I’m sure not rushing anywhere to pick lettuce, oranges, grapes or strawberries.
That's a valid point, Vet.
On the other hand, low skill work visas are just a slightly camouflaged version of outsourcing to a foreign country.
However, because the product is perishable, and costly to ship, the American employers “in-source” the labor.
Instead of investing in labor saving machines, the American AG companies intensely compete against each other on the basis of low cost labor.
Agriculture has been slow to automate compared to other sectors largely because they’ve been using sub-market labor, subsidized heavily by taxpayers—now and into the future.
Make jobs attractive and pay decently and you can have the workers you need anywhere.
This is a massive sellout if Trump is flipping as the speech suggests. My guess is he was in part primarily pandering, but still little has been accomplished on this massive issue that he rode into office since he actually got into office.
Losing, losing losing.