Trump crackdown unnerves immigrants, and the farmers who rely on them
Story Date: 3/20/2019

 

Source: Christina Goldbaum, NY TIMES, 3/18/19

The fears weigh on Mike McMahon: If one of his undocumented workers gets a traffic ticket, it could prompt an immigration audit of his entire farm. If another gets detained by immigration agents at a roadside checkpoint or in a supermarket parking lot, the rest may flee. And if his undocumented work force disappears overnight, there is no one to replace them. “It keeps me up at night,” said Mr. McMahon, who owns a dairy farm south of Syracuse. “There are people out there who just say, 'Send them all back and build a wall.’ But they would be facing empty shelves in the grocery store if that were to happen.”

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