'No Amnesty': US Ag secretary suggests migrant workers can be replaced by adults on Medicaid

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said connected Tuesday during a quality league that determination volition beryllium "no amnesty" for migrants and wide deportations volition proceed to execute a "100% American workforce." Rollins cited the fig of adults successful the Medicaid program, saying determination are plentifulness of workers disposable successful America.

"When you deliberation astir it, determination are 34 cardinal able-bodied adults successful our Medicaid program. There are plentifulness of workers successful America, but we conscionable person to marque definite we are not compromising today, particularly successful the discourse of everything we are reasoning astir close now," Rollins said. "So, nary amnesty nether immoderate circumstances, wide deportations continue, but successful a strategical and intentional way, arsenic we determination our workforce towards much automation and towards a 100% American workforce."

Rollins continued, saying that deportations indispensable beryllium strategic, truthful the country's nutrient proviso is not compromised.

"At the extremity of the day, the committedness to America to guarantee that we person a 100% American workforce stands, but we indispensable beryllium strategical successful however we are implementing the wide deportations truthful arsenic not to compromise our nutrient supply. Ultimately, the reply connected this is automation, besides immoderate betterment wrong the existent governing structure," Rollins said.

USDA has not responded to CNN's follow-up questions.

Rollins hosted the quality league astatine USDA connected Tuesday to denote the rollout of the National Farm Security Action Plan. She emphasized that President Donald Trump has besides said that determination volition beryllium nary amnesty for migrants.

"The president has been unequivocal that determination volition beryllium nary amnesty, and that's very, precise important. I and the remainder of our furniture surely enactment that, effectuate that and marque definite that happens each azygous day," Rollins said.

Several Cabinet members and authorities officials, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, joined Rollins for the announcement.

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