The man, who asked not to be named because he is unreliable and is afraid that he will be deported: “Most of us do the employment that the Americans do not want to do.” “I don’t know if Trump does not understand or see that this country depends on us as well.”
About 643 million pounds of mushrooms – almost a skyscraper weight -It was sold in the 2023-24 season, with Pennsylvania, which represents 69 % of the sales volume, followed by California by 11 %, According to the data of the US Department of Agriculture. The value of this crop at the country level was estimated at one billion dollars, according to the US Department of Agriculture.
In the Chester Province, where Avondale is located, the mushroom farmers produced about 200 million pounds of mushrooms, according to the US Department of Agriculture, a decrease of 29 % from the previous year. The boycott area is 11.1 million square feet.
The owner of the farm said: “The work of migrants is a necessity in agriculture, there is not only if there is whether or disappeared on it,” adding that if the deportation efforts are focused on immigrants in the region, “it will spoil” the industry. He added that some of the mushrooms were with him for more than 33 years and did not cause any problems.
The second Trump administration brings a new round of fear
Noreydi, the 17 -year -old asylum seeker from Guatemala and Al Fitr Farm workers in the region, came to the United States during the first period of Trump, when she was among the thousands of children who separated from their parents under the policy of separating the administration family.
“The president was when I came and he is the president now. Things are going, it is very frightening, and it only intimidates me,” said Nuridi, who asked that her full name was not used because the Trump administration was intimidating me and deporting people with open migration like herself.