Americans warned of grocery prices shock
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"If you think your groceries are expensive now, wait until the farms are empty," AOC said on the "Latino USA" podcast.

Summary

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned that Trump’s mass deportation policy could lead to labor shortages and higher grocery prices.

Experts say agriculture, construction, and healthcare will be hardest hit, with farm output losses estimated between $30 and $60 billion.

Deportations could cost the U.S. economy up to $88 billion annually.

AOC argued that immigrant labor is vital to economic stability, urging Congress to pursue immigration reform.

  • WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world
    3·
    4 hours ago

    In the hope they become legal, productive members of society. Would that not help all parties involved?

    • Woht24@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 hours ago

      Not when you’ve got over 350 million people and the world’s most expensive health care.

      • Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        5·
        3 hours ago

        And when you have one of the largest land masses on the planet, and some of the most valuable natural resources, and a declining birth rate and increasing childhood mortality, and the cost of your health care is entirely caused by artificial scarcity… hm. Maybe the problem isn’t immigrants.