Ag Secretary Suggests Replacing Migrant Farm Workers With ‘People On Medicaid’

Photo: Brooke Rollins is sworn-in during a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee hearing on her nomination for Secretary of Agriculture, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Photo credit: USDA photo by Tom Witham via Flickr. Public domain. Article by David Moye. HuffPost – July 8, 2025.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins doesn’t seem worried that mass-deporting migrant farmworkers will disrupt the U.S. food supply. But her explanation as to why not sounds a touch dystopian. During a Tuesday press conference, Rollins insisted that “there will be no amnesty” for agricultural workers who aren’t authorized to be in the U.S. […]

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