Trump Says No Amnesty for Illegal Farmworkers

The Trump administration will not offer “amnesty” for farm laborers, according to President Donald Trump. In a July 8 Cabinet meeting, Trump was asked to comment on remarks made earlier in the day by Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins. In a Tuesday morning press event, Rollins said that there will be “no amnesty” offered to illegal immigrants currently working on farms. “There’s no amnesty,” Trump said in reply to a question about Rollins’s remarks. “What we’re doing is getting rid of criminals, but we are doing a work program.” On Tuesday morning during a press event outside the Agriculture Department, Rollins was asked to follow up on recent statements made by Trump suggesting there would be an executive order, or some other kind of action, to address the issue of illegal immigrants working at farms and in the hospitality industry....