Trump's U-turn on mass deportation affects thousands of businesses
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The Trump administration has for the first time eased its broad deportation efforts, instructing ICE officials to hold off on conducting raids at farms, hotels, and restaurants. This decision was conveyed through an internal email and confirmed by three U.S. officials knowledgeable about the matter. 

This shift, covered by The New York Times, follows President Trump’s unusual admission that certain deportations under his directives negatively impacted businesses within the agriculture, hospitality, and food sectors. 

‘Our great Farmers and those in the Hotel and Leisure industry have been expressing concerns that our very active immigration policy is removing long-standing workers from their sectors, and it’s nearly impossible to fill those positions,’ Trump stated in a Truth Social post on Thursday morning.

‘We must protect our Farmers, but get the CRIMINALS OUT OF THE USA. Changes are coming!’ he added.

He further elaborated on these sentiments in a press conference later that same day.

‘Our farmers are being hurt badly by, you know, they have very good workers, they have worked for them for 20 years,’ he said. 

‘They’re not citizens, but they’ve turned out to be, you know, great. And we’re going to have to do something about that. We can’t take farmers and take all their people and send them back because they don’t have maybe what they’re supposed to have, maybe not,’ he continued, adding that there would be an ‘order’ soon.

The official order from Trump came on Thursday via an email sent by a senior ICE official, Tatum King, to regional leaders of the ICE department that generally carries out criminal investigations.

President Donald Trump made a rare acknowledgement that his mass deportation plans have hurt farms, hotels and restaurants that rely on labor from illegal migrants

President Donald Trump made a rare acknowledgement that his mass deportation plans have hurt farms, hotels and restaurants that rely on labor from illegal migrants

He has now instructed ICE to hold off on conducting worksite raids to catch agricultural and hospitality workers with no additional criminal records (Pictured: Farm workers in a strawberry field in Oxnard, California)

He has now instructed ICE to hold off on conducting worksite raids to catch agricultural and hospitality workers with no additional criminal records (Pictured: Farm workers in a strawberry field in Oxnard, California)

This post on Truth Social is what got the ball rolling on the switch-up in strategy

This post on Truth Social is what got the ball rolling on the switch-up in strategy

These investigations often lead to worksite raids, which have been happening in increasing frequency all over the country. 

These raids have led to nationwide anti-ICE protests, most notably in Los Angeles, where demonstrations have been going on for a week straight.

‘Effective today, please hold on all work site enforcement investigations/operations on agriculture (including aquaculture and meat packing plants), restaurants and operating hotels,’ King wrote in his message.

King clarified that investigations ‘human trafficking, money laundering, drug smuggling into these industries are OK.’

The order instructed agents not to arrest ‘noncriminal collaterals,’ a seeming reference to illegal immigrants who have not committed any additional crimes.

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed the new guidance and said it would follow it.

‘We will follow the president’s direction and continue to work to get the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens off of America’s streets,’ Tricia McLaughlin, a DHS spokeswoman, said in a statement.

This marks a huge departure in Trump’s rhetoric, since over the last few months, he’s advocated for deporting all illegal immigrants, regardless of their criminal record.

It was reportedly Secretary of Agriculture Brook Rollins who got Trump to soften his stance on deporting migrants working on farms

It was reportedly Secretary of Agriculture Brook Rollins who got Trump to soften his stance on deporting migrants working on farms

There are still officials within the administration who are more aligned with the idea of deporting as many migrants as possible. Chief among them is White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller (pictured with his wife at Thursday's congressional picnic)

There are still officials within the administration who are more aligned with the idea of deporting as many migrants as possible. Chief among them is White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller (pictured with his wife at Thursday’s congressional picnic)

Trump posted about his change of mind after Brooke Rollins, the secretary of agriculture, told him that farmers were concerned that ICE enforcement would negatively impact their businesses, a White House official and a person familiar told The Times.

There are still officials within the administration who are more aligned with the idea of deporting as many migrants as possible.

Chief among them is White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, who has been advocating for a minimum of 3,000 arrests a day by ICE.

ICE confirmed that Miller held a meeting with dozens of top directors and officials on May 20, where he reportedly ‘came in there and eviscerated everyone.’

According to the Washington Examiner, Miller allegedly told them: ‘You guys aren’t doing a good job. You’re horrible leaders.’

He then reportedly gave them an open challenge and asked: ‘Why aren’t you at Home Depot? Why aren’t you at 7-Eleven?’

ICE agents were reportedly surprised by the new guidance to limit raids on certain industries after weeks and months of being told to step it up.

King said in his memo that the new rules would hamstring the administration’s goals for higher numbers of arrests.

‘We acknowledge that by taking this off the table, that we are eliminating a significant # of potential targets,’ he wrote.

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