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On ICE raids, rural Republicans walk fine line between farm economy, Trump loyalty

Some House Republicans coalesce around a message of focusing deportations on criminals, not farm workers.

Bernard Moravits inspects cows being milked at his farm in Bloomington, Wis., Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Moravits does have several choice words for President Donald Trump's move to build "his stupid wall" and deport Hispanic laborers. He thinks it's demeaning to hard-working people. He has Hispanic workers who have been with him 15 years. He built them apartments. He trusts them to do a dirty, difficult job that he said white people aren't willing to do anymore. "A lot of people don't treat them like people," he grumbled. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Bernard Moravits inspects cows being milked at his farm in Bloomington, Wis., Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Moravits does have several choice words for President Donald Trump's move to build "his stupid wall" and deport Hispanic laborers. He thinks it's demeaning to hard-working people. He has Hispanic workers who have been with him 15 years. He built them apartments. He trusts them to do a dirty, difficult job that he said white people aren't willing to do anymore. "A lot of people don't treat them like people," he grumbled. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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