Soon, Trump’s ability to fix America’s affordability crisis will collide head-on with another, perhaps more prominent, campaign trail promise: Mass deportations.
And perhaps no industry relies on undocumented workers more than the food and agriculture industries.
“The only question is how high prices will go.”Zandi noted that food prices could also be pushed higher by another element of the Trump agenda: Massive tariffs.
The Trump transition team did not respond to a request for comment about how mass deportations would impact food prices.
The current immigration system does not allow for green cards for farm workers.
Persons:
Donald Trump, Trump, you’re, ”, Chuck Conner, don’t, Conner, Fred Leitz, Leitz, Mark Zandi, “, ” Zandi, Trump’s, It’s, Rick Naerebout, that’s, Biden, Scott Bessent, ” Bessent, Axios, Trump “, David Paul Morris, Zeke Hernandez, “ It’s, Hernandez, Chloe East, Letiz, Naerebout, “ aren’t, ” Robert Lynch, Lynch, —, ” Naerebout
Organizations:
New, New York CNN, CNN, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, US Department of Agriculture, Center for American Progress, Moody’s, Trump, United, Idaho Dairymen’s Association, Wall, Bloomberg, Getty, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Immigration, University of Colorado Denver, The Hamilton, Brookings Institution, Washington College, American
Locations:
New York, United States, Michigan, Idaho, San Francisco, Brookings, Maryland