WHY A FARMER WOULD SAY: “IF TRUMP DEPORTS ALL UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, AMERICA WILL RUN OUT OF FOOD IN 2 DAYS”

2026-02-05 - 12:19

WHY A FARMER WOULD SAY: “IF TRUMP DEPORTS ALL UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, AMERICA WILL RUN OUT OF FOOD IN 2 DAYS”. That statement sounds dramatic, but it comes from a real fear inside US farming and food production: a huge part of the agricultural workforce is undocumented or has shaky immigration status. When people hear “immigrants,”