Tariffs and ICE Raids Are Driving America’s Farmers to the Brink
Most farmers supported Trump, and they became one of his first targets.
American farmers are being squeezed by a perfect storm of economic and political pressure. Trump’s sweeping new tariffs have severed access to key export markets, while aggressive ICE enforcement has scared much of the country’s agricultural workforce into hiding.
The result? Crops going unharvested. Prices collapsing. Bankruptcy looming.
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