Trump Weighs Measures to Bring Farm Workers Back to US Legally
Workers pick grapes during a harvest near Kennewick, Washington.
Photographer: Emree Weaver/BloombergThis article is for subscribers only.
President Donald Trump said he is looking to allow undocumented farm and hospitality industry workers to leave the US for a short period of time and reenter the country legally, a bid to address concerns about labor shortages from his crackdown on undocumented migration.
“We’re going to work with people so that if they go out in a nice way, go back to their country, we’re going to work with them right from the beginning on trying to get them back in legally,” Trump said Thursday during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, suggesting the framework would give better certainty to those seeking work and businesses eager to hire people legally in the country.