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St. Paul, MN – The ICE raids are in no way causing just problems in the Twin Cities. That was the message from groups representing Minnesota farmers.
Andrea Vaubel is Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture (MDA) and says immigrant workers are afraid to show up on farms, and that will impact your dinner table.
President of the Minnesota Farmers Union, Gary Wertish, says Washington needs to get its priorities straight, as we still do not have a farm bill, but “ICE saw its budget more than triple.”
DFL Senator Aric Putnam of St. Cloud says Minnesota has 3,500 H-2A farm workers. These are foreign nationals brought to the U.S. legally for temporary, seasonal agricultural work when there’s a shortage in our country.
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