Monday, May 05, 2025

Mass Deportations Are Pushing US Farms to Breaking Point

"Martin Casanova, founder of THX, a program that connects consumers with farmworkers, told Newsweek: "We are dangerously close to a breaking point. In 2022, an estimated 15 million tons of produce were left unharvested in the U.S. -- enough for 30 billion daily servings."

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Like other farmers in the United States, dairy farmers rely on immigrant laborers from Mexico or Central America, many of them without authorization to work here. @asharpwriter.bsky.social reports for @barnraiser.bsky.social:

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-- Sentient (@sentientmedia.org) April 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM

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Womp womp.

#1 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-01 01:15 PM

Frankly, I've been stunned by the number of TikToks from folks who are worried about their harvest, tacitly (and sometimes openly) admitting their workforce is largely undocumented workers.

It's why I point out the problems are centered in Republican counties, where Republican sheriffs look the other way, while Republican members of the largely-Republican Chambers of Commerce are, coincidentally, the largest contributors to the Sheriff's re-election campaign.

#2 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-05-01 01:22 PM

@#2 ... Frankly, I've been stunned by the number of TikToks from folks who are worried about their harvest, tacitly (and sometimes openly) admitting their workforce is largely undocumented workers. ...

Exactly.

For years I have stated that undocumented immigrants should be deported.

But I also asked a question ...

What would be the effect of that upon the economy?

And how could that effect be mitigated?


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-05 08:09 PM

"Mass Deportations Are Pushing US Farms to Breaking Point"

That's a feature, not a bug.

Republicans are destroying the economy on purpose.

They are forcing the weak to fail.

They are hurting the people who need to be hurt, finally.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-05 09:44 PM

@#4

Which industries employ the most immigrant workers? (January 2025)
usafacts.org

... Which industries have the highest percentage of immigrants in their workforces?

The construction industry had the highest percentage of immigrant workers in 2023: an estimated 3.3 million, or 28.6% of all the people employed by that industry. ...



#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-05 10:34 PM

Something both sides claim they wanted and needed to lower illegal immigration.

Less jobs, even Snoofy wants that...

What what? .....

They are hurting the people who need to be hurt, finally.

I thought Snoofy wanted the Citizens hurt by illegal immigrants?

I can't keep up with you changing priorities.

#6 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-05-05 10:44 PM

I TOLD YOU SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#7 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-05-05 10:47 PM

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