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Saturday, June 14, 2025

There are no policy changes under way to exempt farm, hotel and other leisure workers from Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, the Washington Post reported on Friday, a day after the U.S. president vowed to issue an order for such workers.

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Since hospitality mogul Donald Trump claims to be discovering his industry's reliance on undocumented labor, posting this NYT article from 2018 about his reliance on undocumented workers. www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/u ...

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... Trump's comments on Thursday were aimed at soothing industry leaders, but there will be no changes to current deportations, according to the report, which cited three people with knowledge of the administration's immigration policies. ...

Farm and hotel industries rely heavily on migrant labor, and farmers were strong supporters of Trump's 2024 re-election bid.

While Trump is carrying out his campaign promise to deport immigrants in the country illegally, protesters and some Trump supporters have questioned the targeting of those who are not convicted criminals, including in places of employment.

On Thursday, Trump acknowledged the impact of his immigration policies on some sectors and said he would issue a related order "soon," giving no details.

"Our farmers are being hurt badly and we're going to have to do something about that... We're going to have an order on that pretty soon," he said at the White House.

He added that it would also address the hotels sector, which would include the Trump Organization, Trump's private business that has said it is being run by his adult sons.

"Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace," he wrote on his social media platform before his Thursday remarks. "Changes are coming!" ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-13 08:18 PM | Reply

"Changes are coming!" ...

TACO!! LOL.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-06-13 08:41 PM | Reply

@#2 ... TACO!! ...

Yeah, this is looking like just yet another instance of TACO.

Was it the ICE visit to the meat-packing plant that triggered this backing down from what he said?

ICE detains workers at Omaha meat plant, drawing hundreds of protesters: What we know
www.farmersadvance.com

... An immigration raid at an Omaha meat-packing plant June 10 prompted protests after dozens of workers were detained.

The raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement targeted Glenn Valley Foods, which said it was surprised by the raid and had followed the rules regarding immigration status, Reuters reported.

Federal agents executed a search warrant at 9 a.m., and a busload of workers was driven away to an unknown destination, according to the Omaha World-Herald. The activity led to protests involving hundreds of people who gathered along nearby streets. ...


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-13 09:49 PM | Reply

@#3

... and, if I may add ....

Is Pres trump so focused upon his pledge to deport more than 10 million immigrants that he is now moving beyond his very public comments about only deporting vicious criminals and murderers?

How are people working in a meat-packing plant, performing jobs that Americans do not seem to want to do, to support themselves and their families, vicious criminals?

What has changed?


#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-13 09:52 PM | Reply

"I got my photo op in L.A., now everyone that wants to keep their wetbacks kids my ass."

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-13 10:29 PM | Reply

Kiss.

#6 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-13 10:30 PM | Reply

@#6 ... now everyone that wants to keep their wetbacks ...

Yeah, this apparent about-face by Pres Trump is most curious.

TACO yet again?

More from the article ...

... On Thursday, Trump acknowledged the impact of his immigration policies on some sectors and said he would issue a related order "soon," giving no details.

"Our farmers are being hurt badly and we're going to have to do something about that... We're going to have an order on that pretty soon," he said at the White House.

He added that it would also address the hotels sector, which would include the Trump Organization, Trump's private business that has said it is being run by his adult sons.

"Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace," he wrote on his social media platform before his Thursday remarks. "Changes are coming!" ...



Or might there be something more substantial behind it?

I wish I knew.

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-13 10:52 PM | Reply

I TOLD YOU SO HAHAHAHAHA

#8 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-06-13 11:08 PM | Reply

Wealthy donors can keep breaking the law. Typical Trump move. Whatever happened to "If you are here illegally then you have to go."

#9 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-06-14 11:57 AM | Reply

This is what I think Trump's real long term goal is, to establish a subclass of low-paid workers, who will accept jobs without benefits and with poor working conditions, so that his corporate supporters, particularly in the agriculture and leisure industries, can increase their profits.

And Trump can then hold over their heads that if they complain about their wages or their working conditions, he'll simply revoke their 'legal status' and deport them.

OCU

#10 | Posted by OCUser at 2025-06-14 01:34 PM | Reply

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