Farmers who voted for Trump continue to be utterly shocked that the man who promised to deport immigrants is following through on his promise, thereby gutting the farming workforce of their much-needed laborers. All those pleading tweets where they tag Donald Trump seem to be falling on deaf ears as the Trump family continues to sell their crypto, golf and party with rich tech CEOs.
Politico is reporting that dairy farmers in deep red counties in Pennsylvania continue to struggle. In Tioga County, which voted 3-1 for Trump, farmers are in trouble. One family had to sell ALL of their dairy cows because there were no workers and another farmer said none of his job postings looking for help have gotten him any calls from all those Americans who had their jobs stolen by immigrants.
A farmer who voted for Trump three times, John Painter, is utterly flabbergasted that Trump is doing exactly what he said he would do, saying: “The whole thing is screwed up. We need people to do the jobs Americans are too spoiled to do.”
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AG Secretary Brooke Rollins is sure that “American workers and machines can help close the gap” but thus far that has not been the case.
Immigrant labor fell by a shocking amount in the last few months, with BLS reports showing that the U.S. agricultural workforce fell by 155,000. Pew showed that immigrant labor overall fell by 750,000 from January through July.
