These migrants grow the US’s Christmas trees. Trump’s wage cuts may keep them away
by Sara Murphy and Patricia Serrano from Environment | The Guardian on (#727NT)
Legal temporary farm workers also worry about the H-2A visa program and Trump's anti-immigration regime
This article is a collaboration between the Guardian and Enlace Latino NC, an independent bilingual publication. Read this article in Spanish.
On a cold December afternoon, about 10 workers load the season's final Christmas trees onto a truck at Wolf Creek Tree Farm and Nursery in Cullowhee, North Carolina. Nearby, another group takes a break, warming up around a barrel fire. More workers are out in the fields, a half-hour's drive up further into the mountains.
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