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babylonsister

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Thu Apr 27, 2017, 06:37 PM Apr 2017

It makes me nervous: Farmer who cant find workers to harvest his crops blames Trump

‘It makes me nervous’: Farmer who can’t find workers to harvest his crops blames Trump
Sarah K. Burris
27 Apr 2017 at 17:57 ET


President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant comments and policies are beginning to hit farmers and ranchers hard, if one California farmer is any indication.

During a special on CNN, a reporter spoke with Joel del Boscaya, the son of Mexican migrants. He explained he couldn’t get any workers this year. The problem got even worse after the election when the talk of mass deportations began.


“That makes me nervous,” Boscaya said of Trump’s threats. “Putting a wall on the border, that makes me nervous.”

He went on to say that it affects his bottom line, “because we can grow the crops but not pick them.”

Watch the short interview with him below/@ link.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/it-makes-me-nervous-farmer-who-cant-find-workers-to-harvest-his-crops-blames-trump/

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1. What makes me nervous is
Thu Apr 27, 2017, 08:31 PM
Apr 2017

that crops will rot in the field. And then the price of food goes up. And then those who can't afford it start to go hungry. And then they start to blame everyone who really aren't responsible for their hunger because they are told it is the fault of "those immigrants". One can only hope that someone in that mix wakes up and really sees who they need to be concerned about. Sort of the "seed" of a new crop.

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