What It Will Take to Get U.S. Citizens to Work the Farm — According to Dolores Huerta

Photo: Dolores Huerta speaking in Phoenix, Arizona on August 28, 2024. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. Interview article by Samuel Benson. Politico – August 2, 2025.

The agriculture sector is on edge like never before. With ICE officers chasing undocumented immigrants through fields and barging into meatpacking plants, workers are spooked. Even before the farm raids, workforce shortages and economic uncertainty rankled the industry. Now, as harvest season arrives for many crops, concerns are growing that there may not be enough workers out there to feed the country. […]

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