The American Farm Bureau Federation has made ag labor one of its top priorities. AFBF Vice President Scott VanderWal, who is also president of the South Dakota Farm Bureau, said ag labor and immigration are part of the same discussion. “As we all know there are criminal illegals that are being rounded up and deported, as they should be, but we are concerned about disrupting the food chain if we go very far with that,” said VanderWal. “We’re not going to criticize the President for what he’s doing, but we need to keep in mind that we need to keep our food chain steady and consistent until we fix our immigration problem and get the ag labor situation straightened out.”
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