Undocumented farm workers once again face deportation from the United States despite President Donald Trump's recent comments that he prefers to let them stay.
Trump said that less than a week ago, but now U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said there will be no amnesty for them.
That is likely to result in more raids at meat-packing plants and in farm fields.
Rollins said the White House (presumably meaning Trump) wants 100 per cent of such workers to be U.S. citizens and “there are plenty of workers in America.”
Rollins said there are about 34 million “able-bodied adults” in the national Medicaid program, although a recent report from the health policy organization KFF said that most adults on Medicaid already have full-time or part-time jobs or cannot work because of disabilities, illness or caregiving.
Nearly two-thirds of adults between the ages of 19 to 64 covered by Medicaid were working while 30 per cent were not working because of other responsibilities or because of attending school, the report said.
Farmers have been saying that if undocumented workers are not allowed to stay at work there will be disruptions in food supplies.
