The Trump administration's immigration crackdown is worsening labor shortages across the U.S. agricultural sector, pushing officials to make it cheaper for farmers to hire temporary foreign workers even as enforcement efforts intensify, according to a new report.
Farmers say raids and stricter border policies have tightened an already limited labor pool, leaving crops unharvested and forcing growers to rely more heavily on the H-2A visa program, which allows farms to hire foreign nationals for seasonal agricultural work.
