California Edition

ICE-Fueled Worker Shortage Threatens US Food Supply Chain

A worker cleans graffiti off the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles on June 9, 2025.

Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg

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Across the heartland, a chilling consensus is forming among America’s—and California’s—farmers: without the labor of immigrants, we simply won’t have enough to eat.