The Trump administration has abruptly shifted the focus of its mass deportation campaign, telling Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to largely pause raids and arrests in the agricultural industry, hotels and restaurants ...
After complaints from farm and hotel owners, President Trump says he may halt ICE raids in those industries. If he does, experts say he will struggle to meet his goal of 3,000 detentions a day.
-- NBC News (@nbcnews.com) Jun 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Inside Trump's backtrack on immigration
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... For months, Trump administration officials have been adamant about targeting all the millions of immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally, regardless of their work or taxpaying status.
- - - But now Trump is making a huge exception: those working at hotels, farms, meatpacking plants and restaurants.
Why it matters: He's bowing to pressure from businesses that have been warning of economic devastation -- and is opening the door for potentially millions of workers who are here illegally to stay after all. ...
The intrigue: White House insiders insist this isn't a case of Trump flip-flopping " and that he still supports the hard line on immigration enforcement that Miller and Noem have pushed.
- - - But it's clear that the economic calamity that could result from mass deportations of unauthorized workers who do labor-intensive jobs most Americans won't, will lead to some changes in Trump's immigration plan. ...
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