Karoline Leavitt Pressed About Returning Immigrant Agricultural Workers To The US

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During Tuesday’s White House press briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt answered questions about the potential to return immigrant farm workers to the United States.

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00:00Karen.

00:01Thank you, Caroline.

00:02The President was posting on Truth Social today about helping

00:04American farmers.

00:05And last week in his Cabinet meeting he was talking about a

00:08plan to work with farmers to retain workers who are in the U.S.

00:12illegally, provided that they leave and then come back through

00:15what he said would be a legal process.

00:17Can you give details on what that would look like, how many

00:20workers he's talking about, how long a plan like that would

00:23take to implement, and the timeline for more details on

00:26getting this actually to implementation?

00:28MS. I can check in with our immigration and our policy team

00:30and get you some more details on that, Karen.

00:32And is this something he wants to roll out soon?

00:35I mean, he was talking back and forth with Secretary Rollins.

00:37MS. Right.

00:38This is kind of imminent that he wants to do this.

00:40MS. Yeah, look, the President is in constant communication with

00:43all of his Cabinet secretaries, particularly Secretary Rollins,

00:46who has the backs of American farmers and ranchers.

00:49It's something that he spoke about with her in the front of all

00:53the cameras in the Cabinet room.

00:54But I'll check in with not only our immigration team but also with

00:57USDA and we'll get you an answer.

00:59Jonathan.

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