(Legal/ImmigratiOn)
We should be thinking about protecting ourselves from future food shortages by strengthening our internal food production.
Today, over 50% of our internal agricultural labor is illegal, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Said another way, more than 800,000 of the 1.6 million agro workers who work on our crops and livestock each year are foreigners without legal permission to work. If you still haven't seen the light, here's the bottom line: there's a potentially disastrous weakness in our food production system because we're dependent on foreign food imports, undocumented foreign workers, and a shortage of American workers.
Today, over 50% of our internal agricultural labor is illegal, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Said another way, more than 800,000 of the 1.6 million agro workers who work on our crops and livestock each year are foreigners without legal permission to work. If you still haven't seen the light, here's the bottom line: there's a potentially disastrous weakness in our food production system because we're dependent on foreign food imports, undocumented foreign workers, and a shortage of American workers.
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