Deportations, raids and visa access. How the presidential election could alter life for immigrant farmworkers.

Photo caption: A migrant worker works on a farm in Homestead, Florida, on May 11, 2023. Photo credit: Chandan Khanna, AFP via Getty Images via Grist. Article by Sky Chadde. Investigate Midwest – September 11, 2024.

Key takeaways:

Labor disruption claims: Allies of former President Donald Trump have said his hard-line immigration policies would be a “labor-market disruption celebrated by American workers.” Studies show American workers hardly benefit when undocumented workers are deported. […]

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