Trump Promises ‘No Amnesty’ For Illegal Alien Agricultural Workers
President Donald Trump promised “no amnesty” for illegal immigrant agricultural workers on Tuesday. Trump had caused concerns about the potential of an amnesty program when he told a group of Iowans on July 3 that farmers would be able to “vouch” for their illegal workers, allowing them to stay in the United States.
But at a Tuesday cabinet meeting, Trump doubled down on promising “no amnesty,” while also having Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer weigh in on how to maintain agricultural production and the hospitality industry without the illegal labor.
“There’s no amnesty. What we’re doing is we’re getting rid of criminals, but we are doing a work program,” Trump said in the meeting. “We’ve got to give the farmers the people they need, but we’re not talking amnesty.”
Trump’s comments followed remarks he made in the past couple of weeks that indicated he was concerned that the agricultural industry would be destroyed if it did not have access to illegal labor.
“Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace,” he posted to social media on June 12. “In many cases the Criminals allowed into our Country by the VERY Stupid Biden Open Borders Policy are applying for those jobs. This is not good. We must protect our Farmers, but get the CRIMINALS OUT OF THE USA. Changes are coming!” (Read more from “Trump Promises ‘No Amnesty’ For Illegal Alien Agricultural Workers” HERE)
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