US EditionUS immigration officials told to largely pause raids on farms, hotels, NYT reports
- On Friday, the Trump administration directed ICE agents to significantly reduce enforcement actions and arrests within the agriculture, hospitality, and restaurant sectors across the country.
- This directive followed complaints from farmers and business owners that mass deportations were removing long-time workers critical to their operations.
- The guidance, sent Thursday by senior ICE official Tatum King via email, orders ICE to halt work site enforcement in those sectors but continue criminal investigations.
- An estimated two-fifths of farm laborers in the United States lack legal documentation, with undocumented workers comprising 75% of California’s agricultural workforce; President Trump announced plans to soon issue an executive order aimed at mitigating the impact of immigration enforcement on these sectors.
- This shift suggests the administration aims to balance its immigration crackdown with protecting industries reliant on migrant labor while targeting criminal illegal aliens.
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Trump curbs immigration enforcement at farms, meatpacking plants, hotels and restaurants
The Trump administration has directed immigration officers to pause arrests at farms, restaurants and hotels after President Donald Trump expressed alarm about the impact of aggressive enforcement.
Trump Directs ICE to Stop Raids in Agriculture, Hotel and Restaurant Industries — Focus Only on 'Criminal' Aliens
President Donald Trump has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to halt raids on illegal aliens in agriculture, hotels, and restaurants and to focus instead on just “criminals.” The change comes after a post on Social in which he complained that business owners in those industries were losing their workers.
Trump directs ICE to pause raids against certain industries
The Trump administration directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to pause raids against workers in the agriculture, hotel and restaurant industries, NewsNation confirmed. “Effective today, please hold on all work site enforcement investigations/operations on agriculture (including aquaculture and meat packing plants), restaurants and operating hotels,” Tatum King, a senior ICE official sent in a Thursday…
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