Our rotten immigration policies have left us with a bunch of rotten food

Grist
By Nathanael JohnsonJun 9, 2016, 6:06 am108 pts
An unexpected consequence of ramped-up border patrolling: Lots of food rotting in the fields, and lots of unhappy farmers. Immigrant farm laborers — whom we depend on to, you know, harvest our food — have been more frequently stopped at the border or have decided not to risk the increasingly difficult…

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