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Miles Archer

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Sat Oct 11, 2025, 06:52 PM Saturday

LABOR DEPT: "...qualified and eligible U.S. workers will not make themselves available in sufficient numbers.." [View all]

Trump's administration just made an "unusual acknowledgement" about its immigration policies, according to a new report Saturday.

In a weekend article called "Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices," the Washington Post reported, "In an unusual acknowledgement, the Labor Department said that tougher immigration enforcement is hurting farmers and the food supply."

"The Trump administration said that its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices for Americans by cutting off agriculture’s labor supply," according to the Post. "The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that 'the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens' is threatening 'the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.'"

“Unless the Department acts immediately to provide a source of stable and lawful labor, this threat will grow,” the official document reportedly states. “The Department concludes that qualified and eligible U.S. workers will not make themselves available in sufficient numbers."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-admin-admits-hurting-partners/

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