03/02/2017

Groups Prepare Members for Increased Immigration Enforcement

These organizations are making sure their members are ready to navigate the increased oversight

With heightened immigration enforcement policies coming into effect, agricultural industries may feel the strongest effects. These organizations are making sure their members are ready to navigate the increased oversight.

With memos released by Homeland Security last week, the Trump administration is seeking to ramp up the number of audits and raids performed to identify and deport undocumented immigrants—a change that could heavily affect the agricultural sector.

According to Pew Research Center, illegal immigrants occupied 26 percent of U.S. farming jobs in 2014. As a result, farming operations could see an uptick in the federal oversight they are subjected to, and agricultural organizations are making sure their members are prepared.

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