MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Rio Grande Valley mayors and business leaders met today to discuss urgent, practical solutions to the ongoing immigration crackdown, which they say is crippling local industries.

Many sectors — especially agriculture — are struggling to find enough workers to meet demand.

"We are going to depend on people, and if we don’t have the people, then farming is going to go somewhere else," said Dante Galeazzi, Texas International Produce Association President and CEO. "We need the solution now, not tomorrow, not a year from now."

Local leaders are urging Congress and President Donald Trump to take immediate action to stabilize the region’s workforce.

Farmer Jed Murray, who works with the Texas Vegetable Association, says the situation on the ground is already

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