Overview

• The department removed roughly 70 individuals tied to those canceled contracts as it enforces real-time bans on Chinese nationals and other foreign adversaries buying U.S. farmland.
• USDA is coordinating with Defense, Justice, Homeland Security and state governments to protect agricultural supply chains, critical infrastructure and research assets.
• Secretary Brooke Rollins reiterated there will be no amnesty for undocumented farmworkers and confirmed strategic deportations will continue alongside a push toward automation and domestic labor.
• The administration is drafting executive and legislative measures to solidify bans on adversarial land purchases and strengthen biosecurity protections for agricultural research.
• The Department of Labor is preparing to announce updates to temporary agricultural visa programs to manage staffing needs under the new plan.