The U.S. Labor Department is sounding a stark warning that the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has devastated the ranks of agricultural workers and now may threaten the food supply.

It’s bad news for farmers, who have already been buffeted by this administration’s tariffs, as well as for U.S. consumers, who sent President Donald Trump back to the White House because they were fed up with pandemic-era inflation.

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“The near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens,” the DOL document says, “combined with the lack of an available legal workforce” is “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.” Without swift action, it continues, “agricultural employers will be unable to maintain operations and the nation’s food su

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