President Trump is taking a stand for farm workers who may be in the country illegally. He says he will be issuing an order soon aimed at keeping farm workers in the fields.
The President did not elaborate on what his order would entail, but it comes after several reports in California where ICE was taking illegal farm workers into custody. President Trump had previously suggested farm workers would be safe, but would need to return to their home countries first if they were here illegally. One California Representative welcomes the plan, saying farm workers are the backbone of the ag industry.
The message comes after immigration crackdowns elsewhere in the country. Earlier this week, ICE agents arrested 70 workers from a meatpacking plant in Omaha. The agency says this was the largest bust in Nebraska since the President’s crackdown began. Officials say that during the operation, several officers were assaulted by those being taken into custody.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) estimates that the move will save farmers and ranchers $2.5 billion each year. The group warns that new methods for calculating the adverse-effect wage rate would result in lower pay for foreign workers.
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