating yourselves, and short of that stop embarrassing yourselves so publicly.


Immigration attorneys and advocates report that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been detaining migrants with valid, authorized paperwork, including during routine check-ins, at workplaces, and in public. These actions often involve the seizure of identification documents and have increased in 2025-2026.

• Routine Check-ins: Immigrants with pending applications or pending removal orders have been detained during required check-ins, even when presenting valid documentation.
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• Workplace Raids: ICE has conducted raids that resulted in the detention of workers with lawful work authorization.
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• Document Seizure: ICE is reportedly confiscating IDs, passports, and work permits upon detention, often failing to return them after release.
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• Targeting Non-Criminals: Data indicates that in 2025, a significant percentage of those detained by ICE had no criminal convictions, contrary to statements regarding the prioritization of dangerous criminals.
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• Legal Challenges: Lawyers are challenging these detentions and seizures, with some federal judges criticizing the government and ordering the immediate return of documents.

If you are facing this issue, it is highly recommended to seek legal counsel immediately to file a petition to challenge the detention.

 

[Dante]

Nobody has yet identified what crops these crop pickers are picking. Send em all home.

Thank you for being so honest.

 

[Dante]

We had a choice.

No way 4 years is enough to get even half out.

Go after the liabilities, the murderers, rapists, gang bangers, CCP spies etc...


But no, we had to sell out to the bigoted self proclaimed sub humans...

You are making a point that most all critics of the Trump administration have been making

 

[buttercup]

Nothing wrong with having LEGAL immigrants. Illegals should be zero.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Thank you for being so honest.

See ya couldn't identify the need.......ooooooops

 

[EMH]

You are making a point that most all critics of the Trump administration have been making

We had this debate even before the election. The self proclaimed sub humans were under the belief that it would just take a few days to deport all the illegals. They "want all the browns skins out."

Thread 'Mr. Trump, please clarify that the deportations will be prioritized based on threat to America'

Sep 17, 2024

The border needs to shut.

There are too many illegals here to just deport all at once. The ones who should go first are the ones who threaten America the most. Mr. Trump, please clarify that for the American people.

Trump pledges to deport Haitians in Ohio city, but most are in US legally

The majority of the 15,000 Haitians in Springfield are there legally.

www.usatoday.com

This is not helping.

The illegals who threaten America the most

1. the two Chinese battalions of military aged men
2. the worst criminals - murderers, rapists, violent gang members
3. the next tier of criminals - leeches, squatters...

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[Fort Fun Indiana]

See ya couldn't identify the need.......ooooooops

Then ask your favorite fat rapist charity thief to spoonfeed it to you.

He apparently has identified it.

 

[EMH]

"we" = the IQ<5 treasonous white n-word left wing self proclaimed sub human Zionist Fascist TRAITOR

 

[Manonthestreet]

Then ask your favorite fat rapist charity thief to spoonfeed it to you.

He apparently has identified it.

Dumbass says what