President Donald Trump held a Cabinet meeting with his top officials and said his administration would provide some relief to farmers and hotel operators who employ immigrants lacking legal status.
“We have to take care of our farmers, their hotels and, you know, various places where they need the people,” he said.
“A farmer will come in with a letter concerning certain people saying they’re great, they’re working hard. We’re going to slow down a little bit for them, and then we’re going to ultimately bring them back. They’ll go out, they’re going to come back as legal workers,” Trump explained.
More than two-thirds of U.S. crop workers are foreign-born, according to the USDA. Many of them came to the country through the H-2A visas, but officials estimate that 42% of the workers are undocumented migrants.
