RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

'They quit after a few hours': Farmers admit they can't find American workers

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'They quit after a few hours': Farmers admit they can't find American workers

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RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

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In interviews with the Washington Post, multiple farmers expressed their dismay with the loss of farm workers under Donald Trump's harsh immigration policies and his administration's waffling on subsidies.In a deep dive focusing on one farmer who voted for Trump, 36-year-old J.J. Ficke of Kirk, Colo...

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The Wackenhut company was one, and they’ve re-branded as GEO. They’re the ones operating the problem prison in LA I wrote about.

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