Trump to pause anti-immigrant raids in on farms, hotels and restaurants

By&nbspEuronews

Published on 14/06/2025 - 12:02 GMT+2

The US authorities has ordered migration officials to region raids and arrests connected farms, hotels and restaurants, according to a study by nan New York Times.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were sent a directive asking that they refrain from heading to specified establishments, which besides see meatpacking plants and aquaculture.

This determination was communicated done an charismatic email sent past Thursday, according to accusation confirmed by 3 US officials who said to nan Times.

In nan email, elder ICE charismatic Tatum King said ""Effective today, please clasp connected each activity tract enforcement investigations/operations connected agriculture (including aquaculture and nutrient packing plants), restaurants, and operating hotels."

The email besides went connected to opportunity investigations into these industries which impact "human trafficking, money laundering, and supplier smuggling" should continue.

Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin confirmed nan report, saying successful a connection that "we will travel nan president's guidance and proceed to get nan worst of nan worst criminal forbidden aliens disconnected America's streets."

Economic and governmental effect of migration raids

The region successful nan raids perchance reflects nan government's concerns astir nan antagonistic effect these operations are having connected captious economical sectors, arsenic good arsenic electoral support. The cultivation industry, peculiarly successful states for illustration California, relies almost exclusively connected migrant labour for its day-to-day operations.

The caller protests successful Los Angeles, which were triggered by large-scale migration raids successful section communities, person accrued unit connected nan government. This business poses a dilemma for nan president, who is seeking to support nan support of cardinal constituencies up of nan upcoming legislature and midterm elections successful 2026.

Since returning to nan White House successful January, Trump has implemented an unprecedentedly heavy-handed migration policy. His furniture officials precocious held meetings pinch ICE leadership, mounting a minimum quota of 3,000 arrests per day, a instruction that has resulted successful intensified migration raids nationwide.

Long-term outlook connected migration argumentation remains unchanged

The impermanent suspension of nan agriculture and hospitality raids apt does not correspond a basal alteration successful Trump's migration policy, which remains fierce successful rhetoric.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem pledhed that national authorities are "not going away", and that group who are successful nan state illegally, arsenic good arsenic convulsive protesters, will "face consequences".

The management has relied heavy connected a crime-focused message, which places important accent connected apprehending individuals illegally successful nan state who are besides convulsive criminals.

That connection has been undercut, however, by statistic revealed this week which show nan number of group arrested for migration violations that person ne'er faced different criminal charges aliases convictions has changeable up from 860 successful January this twelvemonth to 7,800 this month.

The number of individuals arrested pinch criminal charges and convictions besides went up, but astatine a importantly little complaint of 91%.