WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump tried to give the agriculture industry a boost this week as Minnesota farmers gathered in Morgan for Farmfest.

Trump, who had briefly stopped deportations of undocumented farm workers before an uproar from some of his base led him to restart them, said this week that his administration would continue to deport criminals, but that he wants to “work with” farmers to find a solution for their workers.

“We can’t let our farmers not have anybody,” Trump said in an interview with CNBC.

Many farm workers are undocumented immigrants who have lived in the country for decades and are paying taxes. Trump suggested those workers could leave the United States and reenter through a legal pathway — he mentioned perhaps broadening the H-2A program for agricultural wo

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