Agriculture Secretary Rollins confirmed the president is considering all options to ease the farm labor shortage amid rising deportations.

Homebuilders are watching to see what the past week’s ICE raids could mean for an already tight pool of skilled labor.

Economists expect stepped-up detentions and deportations to result in declining job growth later this year, as well, and higher labor costs. Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi s

Trump’s efforts to constrain immigration during his first term played out in a similar fashion; by 2019, the unemployment rate had dropped to 3.5%, its lowest level since 1969, with earnings up 3.5% from 2018. Meanwhile, economic growth slowed to 2.3%, down from 2.9% the year prior, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Farm workers are often in the country illegally and farmers fear that deportations could lead to a labor shortage and higher food prices.

Farmers have a legal option for hiring temporary or seasonal labor with the H-2A visa program, which allows employers to bring in seasonal workers if they can show there are not enough U.S. workers willing, qualified and available to do the job.

A U.S. crackdown on immigration threatens the hospitality industry, which relies heavily on foreign-born workers. Despite lobbying efforts to expand immigration pathways and address workforce shortages,

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids continue across the Los Angeles area, some homebuilding industry players are nervous about labor shortages.

US President Donald Trump hinted at a potential policy shift on immigration, suggesting some undocumented immigrants could stay to prevent labor short

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CHICAGO - U.S. meat producer Glenn Valley Foods was operating an Omaha, Nebraska, facility with about 30% of its staff on Wednesday after federal agents detained workers in an immigration raid the previous day,