Horse owners and trainers have voiced fury amid a reported shortage of workers,as immigrants fear deportation and activists choose a standA dark cloud has been hanging over the Kentucky Derby this weekend as horse trainers have made public their inflame at Trump’s immigration policies, which they say are hurting the Kentucky Derby, and the US’s most glamorous horse racing event.
“We cant find workers this year – it’s been tough,” says Julio Rubio of the Kentucky Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective organization. “Most of the workers we have at the track won’t even leave to proceed out at night to buy groceries because they are so scared of being deported.”
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Source: theguardian.com