It’s pretty obvious why Trump’s new immigration ban would reportedly exclude farmworkers.

Not even unemployed Americans, now numbering in the millions (and growing), want the backbreaking task of growing and picking the country’s crops.

The president touted in a tweet his latest hardline immigration ban without offering any details other than saying he wants “to protect the jobs of our GREAT Americans Citizens.”

Except that many of the “GREAT American Citizens” would rather take unemployment or any other type of government handout — perhaps even starve — than work in the farm fields.

Right, keep those who'll do work that we won't

That isn’t irony. It’s blatant hypocrisy of the president, the immigration hardliners and their supporters who seek to seal off the country to everyone except those who'll take up the cruel jobs they themselves are unwilling to do.

Trump’s new immigration executive order temporarily halting legal immigration into the United States would exclude health and food workers, Bloomberg reported.

The policy, according to a draft obtained by Bloomberg, would deny most types of work visas for at least 90 days.

President's action is another attempt to distract

Who knows what Trump will ultimately try to do in his never-ending efforts to keep foreigners out of U.S. soil. To be sure, the president should have temporarily sealed the border and taking other measures at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic to stem the spread.

He was slow to respond to the health threat. Now that the coronavirus pandemic is ravaging the nation’s economy and has killed more than 40,000 people, Trump is looking to distract Americans from his failed leadership.

“In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States,” Trump said in a tweet.

If Trump is serious, keep everyone out, period

The Trump administration has correctly deemed agriculture workers “essential” and recently waived in-person interview requirements for many H-2A applicants. Those moves is an acknowledgment of the dire need for these type of workers.

If Trump is that serious about protecting American jobs, then he must keep all foreign workers out and direct unemployed Americans to work in the farms and agricultural fields to keep food production going.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a serious health threat to everyone. Locking down the country to stem the spread is shattering the country’s economy, leaving more than 22 million without a job.

Clearly, there are plenty of people in America right now to work in the farm fields, but they won’t it — not even during a pandemic.

Elvia Díaz is an editorial columnist for The Republic and azcentral. Reach her at 602-444-8606 or elvia.diaz@arizonarepublic.com. Follow her on Twitter, @elviadiaz1.