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# Crops Rot While Trump-Led Immigration Backlash Idles Farm Work | Bloomberg Politics
- URL: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/crops-rot-while-trump-led-immigration-backlash-idles-farm-work-bloomberg-politics/
- Published: 2016-06-08T18:44:35.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-08T18:44:35.000Z
- Description: What do Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's comments on immigration have to do with crops withering in the field? A lot, according to Bloomberg Business.
- Author: Investigate Midwest staff
- Tags: Elections, agriculture, farming, Trump, Government, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-06-18 04:56

The death of meaningful U.S. immigration reform, done in by Washington partisanship and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s incendiary comments on foreigners, is leaving crops withering in the field and the farm lobby with nowhere to turn as a labor shortage intensifies.

Source: *[Crops Rot While Trump-Led Immigration Backlash Idles Farm Work | Bloomberg Politics](http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-06-06/crops-rot-while-trump-led-immigration-backlash-idles-farm-lobby?ref=investigatemidwest.org)*