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As immigration dominates the 2026 US midterm election discourse, agricultural workers in Arizona's Yuma County near the Mexican border are calling for increased legal migrant labor rather than restrictive immigration policies, according to reporting published October 20, 2026. Farmers like John Boelts warn that without migrant workers, essential crops will go to waste or remain unplanted, highlighting a sharp contrast with anti-immigration political messaging and demonstrating the economic dependence of American agriculture on foreign labor.