Scores of immigrant farm workers in the U.S. are avoiding work after President Trump removed "sensitive area" protections amid his immigration crackdown.

Around 75% of immigrant farm workers in Bakersfield, California, ditched their shifts after Trump ramped up his threats by removing protections against ICE raids in “sensitive areas,” including schools and workplaces.

  • @mipadaituEnglish
    15•1 month ago

    How about if you are hiring undocumented immigrants for this work, let’s not arrest the immigrants, let’s arrest the owners of the farm.

    Then we’ll sell the farm off to someone who is willing to pay a living wage to people, and not slaves with no other options.

    • @capital_sniff
      7•1 month ago

      Or just give the farm to the workers and have them run it as a coop.

    • @woodenskewer
      3•1 month ago

      If socialist-welfare-handout farming subsidies were paid it be great if they were forced to be returned by people that employed those not legal to work in the us as well. Misusing government funds and all that jazz.

      Naturally this will never happen but it’d be a good idea lol

    • @[email protected]English
      1•1 month ago

      most farms cant turn a profit that way unless they make some more bs being subsidized like corn, we need less corn