A top Trump official is facing backlash after suggesting that millions of "able-bodied adults on Medicaid" should replace undocumented migrant farmers as part of a broader plan to continue mass deportations and reshape the U.S. agricultural workforce.
On Tuesday, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins made the remarks during a press conference in Washington, D.C., where she reaffirmed the Trump administration's hardline stance against amnesty and defended its plans for mass deportations, even as the agriculture industry warns of looming labor shortages.
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