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The U.S. has lost 1.2 million immigrants since January. What happens now?

Author
FERN
Published
Tue 09 Sep 2025
Episode Link
https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_1083_44b09672-4cbc-4c46-84cb-09fad9a05642&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FFERN%2Fhotfarm

The impact of the Trump Administration’s immigration crackdown is starting to show up in new preliminary census data, and that poses major problems for all parts of U.S. society, but particularly in our food system: Nearly half the country’s food system workers are immigrants. In this episode, Helena and Theodore go through the numbers, and explain why the chances of immigration reform are going down. Also: FoodNet gets a haircut at CDC, and Kansas fights USDA over SNAP data.

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