'Farms will vanish': Cherry farms become ghost towns amid Trump's ICE crackdown [View all]
By Daniel Hampton
Published June 19, 2025 8:31 PM ET
Cherry growers say they're seeing a severe labor shortage amid President Donald Trump's nationwide immigration crackdown, leading to a massive shortage of berries.
A grower in the Mattawa, Washington, area lost about 300 bins — each weighing at least 350 pounds, horticulturist Erik Zavala told area told The Spokesman-Review in a report published this week.
“People watch the news,” Zavala said, referring to masked federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detaining people as part of Trump's ramped-up immigration effort. “It’s definitely having an impact."
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If you are a republican farmer and thought that they were not going to do this...........................well how's that coffee you now smell...........
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