On a recent news program, President Trump alluded to a “temporary pass” being planned for farmworkers. “We’re working on it right now. We’re going to work it so that some kind of a temporary pass where people pay taxes, where the farmer can have a little control, as opposed to you walk in and take everybody away,” he said. “[W]e’re going to do something for farmers, where we can let the farmer sort of be in charge. The farmer knows. He’s not going to hire a murderer. When you go into a farm and he’s had somebody working with him for nine years doing this kind of work, which is hard work to do, and a lot of people aren’t going to do it, and you end up destroying a farmer because you took all the people away, it’s a problem.” No further details were released as of press time.
The remarks follow Trump administration shifts back and forth about whether worksite raids might be paused in industries like hospitality, restaurant, and agricultural work, and whether undocumented farm and hotel workers might be allowed to work legally in the United States.
