"Because I am a conservative and a Republican, people assume that I would have a different perspective here, and this is my reality."
"I love these people. I love the culture. I love the effort that they make. And ethically, to continue to not fix this problem is absolutely completely wrong. The ethics are wrong. We as Americans try to do the right thing. Let's do the right thing."
"People is afraid that even when they are legally here, they're getting arrested for no reason."
"The near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens combined with the lack of an available legal workforce, results in significant disruptions to production costs and threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S consumers."
Shay Myers, general manager of Owyhee Produce in Idaho, relies on seasonal immigrant workers from Mexico. ICE raids and heightened enforcement have created fear among workers and reduced applications, including from legally authorized seasonal workers. Myers reports that hiring local Americans is not feasible due to rural location and unwillingness to perform difficult farm work. Mauricio Sol said legally present workers fear arrest despite compliance with immigration laws. A Department of Labor report warned that the near cessation of illegal inflow combined with a lack of legal workers disrupts production, raises costs, and threatens stability of domestic food supply and consumer prices.
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