@pbsnews: Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told reporters Tuesday that there will be "no amnesty, under any circumstances," for immigrant farm laborers working in the United States and that the president's mass deportation plan will be "strategic." President Donald Trump "has always been of the mindset that, at the end of the day, the promise to America to ensure that we have a 100% American workforce stands, but we must be strategic in how we are implementing the mass deportation so as not to compromise our food supply," she said during a news conference in Washington, D.C. "Ultimately, the answer on this is automation [and] also some reform within the current governing structure." She also suggested that millions of "able-bodied adults in our Medicaid program" could help fill the gap. "There are plenty of workers in America," Rollins said, "but we just have to make sure we're not compromising today, especially in the context of everything we're thinking about right now." Rollins' comments follow the Trump administration’s conflicting messages about the status of immigrants working in key economic industries, such as agriculture and hospitality. During his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump promised to “have the largest deportation in the history of our country.” Law enforcement, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, have carried out increased immigration arrests and raids across the country since Trump took office. While the president said last month that most immigration arrests would be temporary paused at farms, restaurants and hotels, senior Homeland Security officials said days later that “worksite enforcement operations” will continue. #pbsnews #pbsnewshour #newshour #news #trumpadministration #donaldtrump #trump #immigration #farmworkers #agriculture #migrants #workforce

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