Trump teases new policy for migrant farm labor

[get these nets]

Trump teases new policy for migrant farm labor​

08/05/25

Officials are debating how to placate farmers’ need for migrant labor without appearing to offer amnesty to undocumented immigrants.

President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs


President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration will release new rules and regulations on migrant farm labor, as the country’s need for workers and the food they help produce clashes with his vow to deport undocumented immigrants.
Trump said that his administration will continue to deport criminals but that he wants to “work with” farmers to find a solution for their workers, oftentimes immigrants who have lived in the country illegally for decades and are paying taxes. He suggested the White House was working on a touchback program for some workers, requiring them to leave the U.S. and reenter through a legal pathway, an idea that faces strong opposition among immigration hawks who view exceptions for one industry as a slippery slope.

“In some cases, we’re sending them back to their country with a pass back in legally … We’re sending them back, and then they’re schooling, they’re learning, they’re coming in, they’re coming in legally. We have a lot of that going on, but we’re taking care of our farmers,” Trump said in an interview with CNBC. “We can’t let our farmers not have anybody.”

The policy debate has roiled the White House for months, as the president’s aides weigh ideas from across the administration. Officials are debating how to placate farmers’ need for migrant labor without appearing to offer amnesty to undocumented immigrants.
Administration officials have also discussed expanding access to the H-2A program for non-seasonal agricultural industries, like dairy, an issue that has long received Republican support — but it would fall short of replacing the estimated 320,000 undocumented farm workers already in the U.S. And any touchback program, or moves that provide these workers with a path to legal status, will be criticized by immigration hawks who view such exceptions as a form of amnesty.

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Trump, who has appeared sympathetic to both farmers and immigration hawks, said Tuesday that the farm laborers aren’t easy to replace — an argument that runs up against critics’ argument that native-born workers could fill the jobs. The president said that “people that live in the inner city” won’t do the work.


“They’ve tried. We’ve tried, Everybody’s tried. They don’t do it. These people do it naturally. Naturally,” Trump said. “I said ‘what happens’ — to a farmer the other day — ’what happens if they get a bad back?’ He said, ‘They don’t get a bad back, sir, because if they get a bad back, they die.’ I said, ‘That’s interesting.’ In many ways, they’re very, very special people.”
Trump did not say who told him this

 

[IIVI]

“In some cases, we’re sending them back to their country with a pass back in legally … We’re sending them back, and then they’re schooling, they’re learning, they’re coming in, they’re coming in legally. We have a lot of that going on, but we’re taking care of our farmers,” Trump said in an interview with CNBC. “We can’t let our farmers not have anybody.”

Caught that in the interview today too.

Basically all these operations were nothing but a big waste of money.

 

[IIVI]

I bet that “pass back in legally” goes into effect in four years:

As soon as Democrats take control so Republicans can point out the influx of immigrants.

If Republicans are in control they’ll bank on people forgetting about it.

Safety valve installed.

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

Careful
You don’t know what’s coming

 

[get these nets]

Caught that in the interview today too.

Basically all these operations were nothing but a big waste of money.

Trump miscalculated . Cutting resources, economic ladders, and safety nets for Americans was meant to steer them into the jobs that are done by the undocumented. Might turn out that way in the long term, but certainly not immediately like he thought.

"We tried to replace them, but it didnt work"

In the meantime, food prices will rise, which hurts him politically. And Big Agri lobbies him to cut them a break.

The people that he spent years villainizing perform vital work for the economy to function.

 

[Mandarin Duck]

The lackluster pay was the main reason Americans didn't do those jobs.

Working for $3/hr while trying to support a family is not possible. Now, Americans will be paid a decent wage to do those same jobs. And Americans will likely do a better job to be honest.

I’m getting conflicting messaging then. Some are saying black people are going back to the fields. Some are saying the jobs won’t be done.

I believe it could be achievable in steps, with time. If it’s not achievable then I don’t see what is or what we can stop them from doing in the first place unless the plan is to just scream fukk trump until he can be voted out. I just say try what we can do until that time comes.

Y'all were both in that thread about Medicaid recipients being farm workers talking about how this was a great idea that would work.

This is why you shouldn't believe anything this administration says.

They make shyt up as they go along.

 

[mson]

Trump miscalculated . Cutting resources, economic ladders, and safety nets for Americans was meant to steer them into the jobs that are done by the undocumented. Might turn out that way in the long term, but certainly not immediately like he thought.

"We tried to replace them, but it didnt work"

In the meantime, food prices will rise, which hurts him politically. And Big Agri lobbies him to cut them a break.

The people that he spent years villainizing perform vital work for the economy to function.

It'll work in the long-term if they raise wages.

 

[Outlaw]

It'll work in the long-term if they raise wages.

How much would they need to pay you to work on a farm l?

 

[get these nets]

It'll work in the long-term if they raise wages.

Trump cutting avenues for training/education is going to produce larger segments of Americans doing those jobs in the long term.
Better alternatives are what has kept people out of those grueling jobs. Remove those alternatives, and people will do what they have to do

 

[ReasonableMatic]

Trump teases new policy for migrant farm labor​

08/05/25

Officials are debating how to placate farmers’ need for migrant labor without appearing to offer amnesty to undocumented immigrants.

“In some cases, we’re sending them back to their country with a pass back in legally … We’re sending them back, and then they’re schooling, they’re learning, they’re coming in, they’re coming in legally. We have a lot of that going on, but we’re taking care of our farmers,” Trump said in an interview with CNBC. “We can’t let our farmers not have anybody.”

 

[mson]

Trump cutting avenues for training/education is going to produce larger segments of Americans doing those jobs in the long term.
Better alternatives is what has kept people out of those grueling jobs. Remove those alternatives, and people will do what they have to do

We'll see. Trump only has one term.

 

[African Peasant]

Caught that in the interview today too.

Basically all these operations were nothing but a big waste of money.

It's pure PR to give political orgasms to his base, nothing else.

US big money wants immigrants, it will get them

 

[At30wecashout]

I bet that “pass back in legally” goes into effect in four years:

As soon as Democrats take control so Republicans can point out the influx of immigrants.

If Republicans are in control they’ll bank on people forgetting about it.

Safety valve installed.

When you listen to dummies mention open borders, some saying "Open boarders" like remedials, they can't define it, but Republicans can let hundreds of thousands in, process them legally pending asylum claims, send them to blue cities and dummies CALL IT THE FAULT OF THE CITIES!

They can run the same plays all the time. fukk up the economy, complain Dems aren't fixing it fast enough. Filibuster bills and run ads about how Dems aren't doing anything. People don't pay fukking attention and here we are today. People still think all Obama did was make gay marriage legal. Fact: He was against gay marraige and it was the Supreme Court he okayed it. But people have mouths but clearly not eyes and ears.

 

[Richard Glidewell]

Careful
You don’t know what’s coming

whats Gun laws like in that city?! They didn't learn from bounty tank?!

 

[badboys11]

I haven't seen one single ad posted for farm work


Nobody's tried anything


The farmers want help but don't wanna pay. That's the issue. They want slave work for slave wages.


So why is the "inner city" being brought into this?


Shouldn't the white folks in the upper peninsula of Michigan crying about poverty be lining up at home depot to replace the Mexicans? Why are the rural cacs of America who live around these farms not being called out? They the ones that voted to deport everybody, they the ones funding the cartels with their drug addictions


Where is the opposition leadership?



The President now represents the klan


Oh and how can I forget, cosigned him