U.S. farm industry groups want President-elect Donald Trump to spare their sector from his promise of mass deportations, which could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent on immigrants in the United States illegally.

So far Trump officials have not committed to any exemptions, according to interviews with farm and worker groups and Trump’s incoming “border czar” Tom Homan.

Nearly half of the nation’s approximately 2 million farm workers lack legal status, according to the departments of Labor and Agriculture, as well as many dairy and meatpacking workers.

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“The only moral abortion is my abortion”.

“The only moral undocumented workers are my undocumented workers”

Notice a pattern here?

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They’re not looking at the big picture. When child labor laws get repealed they can hire 10-year-olds at the same cost as undocumented workers. Having 10-year-olds running heavy farm equipment also mitigates abortion bans on the back end.

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The long abortion

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Unironically that is a great slogan to use when these things become reality.

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No, they are. They’ll just use the immigrants they round up as actual slave labor.

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use the immigrants they round up as actual slave labor

Of course. It’s a “smart” business move. Lock up folks in those profitable private prisons then farm out prison labor to work the fields. It’s a win, win financially where the rich make even more money.

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Don’t forget the blacks. The blacks will be jailed for being black and then they we have slavery with extra steps!

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Hey now it won’t just be black folks, all sorts of non white shades of people will be arrested to work the fields against their will. Hell there will probably be some whites in there too, the ones infected by the ‘woke’ can’t be allowed to roam the streets spreading their blasphemy

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The children crave the…. fields?

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They don’t care that they’re hypocrites, it’s what makes them right wing conservatives almost by definition. That and lacking empathy, having main character syndrome, and generally being racist or bigoted.

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The whole point is they want you to cut a “deal” with the right people. Appealing to their conscience isn’t going to work.

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I should not have belly laughed the way I did at this. Have fun having your faces eaten and the face eating party. Unless your lobbyists are able to pay enough for the god kings approval.

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I still lowkey expect that Cargills of this world with ear of emperor will soften that stance, because it cuts in their profits

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Sorry, no, they steal American jobs and undermine society.

Seriously what is wrong with these people? Are they eight years old?

i hate foreigners and socialism, send me my farm bill subsidy and someone to pick my tomatoes at less than minimum wage

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They have only one real belief, and that’s white supremacy.

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Them leopards is hungry for faces

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