Overview

• The National Farm Security Action Plan prohibits new farmland purchases by Chinese nationals and other foreign adversaries, cancels seven existing agreements and begins removing hundreds of affiliated entities.
• President Trump and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins affirmed there will be no amnesty for undocumented farmworkers, vowing to continue mass deportations in a strategic manner to protect the food supply.
• Officials have proposed replacing migrant labor with automation and recruiting able-bodied Medicaid recipients but have yet to outline a detailed workforce transition framework.
• Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer announced a new Department of Labor office to address farmers’ labor needs without offering amnesty, though its operational details remain unspecified.
• Farming groups in California and beyond warn that without a concrete plan to replace undocumented workers, crop operations face severe shortages and potential cost increases.