“We’re looking at doing something where in the case of good, reputable farmers, they can take responsibility for the people that they hire, and let them have responsibility, because we can’t put the farms out of business, and at the same time, we don’t want to hurt people that aren’t criminals,” Trump told reporters.

Sounds a lot like slavery to me

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    You can believe these specific words of his. For all intents and purposes, with these measures the Big Orange ended up legalizing slavery after removing the few rights these workers had. Now farmers can do whatever they want with them. If they try to complain to the authorities, they will be sent to Guantanamo or El Salvador, so they will remain silent and obedient even when they experience abuse.