"I'm sure kicking folks off Medicaid and into farm work will go just swimmingly," one person said of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins' proposal. View Entire Post ›

As the Trump administration has doubled down on its hardline immigration agenda, behind the scenes senior Trump officials and the president himself have grappled with the consequences of that crackdown against a key portion of the workforce: migrant workers.

"What happens when an experienced worker is detained or doesn't show up? It's total chaos," a dairy farmworker said.

Farmers say some workers are afraid of making the journey up from California out of fear they could get pulled over or detained by ICE.

Walmart has abruptly lost hundreds of workers after a Supreme Court ruling invalidated a humanitarian parole program for migrants. Stores in Florid

Trinamul Congress has been very vocal about the migrant labourers from Bengal being detained in various states, especially in Odisha. The party has highlighted the detention of 23 migrant workers from Nadia by Odisha police.

A British government initiative aimed at helping exploited migrant care workers has faltered due to high visa costs and other barriers. The Work Rights Centre's research found only 3.4% of contacted workers secured new employment through the scheme,

MNS violence triggered a mass exodus of migrant workers from Maharashtra crippling the economy. With tensions rising again, this video explores the “what if” of it all. Could history repeat itself? And if it does what will it cost?