Trump Directs ICE to Stop Raids in Agriculture, Hotel and Restaurant Industries — Focus Only on ‘Criminal’ Aliens
by Cassandra MacDonald Jun. 14, 2025 2:40 pm
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 Truth Social in which he complained that business owners in those industries were losing their workers.
“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…,” Trump wrote on Thursday.
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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. In many cases the Criminals allowed into our Country by the VERY Stupid Biden Open Borders Policy are applying for those jobs. This is not good. We must protect our Farmers, but get the CRIMINALS OUT OF THE USA. Changes are coming!
“This is not good. We must protect our Farmers, but get the CRIMINALS OUT OF THE USA. Changes are coming!” he added.
On Saturday, NewsNation confirmed that ICE has been given new directives.
“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, said in a message to regional leaders, obtained by the New York Times.
King admitted that this change will lead to significantly fewer deportations.
“We acknowledge that by taking this off the table, that we are eliminating a significant # of potential targets,” he wrote.
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