00:01Agriculture in the United States is on the verge of collapse.
00:04Immigration, raids, tariffs and labor purchases have already pushed the economy of this vital sector into the bread.
00:10Our correspondent in New York, Henry Gamelo, has more.
00:16He said the United States would be great again.
00:21But all we see are vast expanses of abandoned crops on the verge of being lost.
00:29Machinery at a standstill and out of use.
00:31And above all, a significant shortage of farm workers.
00:37This is the picture presented by much of the U.S. agricultural sector in the midst of harvest season under
00:45Donald Trump's administration.
00:50Immigration raids like these continue to take place in the country's major farming areas.
00:57Even though President Trump promised they would stop so as not to harm the agricultural sector.
01:03Henry Angel, a farm owner in upstate New York, is trying to save his harvest all by himself.
01:11His staff abandoned their jobs for fear of falling into the hands of ICE.
01:16The fruit is growing very well.
01:18The problem we have right now is that I'm just one person.
01:23And one person can only harvest a certain amount in a day.
01:28The rest might go to waste.
01:34There's food on the ground because we've already missed the harvest window for some of the tomatoes.
01:39Many of these farmers are now also filing for bankruptcy.
01:45Tariff policies already drive inflation.
01:49And now, with the low production of agricultural products in the United States,
01:56precisely because of immigration policy, that will create even more inflationary pressure.
02:04The fact is that losses in the U.S. agricultural sector under the Trump administration are alarming.
02:12According to the American Farm Bureau Federation,
02:15agricultural losses this year are estimated to exceed 31 billion due to factors such as labor shortages,
02:26the implementation of tariffs, and the trade uncertainty created by the war with Iran.
02:34Farming is something that's in your blood.
02:36My mother comes from a farming background.
02:38Her parents came from a farming background.
02:40So when you have that in your blood, it's not difficult.
02:45But you do face challenges when there isn't enough labor.
02:48Because you have to be the one who plants.
02:53The one who weeds.
02:54The one who harvests.
02:56The one who drives.
02:59Well, as a small farmer, you have to do all those roles yourself when the economy isn't doing so well.
03:06The fear that you'll go to work and not make it back home is very real right now.
03:09This will continue as long as President Trump doesn't change his misconception about immigrants
03:16and how important they are to the agricultural development of the United States.
03:24For all communities, family is the most important thing.
03:28If you have a well-cared-for family with healthy, high-quality food, you're happy.
03:35Therefore, a farmer's work is just as valuable as that of a president, a doctor, or a top surgeon.
03:42Experts warn that if current economic and immigration policies continue to be implemented,
03:47it could trigger a food crisis in the country.
03:50Since without immigrants working the land, there will be no food.
03:54And hunger does not discriminate.
03:58It will affect even those who believe that reality will never touch them.
04:04Pablo Daniel Joe and Henry Camelo, Telesur, New York.
04:09Province the world as a Muslim and the American public.
04:13I'm glad to see you.
