🌾ICE arrests 3,000 farm workers causing $2 billion in crop losses
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Immigration raids in July 2025 arrested over 3,000 farm workers right as harvest season hit peak. California, Texas, and Florida farmers report $2 billion in crops rotting in fields with nobody to pick them. Food prices will spike 40% while Trump insists "Americans will do these jobs." Spoiler: they won't.
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🚜 California agriculture loses $4.7 billion in rotting crops
Driscoll's reports 40% of strawberry harvest unharvested. Peak season raids target maximum labor demand periods.
💰 Grocery chains posted $47 billion profits in 2024
Walmart and Kroger now blame "supply disruptions" for 67% produce price increases. Immigration enforcement provides perfect cover for margin expansion.
🌾 JBS and Tyson already face labor shortages at 23 plants
Expanded raids into Midwest agriculture could trigger nationwide food crisis by September. Wall Street commodity traders made $890 million betting on scarcity.
📈 Agricultural futures spiked 34% in two weeks
This mirrors 1930s agricultural labor disruptions during Mexican Repatriation. Empty grocery shelves followed within six months in major cities.
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How many farm workers were arrested in ICE raids during July 2025?
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Which states were most affected by the farm worker raids?
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