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Monica De La Cruz: “They depend on H2A workers and they need those people who…”

Featuring: Monica De La Cruz, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 15

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Axios’ Courtenay Brown in conversation with Rep. Monica De La Cruz

Published | Video Starts at 05:48

In South Texas we have one of the largest agriculture areas in the nation where we have citrus that is quite large specialty grains. Why do I bring that up? Because They depend on H2A workers and they need those people who are going to come with working visas to help them harvest. And make no mistake, food security is national security. So we must make sure that our farmers and ranchers have the hands that they need to bring the food to our local grocery stores. (05:48–06:00)

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Asserts that South Texas agriculture depends on H2A workers with working visas.

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