Sunday, April 19, 2026

GET ME REWRITE: Nativist Trump messes with Texas, making it increasingly difficult for restaurants and farms to hired skilled labor

 
While useless Texas governor Greg Abbott  cowers and caves to Trump's every whim.

Headline:  New York Times, 4/17/2026

Jesus Jiménez reports:
Now as they feel the strain, the Texas Restaurant Association and business leaders across the country have started a coalition, called Seat the Table, demanding that Congress and the White House create work permits for “long-term, law-abiding immigrants playing critical roles from farms to restaurants.” 
Across the country, roughly 42 percent of restaurant operators said they were not profitable last year, according to the National Restaurant Association, a slight uptick from 2024 as food and labor costs have steadily increased for years. 
In backing the coalition, the Texas Restaurant Association, in a state with strong conservative roots, made clear that it was not calling for amnesty, nor was it asking for a pathway to citizenship for immigrants. “I think the vast majority of Americans recognize that there is a large group of undocumented immigrants who have been literally keeping food on our tables,” said Kelsey Erickson Streufert, the chief public affairs officer for the Texas trade group. “And if we remove those people, it is going to hurt everyone in terms of higher prices.”  [emphasis added]

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