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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Friday that it had fired dozens of foreign contract workers from China, Russia, North Korea and Iran.
The deduction of about 70 workers followed a national security review for US food security.
A USDA spokesperson said the contract workers came from “countries of anxiety” and “will no longer be able to work on USDA projects.”
The activists were with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the research branch of the USDA, Thomas Henderson, who represents the Union for some research workers, said that Roots,
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The US Department of Agriculture said that on Friday it had fired dozens of foreign contract workers from China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. (David AK/Getty Images)
ARS research on areas of importance for American farmers, such as pests, food security and climate change.
Most of the contract workers were vetoed to Chinese post-doctoral researchers, some arrived to work this week to find out that their badges no longer work.
Earlier this month, USDA Secretary Brooke Rolins announced in a new plan to keep US Farmland safe that contracts with any laborers from China, North Korea, Iran and Russia should be canceled, and citizens of those countries would not be allowed to buy farm in the US.
All ARS project publications are also expected to be reanelyzed and co-author will be denied with researchers from four countries, Ethan Roberts, an ARS employee who is also the chairman of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 3247 Union, told the royors.
A banner showing an image of President Donald Trump, Washington, DC, hangs on one side of the Agricultural Building Department on 16 May, 2025. (Through Mandel Nagan/AFP Getty Image)
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Workers will not be replaced by 15 October.
This would force some research projects to prevent, Henderson said, citing a project to develop a vaccine for a deadly toxin, which occurs in the undercut beef.
He said, “We have no longer talent to progress on these research projects. It is installing us back for years, if not for decades,” he told the Reuters.
An agriculturalist stands with farmers in an large agricultural sector. (Getty image)
The agency is below about 1,200 workers through reducing this year’s efforts.
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Reuters contributed to this report.
