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The Trump administration’s historic efforts to restore law and order at the border are working. ICE raids are disrupting the underground economy that has long exploited illegal labor, and for the first time in decades, industries dependent on cheap, foreign labor are being forced to confront the consequences of their own greed.
But now, the Department of Labor (DOL) is signaling retreat. In a recent proposal, the DOL warned that enforcement actions are “negatively impacting” farmers and food prices and offered a dangerous solution: cutting wages for foreign H-2A visa workers.
Let’s be clear about what this means. Instead of doubling down on policies that put Americans back to work, bureaucrats want to make it cheaper to import foreign labor. That’s not “America First”—that’s corporate welfare disguised as agricultural relief.
Lowering wages for visa holders would only further depress the job market for American workers and entrench our dependency on imported labor. The goal should not be to make foreign workers cheaper; it should be to make American jobs more plentiful and prosperous.
Texans for Strong Borders calls on President Trump to stay the course. Deportations are restoring the rule of law. The next step is ensuring that farmers and employers hire American citizens at fair, market-driven wages, not undermining enforcement by subsidizing foreign replacements.
President Trump was elected to protect the American worker, not to appease global corporations or special interests. The integrity of our labor market—and the livelihoods of millions of U.S. citizens—depend on him holding the line. It’s time to put American workers first, American wages first, and American sovereignty first.