Overview

• Charlie Hurt said cutting welfare payments would force Americans into roles like blueberry picking and called for reinstating underage summer labor on farms.
• He warned that farms and construction sites have relied heavily on undocumented immigrants performing low-wage work.
• Rachel Campos-Duffy countered by endorsing higher farm wages to entice American workers and boost fruit and vegetable output.
• The discussion, which included Charlie Kirk, followed a weekend visit to a blueberry farm to examine labor shortages firsthand.
• No official steps have been taken to change child labor laws or welfare benefits, and federal law still prohibits underage farm work under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.