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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,071 posts)
Tue Apr 21, 2020, 02:17 PM Apr 2020

Farm workers to be exempt from Trump's immigration ban

Source: Politico

Donald Trump's plan to suspend immigration into the U.S. will not apply to foreign farm workers, according to three industry sources familiar with the decision.

Trump tweeted on Monday night that he will sign an executive order to temporarily ban immigration to try and stem the spread of coronavirus. The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly still working on the order. Little information is known about its scope or when it will be signed.

The agriculture industry has increasingly relied on the H-2A guest worker program to fill empty jobs on farming operations. In recent weeks, the Trump administration has eased requirements for farmers to hire seasonal workers from other countries as the labor supply has been disrupted by the pandemic.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/farm-workers-to-be-exempt-from-trumps-immigration-ban/ar-BB12YTiH?li=BBnbcA1



Probably won't apply to domestic help at Mar A Lago either
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Farm workers to be exempt from Trump's immigration ban (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 OP
and his and family businesses as well . . . Iliyah Apr 2020 #1
Corporations Exempt??????? n?c DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #11
He'll ban hospital workers IronLionZion Apr 2020 #2
"Welcome to MURIKA!!" Grokenstein Apr 2020 #3
Saw that one coming underpants Apr 2020 #4
Or, rather, the seasonal workers that are Igel Apr 2020 #7
Both underpants Apr 2020 #8
If it's possible do something totally irrelevant, Trump will Raven123 Apr 2020 #5
Wait, aren't those 'Murican Jawbs! RRDrummer Apr 2020 #6
stem the spread of virus.. stillcool Apr 2020 #9
Golf course workers? mpcamb Apr 2020 #10

Grokenstein

(5,726 posts)
3. "Welcome to MURIKA!!"
Tue Apr 21, 2020, 02:28 PM
Apr 2020

"...Pick our food and do our laundry and wipe our dirty butts and then get the fuck out because we hate you."

underpants

(182,843 posts)
4. Saw that one coming
Tue Apr 21, 2020, 02:29 PM
Apr 2020

The Smithfield Tar Heel plant needs to keep operating and those 30,000 pigs (everyday) aren’t going to process themselves.

Igel

(35,323 posts)
7. Or, rather, the seasonal workers that are
Tue Apr 21, 2020, 03:04 PM
Apr 2020

necessary to harvest California's crops are necessary. That was precisely the focus the last time there were carve-outs to an order that restricted the border with Mexico.

 

RRDrummer

(32 posts)
6. Wait, aren't those 'Murican Jawbs!
Tue Apr 21, 2020, 02:42 PM
Apr 2020

Trump is stealing American's jobs?!!? What a joke. What's next after you're fresh the fuck out of hypocrisy and irony?

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
9. stem the spread of virus..
Tue Apr 21, 2020, 03:21 PM
Apr 2020

it's going the other way, last I heard. Shouldn't right-wingers be out there protesting?

mpcamb

(2,871 posts)
10. Golf course workers?
Tue Apr 21, 2020, 03:23 PM
Apr 2020

On fancy coures tied to politically corrupt families?
Will they be exempt too?

Write the law to keep them off that protected list.

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