Monday, March 16, 2026

Trump Turns to Migrant Workers Amid Farm Labor Crisis

Hafiz Rashid: Donald Trump's solution to the farmworker shortage caused by his violent mass deportation campaign is to embrace migrant labor. The New York Times reports that the Trump administration is making it cheaper to hire migrant farmworkers on temporary visas under the H-2A program.

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We've gone from "Deport Them All" to "Pay Our Onion Pickers $11 An Hour Instead of $17"

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-- Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) Mar 15, 2026 at 9:40 AM

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Donald Trump's solution to the farmworker shortage caused by his violent mass deportation campaign is to embrace migrant labor.

Irony just committed suicide.

Can't wait for the ball washers to line up to cheer on this idea as "brilliant!"

#1 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-03-16 04:19 PM

Farm labour crisis. How could anyone have seen that coming?

#2 | Posted by Jaspar at 2026-03-16 11:33 PM

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