In a recent phone interview with CNBC, President Donald Trump acknowledged the critical role immigrant labor plays in sustaining U.S. agriculture. While reiterating that some undocumented farm workers could still face deportation, Trump said his administration is considering legal avenues for certain workers to return and fill jobs that American citizens have been reluctant to take.

Efforts to recruit domestic labor, particularly from urban areas, have largely failed, he said. Trump described immigrant workers as indispensable to farm operations, praising their endurance and work ethic, saying they “do it naturally” and are “very special people.”

He also quoted a farmer who claimed that physical hardship can be a matter of life or death for these workers. His comments underscored the administration’s complex balancing act between immigration enforcement and the economic realities of the agricultural workforce.

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Immigrants ‘do it naturally’ — Trump to let some banned workers return to US farms