Pivot in immigration policy?

Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Most Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries

The abrupt pivot on an issue at the heart of Mr. Trump’s presidency suggested his broad immigration crackdown was hurting industries and constituencies he does not want to lose.

By Hamed Aleaziz and Zolan Kanno-Youngs, The New York Times, Updated June 14, 2025

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, according to an internal email and three U.S. officials with knowledge of the guidance.

The decision suggested that the scale of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign — an issue that is at the heart of his presidency — is hurting industries and constituencies that he does not want to lose…

“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 said on social media…

“Effective today, please hold on all work site enforcement investigations/operations on agriculture (including aquaculture and meat packing plants), restaurants and operating hotels,” a senior ICE official, Tatum King, wrote in the message.

The email explained that investigations involving “human trafficking, money laundering, drug smuggling into these industries are OK.” But it said — crucially — that agents were not to make arrests of “noncriminal collaterals,” a reference to people who are undocumented but who are not known to have committed any crime…

In recent weeks, Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, has publicly pushed for a “minimum” of 3,000 arrests per day… [end quote]

The program of arresting and deporting thousands of illegal immigrants who are essential workers in economically-critical sectors like agriculture and services could potentially have a destructive impact on the economy while also increasing inflation.

This pivot may avert at least part of the damage. The next step would be telling ICE agents to stop targeting Home Depot where temporary construction workers congregate for hire. Many construction workers are immigrants and removing them will worsen the housing problem.

Wendy

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Not just Home Depot … loads of immigrant construction workers, notably roofers, have regular jobs.

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It wasn’t thought out at all. Everyone, even the blind, were telling him he couldn’t go after people picking lettuce in the fields.

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Government official: Are you breaking the law by being here?

Detainee: Yes sir.

Government official: Do you work in the hotel industry?

Detainee: Yes I do.

Government official: OK, then, you’re free to go.

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I’m sure this will be good news for Trump’s many properties.

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As ges said, this was spoken by the owner of several hotels and resorts.

Now, puzzle me this: would the world stop spinning on it’s axis, if some “JC” couldn’t get a round of golf in, or a Prole couldn’t throw away his week’s pay in a casino, because there weren’t enough illegals to keep everything nice and spiffy?

That must be a different sort of “critical industry”, than what I think of, like food and fuel.

Steve

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Lessee…what would we call that? “catch and release”?

TACO…TACO…TACO…TACO…

Steve

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What does it say that people have to explain the obvious effects of mass deportation to TFG? Good golly, we’re being governed by a doofus who can’t begin to understand the obvious implications of his policies.

It’s not normal for a president to have to backtrack on almost every single one of his policies. Yet…here we are.

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But it happened to be critical for those making the decision.

Perhaps it’s time to hone my skills in ‚Corruption Investing‘.

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#43’s sales pitch for his guest worker proposal was to bring in people “for jobs Americans won’t do”. Seems to be the same thinking on this go around: use brown people for menial work, but save the decent paying factory jobs for white people. Only problem is, the “base” doesn’t want any brown people in the country, without exception.

Steve

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Yeah.
I’ve been trying to “walk a mile in their moccasins” and hopefully understand the “plan”, so that I can position my portfolio.

@steve203 seems have a handle on oil moves, and in appliances vs tariffs.

I’m wondering which US war materiel companies gonna benefit?
Lockheed Martin?
RTX Raytheon.
Boeing.

ONDS. BBAI.
BKSY. PL.
Anduril is still private.

Most robotics companies are still private?
https://cybernews.com/cyber-war/robotic-dogs-march-in-us-military-parade/

But maybe TSLA, Optimus? Or AV?
Or Dojo, xAI, Colossus Memphis.

Does DuPont still make explosives?
I don’t know much about chemical companies.

HAL. Is a contractor that wins “non compete” contracts?

I’m going with PLTR.
:leg:t4::service_dog::dog::mushroom:
ralph

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