Marjorie Taylor Greene has split with Donald Trump on immigration as she believes the ongoing ICE raids are going too far. 

The MAGA advocate mentioned on The Tim Dillon Show on Saturday that there ‘needs to be a smarter plan than just rounding up every single person and deporting them’.

Greene’s remarks point to her latest deviation from the president’s stances, following her opposition to expanding the issuance of visas to Chinese students and her divergence from Republicans concerning the ongoing government shutdown.

In August, the 51-year-old Georgia Representative even revealed to the Daily Mail in an exclusive interview her thoughts about possibly stepping away from the Republican Party.

Her recent statements regarding the ICE raids could be her most pronounced departure from the party line thus far, as she openly criticized the implementation of the policy that many believe helped get Trump elected – his commitment to securing the borders.

“As a conservative, and as a business owner in the construction industry, and as a realist, I can say, we have to do something about labor,” Greene told Dillon.

‘And it needs to be a smarter plan than just rounding up every single person and deporting them just like that.

‘I’m going to get pushback for that, but I’m just living in reality from here on out. If anyone’s mad at me for saying the truth, then, I’m sorry.’

Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (pictured), known for her strong MAGA stance, has differed with Donald Trump over a key issue of his campaign – immigration and the current rigorous ICE raids.

The Trump administration has aggressively pursued his immigration policy through shock ICE raids which have seen more than two million people deported in less than 250 days 

Immigration was the central focus of Trump’s campaign for the White House in 2024. He promised the ‘largest domestic deportation operation’ in history and to re-start construction on a border wall. 

Trump, 79, also pledged to end birthright citizenship and revoke the visas of Pro-Palestinian student protesters. 

His administration has aggressively pursued these policies through shock ICE raids which have seen more than two million people deported in less than 250 days during his first year as the 47th president.  

The Department for Homeland Security celebrated this ‘milestone’ on September 23. 

‘The numbers don’t lie: two million illegal aliens have been removed or self-deported in just 250 days— proving that President Trump’s policies and Secretary Noem’s leadership are working and making American communities safe,’ Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement about the deportations. 

‘Ramped-up immigration enforcement targeting the worst of the worst is removing more and more criminal illegal aliens off our streets every day and is sending a clear message to anyone else in this country illegally: Self-deport or we will arrest and deport you.’ 

However, immigrants account for a large proportion of workers across several industries in the US, like construction, as pointed out by Greene, who owns Taylor Commercial, a building and renovation company.

Greene also told Dillon that Trump’s tariffs will also harm American people once the impact of the supply issued they have caused are passed on to consumers. 

Greene was a key supporter of Trump’s second bid for the White House in 2024, frequently appearing on the trail with the Republican frontrunner, while making speeches at his rallies

‘I’m talking to major manufacturing companies that are, they’re saying we support the president, we support his long-term goal, but we’re having problems with these tariffs,’ she said. 

‘And now we’re having problems. We can’t get supplies from this country, and we can’t get supplies for this country.

‘But have have regular people’s bank accounts been, been affected? Has the stress come off? No, that has not happened yet and that needs to be the major focus,’ argued Greene. 

‘It shouldn’t be about helping your crypto donors, or your AI donors, or welcoming in these people that hated you and spent money to try to beat you, but all of a sudden are excited to come out to the to the new Rose Garden patio. That shouldn’t be the focus.’

‘The focus should be the people that showed up at the rallies, stood there for freaking 18 hours trying to get in the rain, in the cold, in the 100 degree heat, for those people, those are the ones that I care about. 

‘Those are the ones that voted for not only the president, but every single Republican gave us power. I don’t think those people are being served.’

Trump’s mass deportations will have a ‘devastating’ toll on the economy, according to the Economic Policy Institute non-profit, which based this on a study out of DC. 

Greene was known as a stalwart of Donald Trump’s MAGA movement until recently 

Greene told The Tom Dillon Show there ‘needs to be a smarter plan than just rounding up every single person and deporting them’ as she took aim at the aggressive ICE raids across the US

‘If a large number of workers were to be deported, it is unlikely that a sufficient number of US-born workers could replace all of them, especially in industries heavily reliant on undocumented immigrants like hospitality and construction,’ the firm said. 

‘This large loss of workers would cause a labor supply shortage and force businesses to shrink. 

‘Labor shortages would also lead to higher prices, increasing the cost of living for DC residents who will pay more for groceries, restaurants, construction, child care, home health care, and more.’

The impacts of widescale deportations are yet to be revealed, but it is clear that the American public voted for tighter controls on illegal migration. 

Greene was a key supporter of Trump’s second bid for the White House in 2024, frequently appearing on the trail with the Republican frontrunner, while making speeches at his rallies. 

But recently, she has changed her tune. Greene recently departed from Trump on several more key issues, including breaking ranks with her Republican peers over the ongoing government shutdown. 

In a lengthy X post shared this week, Greene instead sided with Democrats claims that the bill currently causing a stalemate in the Senate would impact healthcare if passed.

Kimmel ripped into Republicans for their rhetoric on the government shutdown – but praised Marjorie Taylor Greene for breaking ranks over the issue in her X post shown above

‘I’m going to go against everyone on this issue because when the tax credits expire this year my own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE, along with all the wonderful families and hard-working people in my district,’ Greene wrote. 

‘No I’m not towing the party line on this, or playing loyalty games.’

Greene also spoke out against Trump’s plans to expand the number of Chinese students admitted to U.S. universities by up to 600,000 people per year.

‘We’re going to allow their students to come in. It’s very important – 600,000 students,’ he said. 

Greene said this undermined the administration’s immigration clampdown, while also claiming that American colleges ‘are being propped up by the CCP’ via admissions from China. 

‘We should not let in 600,000 CHINESE students to attend American colleges and universities that may be loyal to the CCP,’ wrote the Georgia lawmaker on X.

‘If refusing to allow these Chinese students to attend our schools causes 15 percent of them to fail then these schools should fail anyways because they are being propped up by the CCP,’ Greene added. 

‘Why are we allowing 600,000 students from China to replace our American student’s opportunities?’