Donald Trump stated that immigrants possess a natural ability for farm work that American citizens do not. During a CNBC interview, he addressed the issue of undocumented farm workers. Trump emphasized the challenges faced by farmers when it comes to labor and mentioned efforts to legally allow some immigrants to return. He pointed out that inner-city residents have not been successful in doing the labor-intensive work and remarked on the resilience of immigrant labor, implying they are inherently suited for such tasks.
In response to a tangent about the previous administration's handling of illegal immigration, Squawk Box co-host Becky Quick asked the president for clarification on how he plans to deal with undocumented farm workers, a significant portion of the U.S. labor force.
We're sending them back to their country with a pass back in legally... We're taking care of our farmers. We can't let our farmers not have anybody.
People that live in the inner city are not doing that work. They're just not doing that work. And they've tried, we've tried, everybody tried.
He said, They don't get a bad back, sir, because if they get a bad back, they die. I said, that's interesting, isn't it? In many ways, they're very, very special people.
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