Washington, DC — US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says there will be no amnesty for workers on farms and in food production plants who are facing deportation because they entered the US illegally.
Rollins says it’s up to Congress to come up with a permanent fix to the immigration system — and she says now is not the time to compromise on the president’s promise of mass deportations.
The ag secretary’s comments follow President Trump’s hints during a speech in Iowa last Thursday that his administration was working on legislation so that farmers would be able to vouch for their migrant workers.
Trump suggested farmers would be able to vouch for undocumented employees who’ve worked for them years.
During a news conference in Washington, D.C. Tuesday, Rollins said the President has been unequivocal that there will be no amnesty and mass deportations will continue in a strategic and intentional way.
