President Donald Trump has acknowledged that immigration raids are impacting the agriculture business, stating that "our farmers are being hurt badly." Trump noted that many farm workers, who have been employed for years, are not citizens but have proven to be valuable. "We're gonna have to do something about that," he said.
Farm bureaus have warned that these raids at packinghouses and fields threaten businesses that supply much of the nation's food. Trump posted on Truth Social that their "aggressive policy on immigration was taking very good, long-time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace," ending his statement with "changes are coming."