On January 10, a significant reduction in farm labor was observed in California due to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's operation, impacting produce transfer in Downtown Los Angeles. The operation led to the arrest of many, raising concerns over the immediate future of California's food infrastructure, which relies heavily on manual labor. With more retirees than new workers entering the labor force, experts suggest the need for immigrant labor forces to sustain agricultural production, particularly during peak harvest seasons.
The impact this is going to have on food is crazy. Southern California's whole food infrastructure is being targeted, jeopardizing the availability of agricultural workers.
California grows a quarter of all the country's fresh produce, requiring hand labor, yet enforcement actions are driving workers away from the fields.
The new administration should realize that rather than seeking to get rid of migrants, we might actually need more of them in the workforce.
We have more people retiring than entering the labor force, posing a significant challenge to California and the U.S. demographics.
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