Farmers in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley are reporting a shortage of farm labor, and some attribute that to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement actions.
KVEO in Brownsville reported that the shortage of farmworkers began developing about three weeks ago. Farmer Nick Billman of Donna, Texas, told the television station that immigration raids have created a situation where farm workers don’t want to get caught up in enforcement sweeps.
“I would say within the last three weeks it started to slow, but this last week has been huge,” he said. “That is when it has been zero people wanting to come out and be exposed to be able to be picked up, whether they are legal or illegal.”
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