Rebranding Indentured Servitude: Trump’s Plan for Undocumented Farm Workers

Legal Status Now Comes with a Boss.

During a speech at the Iowa State Fair Grounds, Donald Trump explained his immigration plan for undocumented workers in agriculture:

Let the farmers vouch for them.

“They work very hard… they bend over all day… some farmers literally cry… If a farmer is willing to vouch, we’ll be good with it.”

He’s essentially describing a system where laborers remain undocumented, underpaid, and dependent on wealthy landowners to avoid deportation.

That’s not immigration reform. That’s indentured servitude by proxy.

The 13th Amendment abolished slavery; except as punishment for a crime. But this? This is just recreating the power dynamic… minus the chains and with tears for cover.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/live/n39CnN4eBXs

TLDR: Trump suggests letting farmers “vouch” for undocumented workers to keep them from being deported. It ties legal status to employer approval, raising 13th Amendment and due process concerns.