Trump's Ag Sec: We should be able to quickly replace deported farm workers with Americans who want Medicaid [View all]

With reports of more and more raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on migrant farm workers around the country, it would be a good time for Americans to learn about the labor that fuels our food supply — especially at a time when our current Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins is making an unrealistic pledge to create a “100% American workforce” in agriculture.

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“Ultimately the answer on this is automation, also some reform within the current governing structure,” Rollins said. “And then also, when you think about it, there are 34 million able-bodied adults in our Medicaid program. There are plenty of workers in America, but we just have to make sure we are not compromising today, especially in the context of everything we are thinking about right now.”

Rollins said there would be no amnesty for farm workers and that the mass deportations would continue “in a strategic and intentional way, as we move our workforce towards more automation and towards a 100% American workforce.”

Rollins also noted that given the number of able-bodied adults on Medicaid, “we should be able to do that fairly quickly.”

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-ice-raids-farm-workers-american-workforce-rcna218098