Many of these industries rely heavily on undocumented migrant labor.
The Trump administration has reportedly directed immigration agents to halt arrests at farms, hotels, and restaurants due to concerns about workforce shortages in those sectors, CBS News reports.
Many of these industries rely heavily on undocumented migrant labor.
The decision follows an uptick in ICE raids that led to protests across cities, prompting the deployment of National Guard troops in California. “When it hit him, he pulled it back,” a source told CBS, claiming President Trump was initially unaware of the scale of the operations.
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson stated: “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.”
Trump acknowledged on Truth Social that aggressive immigration policies were taking away “very good, long time workers.”
At a cabinet meeting, he said: “We’re going to slow it down… They’re going to come back as legal workers.”
Over 51,000 migrants are currently in ICE custody.