Politico
By Jenny Hopkinson
September 17, 2015
If
you were looking for substantive discussion from the Republican
presidential hopefuls on agriculture and food policies, environmental
issues and the United States’
energy future, well, Wednesday night’s debate wasn’t for you. The
three-hour primetime session and almost two-hour warm up for trailing
candidates at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, in Simi Valley,
Calif., focused largely on Planned Parenthood, whether
Donald Trump should have access to the nuclear codes, potential changes
to federal drug law and how to best deal with Iran. But there were a
few tidbits on where the candidates fall on food and agriculture issues:
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Immigration: The first GOP debate last month spent a lot of time on
this topic, but it came up again Wednesday night. While the candidates
rehashed and even slightly
nuanced their positions, it was only retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson
who addressed agricultural workers directly. Carson has called for
allowing a path to legal status for people who came into the country
without visas, as long as they meet certain requirements
and agree to farm work.
“My
plan is not amnesty,” Carson said. “ ... I've talked to farmers, and
they said they cannot hire Americans to do the kind of job that I'm
talking about.”
Donald
Trump, meanwhile, continued to dig in on his hardline stance on
immigration, which farmers have said would be ‘terrible for agriculture’
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