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DAYTON, OHIO — Every year, farmers in California’s Central valley heavily rely on the labor of hundreds of thousands of immigrant agricultural workers to grow and harvest their crops.
But for many in a region that produces one-quarter of the country’s food, president-elect Donald Trump’s promise to deport millions of undocumented migrants – a move that could result in national agricultural output falling by up to $60bn – is not a threat to their livelihoods.
Some just don’t seem to believe him. “I don’t see that there’s going to be a push to go chase anyone who’s willing to work on a farm,” says Tom Barcellos, who milks 1,600 Holstein cows on his farm in Tulare county.
As Trump’s tariffs and deportations threats grow louder, many Americans are at a loss to understand why voters in farming-dependent counties across the US are so loyal to the president-elect, backing him by a margin of three to one in November’s presidential election.
But farmers such as Barcellos say […]
In the Netherlands the farmers support the poulists because they are unable to stop polluting the environment because the cooperative banks lend then a lot of money to expand their business and now they are deowning in the shit of their cows.
Stephan, you keep forgetting how dumb Americans have become because they only watch Fox News!!! I keep writing comments to this fact and nobody seems to listen! Did you now notice that he’s back-tracking on being able to lower prices? And wait till they realize what else he’s NOT going to do! So if Americans revolt—GOOD!!! Then elections come in 2024 and maybe, just maybe they will get some idea of how they were fooled and realize it’s only the Dems who help them!!! The Republicans care nothing for the middle and lower classes and are only looking for more routes to power and money!!! So what needs to be done—-The Dems have to start putting ads and information about what Biden did for the middle and lower classes and all the things that were done for them that are now being taken away by Trump and his greedy henchmen!!! Since they watch Fox News, they have to try to run ads on that channel and any way they can get the information out!
Fox News is not watched by EVERYONE as a trusted source of information in the US. What I believe is that there is a great deal of fear in relation to the general mental condition of US citizens. And atavistic fear in relation to Climate Change. Americans are in ‘reactive’ mode, gun violence. And, altho I believe Biden wasn’t the best in presenting, or messaging, he the wasn’t the worst. My background contains, public relations, feature film production. Trump and his team are extremely canny when it comes to messaging. And a larte slice of the American public reacts favorably to his strong man presentation. He’s rich and he’s loud. People believe he’s going to take care of them. It’s interesting to me is that more space is given in the press to what is not working vs what ideas and solutions for life affirming change. We’re not hearing enouogh about what creative, solution minded people are doing. The why, the conception and the activization of those ideas and pratices.
I saw an interview and have also read in various place that most supporters who need/use undocumented labor don’t think he will take their workers. Just watched a video interview with an Iowa dairy farmer who said within two days without his workers he would shut down. The interviewer asked him who he voted for 45, yes but he doesn’t believe he will be affected because he has good people who are not causing any trouble. Another farmer was talking about picking strawberries and said you will never see a white person bending their back in the hot field.
So as Homan, someone who looks and acts like a caricature of the evil head of the Gestapo gathers his forces after 1/20 we are in for wild ride.