Trump’s Wall Ignores the Economic Logic of Undocumented Immigrant Labor – Food and Farm Discussion Lab

Trump’s Wall Ignores the Economic Logic of Undocumented Immigrant Labor

This article previously appeared in The Conversation. It appears here by permission under a Creative Commons license. EDITOR’S NOTE: Though this piece does not directly address immigrant labor in agriculture, meat packing and processing, or restaurant work immigrant labor is so vital to the economics of the US food system, I felt it was an essay perfectly suited to the mission of Food and Farm Discussion Lab.