A dwindling agricultural workforce threatens to further exacerbate the prices Americans pay for groceries, a business coalition warned Wednesday as it lobbied lawmakers and President Donald Trump to intervene.
Farmers in the American Business Immigration Coalition — which represents more than 1,400 companies — said “the potential losses could exceed $5 billion” if the domestic fresh produce sector doesn’t see expanded access to legal labor in a letter exclusively obtained by Bloomberg Government. Such losses translate to lower available inventory for consumers, upward pressure on prices, and slimmer margins for producers, the missive said.
The coalition wants lawmakers to expand ...