Deportation Meets Harvest — Audit finding

Reporting and findings

1. documented

   Trump kept the deportation promise, and contemporaneous evidence shows it colliding with the same platform's promise to protect farmers and the food supply in the affected communities.

   • The American Presidency Project: 2024 Republican Party PlatformCore Promise 2; Chapter Two, section 3; Chapter Five, section 3
   • The White House: Protecting The American People Against InvasionSections 2-6
   • Reuters via Investing.com: Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at riskParagraphs 1-12; Ventura and Central Valley interviews
   • Reuters via Investing.com: Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at riskParagraphs 8-12
   • Reuters via Investing.com: Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at riskICE Chill section, Trump and White House statements