Reports are that MAGA types (And Miller) where INCENSED with the backing away from certain raids….
Again?
WHO IS IN Charge?
President Trump or Stephen Miller?
The Department of Homeland Security on Monday told staff that it was reversing guidance issued last week that agents were not to conduct immigration raids at farms, hotels and restaurants — a decision that stood at odds with President Donald Trump’s calls for mass deportations of anyone without legal status.
Officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including its Homeland Security Investigations division, told agency leaders in a call Monday that agents must continue conducting immigration raids at agricultural businesses, hotels and restaurants, according to two people familiar with the call. The new instructions were shared in an 11 a.m. call to representatives from 30 field offices across the country.
ICE and HSI field office supervisors began learning about a likely reversal of the exemption policy Sunday after hearing from DHS leadership that the White House did not support it, according to one person with knowledge of the reversal.
An official from DHS had sent an email Thursday telling agents to “hold on all worksite enforcement investigations/operations on agriculture (including aquaculture and meat packing plants), restaurants and operating hotels.” That message went out hours after Trump suggested he was sympathetic to concerns raised by farmers and hospitality executives about his deportation plan. The Washington Post spoke with four people who confirmed that a call was held Monday with the agency’s leadership….
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Trump had been pulled in two directions on the issue, recently coming under pressure from executives in the agriculture and hospitality industries to loosen up on a sweeping deportation policy that was costing them migrant workers. The president on Thursday wrote on social media that “changes are coming” to help “protect our Farmers” from losing workers, though a White House official told The Post at the time that no actual policy changes were being proposed by the White House.
Miller, an architect of much of Trump’s aggressive immigration policy, had privately opposed carving out exceptions for certain industries that rely heavily on workers without legal status, according to two people with knowledge of his advocacy in recent days against the measure. Brooke Rollins, the agriculture secretary, meanwhile was on the opposite side of the issue, stressing to Trump the concerns that those in the farming industry had raised about losing workers.
Some immigration experts say ICE would need to ramp up worksite enforcement to meet the administration’s ambitious arrest quotas….
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Then, on Sunday night, Trump made a post on his Truth Social account that he said amounted to an order for ICE officials “to do all in their power to achieve the very important goal of delivering the single largest Mass Deportation Program in History,” which he said would require them to “expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities.”
Asked about the post and whether ICE would continue to conduct raids in areas outside large Democratic cities, a White House official said, “While we will expand efforts in sanctuary cities, President Trump remains committed to enforcing federal immigration law — anyone present in the United States illegally is at risk of deportation.”….
Yeah it’s time that these farmers ,most of whom supported Trump ,do their part in “making America great again!”
Post coming on this in few….
Trump Gets Rolled Again
Donald Trump may project strength, but the defining feature of his presidency is weakness.
He’s routinely overruled — by courts, state officials and lawmakers in his own party. That shouldn’t be comforting to his critics. A president this easy to manipulate is a national vulnerability.
The latest example: Trump carved out exceptions in his mass deportation policy for the agriculture and hospitality sectors following pushback from business groups and their Republican allies.
But this week, the carve-outs suddenly vanished.
It appears Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins initially persuaded Trump to protect those industries — only for hardliner Stephen Miller to reverse course behind the scenes.
The infighting is revealing, but it misses the point.
The real story isn’t which adviser won the latest round. The real story is Trump got played again.
Politicalwire…..
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Let’s see how ole Donald takes to the media narrative that Miller tells HIM what to do?
Last guy who ran this ain’t working FOR Trump anymore
Hmmmmm?
Seems the verdict is STILL out on raids to farms, hotels, restaurants…..Trump’s Conflicting
Messages on Workplace Raids Leave Businesses Reeling
Trump officials insist the president is fully committed to mass deportation. But they have been careful not to directly contradict the president’s attempt to offer a reprieve to certain businesses.
L.A. street life ‘paralyzed’ as ICE raids keep shoppers away, close businesses
With federal immigration sweeps showing no signs of slowing across Southern California, there was growing concern from top officials, spiritual leaders and business owners that a climate of fear was sending more people underground and changing the rhythm of city life.
Once-bustling immigrant hubs, including MacArthur Park, the Garment District, downtown’s produce market and areas of the Eastside have seen a noticeable reduction in foot traffic over the last week, with some businesses forced to close as a result.
The full economic toll of the raids is still difficult to calculate. But city and county officials are sounding alarms that it could be extensive — especially depending on how long the stepped-up enforcement continues…
LA Times…