‘All over the map’: Trump slammed as ICE raids farms despite his promise
Sarah K. Burris
June 13, 2025
RAW STORY
Former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath thinks that top White House aide Stephen Miller is the puppet master behind the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids on farms across California.
President Donald Trump announced to the media on Thursday that “changes are coming” to ensure farmers won't lose immigrant labor from their fields.
Trump told reporters they'd “have an order on that soon."
However, on Friday, Tom Homan, executive associate director for Enforcement and Removal Operations, told the press, “I have not seen any instruction, anything that changes in the near future."
It prompted MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace to wonder aloud if the president, as the commander-in-chief, issues a statement, do National Guard soldiers follow that or follow what others in the government are telling them.
"Who knows what it means? Because Trump is all over the map," said McGrath. "I mean, he's got his guys, Stephen Miller and these agents, doing these raids. And meanwhile, he's back in Washington, D.C., saying, 'Oh, don't deport the agricultural workers.' I mean, the reality is it's chaos."
The Washington Post reported Friday morning that conservative influencers begged Trump not to allow for farmworker protections.
"Miller, Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy and an architect of his immigration policy, likewise voiced concerns Thursday about Trump’s comments," the Post reported, citing "a person with knowledge of the discussions, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about them publicly."
In a previous incident, Trump told a reporter that he won the case at the Supreme Court over the deportation of a Maryland man to an El Salvador prison without due process. When a TIME magazine reporter corrected him that he lost in court, Trump said, "That's not what my people told me." One editorial called it an "alarming confession."
McGrath said that from the military's perspective, it isn't something they should be involved in at all.
"The military should not be standing around. You see these pictures of ICE agents going after folks, and then you see these National Guardsmen and potentially Marines standing around them guarding the ICE agents. This is not what our military, our Marines, are trained for. It's very dangerous. You're taking them away from training for the real wars. And boy, we just — there's another one that just started last night in the Middle East. So we're taking them away from their real job, and it's really going to hurt our military in the long run. This politicization of our military — it's terrible."
See the clip of McGrath below or at the link here.
Sarah K. Burris
June 13, 2025
RAW STORY
Former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath thinks that top White House aide Stephen Miller is the puppet master behind the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids on farms across California.
President Donald Trump announced to the media on Thursday that “changes are coming” to ensure farmers won't lose immigrant labor from their fields.
Trump told reporters they'd “have an order on that soon."
However, on Friday, Tom Homan, executive associate director for Enforcement and Removal Operations, told the press, “I have not seen any instruction, anything that changes in the near future."
It prompted MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace to wonder aloud if the president, as the commander-in-chief, issues a statement, do National Guard soldiers follow that or follow what others in the government are telling them.
"Who knows what it means? Because Trump is all over the map," said McGrath. "I mean, he's got his guys, Stephen Miller and these agents, doing these raids. And meanwhile, he's back in Washington, D.C., saying, 'Oh, don't deport the agricultural workers.' I mean, the reality is it's chaos."
The Washington Post reported Friday morning that conservative influencers begged Trump not to allow for farmworker protections.
"Miller, Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy and an architect of his immigration policy, likewise voiced concerns Thursday about Trump’s comments," the Post reported, citing "a person with knowledge of the discussions, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about them publicly."
In a previous incident, Trump told a reporter that he won the case at the Supreme Court over the deportation of a Maryland man to an El Salvador prison without due process. When a TIME magazine reporter corrected him that he lost in court, Trump said, "That's not what my people told me." One editorial called it an "alarming confession."
McGrath said that from the military's perspective, it isn't something they should be involved in at all.
"The military should not be standing around. You see these pictures of ICE agents going after folks, and then you see these National Guardsmen and potentially Marines standing around them guarding the ICE agents. This is not what our military, our Marines, are trained for. It's very dangerous. You're taking them away from training for the real wars. And boy, we just — there's another one that just started last night in the Middle East. So we're taking them away from their real job, and it's really going to hurt our military in the long run. This politicization of our military — it's terrible."
See the clip of McGrath below or at the link here.
Trump to pause anti-immigrant raids on farms, hotels and restaurants
US President Donald Trump has decided to temporarily suspend raids on farms, hotels and restaurants, according a media report.
The US government has ordered immigration officials to pause raids and arrests on farms, hotels and restaurants, according to a report by the New York Times.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were sent a directive asking that they refrain from heading to such establishments, which also include meatpacking plants and aquaculture.
This decision was communicated through an official email sent last Thursday, according to information confirmed by three US officials who spoke to the Times.
In the email, senior ICE official Tatum King said ""Effective today, please hold on all work site enforcement investigations/operations on agriculture (including aquaculture and meat packing plants), restaurants, and operating hotels.
The email also went on to say investigations into these industries which involve "human trafficking, money laundering, and drug smuggling" should continue.
Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin confirmed the report, saying in a statement that "we will follow the president's direction and continue to get the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens off America's streets."
Economic and political impact of immigration raids
The pause in the raids potentially reflects the government's concerns about the negative impact these operations are having on vital economic sectors, as well as electoral support. The agricultural industry, particularly in states like California, relies almost exclusively on immigrant labour for its day-to-day operations.
The recent protests in Los Angeles, which were triggered by large-scale immigration raids in local communities, have increased pressure on the government. This situation poses a dilemma for the president, who is seeking to maintain the support of key constituencies ahead of the upcoming congressional and midterm elections in 2026.
Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has implemented an unprecedentedly heavy-handed immigration policy. His cabinet officials recently held meetings with ICE leadership, setting a minimum quota of 3,000 arrests per day, a mandate that has resulted in intensified immigration raids nationwide.
Long-term outlook on immigration policy remains unchanged
The temporary suspension of the agriculture and hospitality raids likely does not represent a fundamental change in Trump's immigration policy, which remains aggressive in rhetoric.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem pledhed that federal authorities are "not going away", and that people who are in the country illegally, as well as violent protesters, will "face consequences
The administration has relied heavily on a crime-focused message, which places significant emphasis on apprehending individuals illegally in the country who are also violent criminals.
That message has been undercut, however, by statistics revealed this week which show the number of people arrested for immigration violations that have never faced other criminal charges or convictions has shot up from 860 in January this year to 7,800 this month.
The number of individuals arrested with criminal charges and convictions also went up, but at a significantly lower rate of 91%.
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