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Pedro Camacho

Mass deportation under a Trump presidency could severely hamper farming labor in the U.S.

Donald Trump on stage at the 2024 RNC (Credit: AFP)

Former President Donald Trump's proposed mass deportation plan could potentially reduce the agricultural labor force by half and severely impact America's dairy industry, according to a new report by Newsweek.

Nearly half of agricultural workers in the U.S., about 950,000 out of 2.2 million, are undocumented immigrants, the article detailed. And Trump's policy, which seeks to deport all undocumented migrants should he take office, would pose significant challenges for the American farming industry.

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