ICE Resumes Raids At Farms And Restaurants Just Days After Pause
Via: Reuters
The Department of Homeland Security reversed its recent guidance that had paused immigration raids at farms, hotels, and restaurants — just days after it was issued.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials informed agency leaders Monday agents should continue conducting worksite raids at agricultural businesses, restaurants, and hotels.
“There will be no safe spaces for industries who harbor violent criminals or purposely try to undermine ICE’s efforts,” Tricia McLaughlin, an assistant secretary for DHS, said Monday. “Worksite enforcement remains a cornerstone of our efforts to safeguard public safety, national security and economic stability.”
Just last Thursday, Homeland Security directed ICE agents to pause raids at farms, meatpacking plants, restaurants and hotels, hours after President Trump promised changes to protect farmers and hotels from losing undocumented workers in immigration raids. Here’s what he said Thursday
A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS
Roughly 42% of crop farmworkers lack legal status, according to U.S. Agriculture Department estimates. A viral video last Tuesday showed farm workers fleeing ICE officers across a field in Oxnard, California.
Meanwhile, the White House is pressuring ICE to ramp up arrests to meet Trump’s goal of the largest mass deportation effort in U.S. history.
This week, he said Democratic cities would be targeted to help meet his administration’s goal of 3,000 arrests per day.
Trump’s border czar Tom Homan told The Washington Post last week that ICE arrests have already increased to roughly 2,000 per day — more than double the rate from Trump’s first 100 days in office.
