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ICE raids on US farms leaves crops rotting (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by babysandpiper@sopuli.xyz to c/economics@lemmy.world

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Immigration enforcement operations on farms have left crops rotting and farm operations disrupted in major agricultural states including California, Texas, and Pennsylvania.

Farm owners and industry representatives report that up to 70 percent of workers stopped reporting to work following Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions, resulting in significant crop losses and financial strain.

"We do not have enough workforce in the United States to do manual work, to do those jobs that other people are not qualified to do and do not want to do it," Alexandra Sossa, CEO of Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project, told Newsweek. "For example, we are running into a problem where we do not have enough farm workers to grow the food we eat every day.

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[–] Carvex@lemmy.world 46 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Hey the thing people along time ago said was going to happen is happening.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

We already tried this shit in Florida, with the exact same results, had to dial it way back.

Florida: "Let's try again on a national level!"

[–] kubica@fedia.io 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Who could have seen it coming, except those people?

[–] IAmLamp@fedia.io 4 points 3 weeks ago

Leopards who have an appetite for faces.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

And others?

[–] karashta@sopuli.xyz 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

All part of the general plan to destroy the middle class

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

After decades of consistent employment and a bachelor's, I won't ever break nto the middle class.

I did choose a lot of non profit and conservation work, though. Oh well.

[–] karashta@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

My shot was destroyed by the GFC. Never recovered.

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's when my student loan debt was at its peak. Great way to start out.

[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

Make America Famished Again

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

Not ICE raids

Ethnic cleansing

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

This is all just so a handful of billionaires don't have to pay taxes. There's not that many of them, and they wouldn't even notice if they paid 90% of their money in taxes.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Who’s hungry for the rich?

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

The raids are bullshit, but at least companies are finally facing some sort of consequence for their institutional, systemic exploitation of migrants.