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WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Monday told staff it was reversing guidance issued last week that agents were not to conduct immigration raids at farms, hotels and restaurants, the Washington Post reported late on Monday.
Officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including its Homeland Security Investigations division, told leaders at the agency in a call Monday that agents must continue conducting workforce site immigration raids on agricultural businesses, hotels and restaurants, the newspaper reported, citing two sources familiar with the call.

The Department of Homeland Security, of which ICE is a part, had no immediate comment late on Monday.
An internal email reviewed by Reuters, a senior U.S. official and another source told Reuters late last week that President Donald Trump's administration had directed immigration officials to largely pause raids on farms, hotels, restaurants and meatpacking plants.

Trump took office in January pledging to deport millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally. While Trump framed the effort around removing serious criminals, thousands of suspected immigration offenders with no criminal records have been swept up in recent months.
ICE's more aggressive tactics - including raids in Los Angeles - have sparked protests.

 

[Buttigieg2020]

Well... *cracks whip*
We could always learn a thing or two from our forefathers.

I don’t see how BDSM is going to help, but I’m willing to listen.

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

Ok, but without Mexicans, who will pick the cotton?

Anti-ICE protestors during their incarceration?

 

[Buttigieg2020]

Anti-ICE protestors during their incarceration?

That’s still Mexicans

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

That’s still Mexicans

Plenty of white people out there screaming like idiots that could do with a few years work in the outdoors.

 

[Would]

Seems like a bad business decision. Ag business is going to take a hit with this and tariffs.

Good. Fuck em.
Fuck em hard and long.
This is exactly what I voted for.

 

[SITHRAK!]

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

Come for the sensible takes, stay for the virulent racism. I’ve got something for everyone.

 

[Dr. Butt]

Ok, but without Mexicans, who will pick the cotton?

Gen Alpha

 

[Blewberry Nausea]

Someone finally made him realize you won’t meet quota being picky about which illegals to target.

 

[Fellen]

Someone finally made him realize you won’t meet quota being picky about which illegals to target.

Someone=Miller

 

[indomitable snowman]

There is quite a lot of advanced harvesting machines for basically everything now. You don't need hordes of illegals, but they're used because they're easier/cheaper.

 

[Buttigieg2020]

There is quite a lot of advanced harvesting machines for basically everything now. You don't need hordes of illegals, but they're used because they're easier/cheaper.

Yeah, the challenge is that farming is already a capital heavy business.

 

[Angry Alt Right Nerd]

Call me when he changes his mind again next week

 

[SITHRAK!]

There is quite a lot of advanced harvesting machines for basically everything now. You don't need hordes of illegals, but they're used because they're easier/cheaper.

Harvesting machines can’t do everything. And after anything is harvested it needs to be washed, checked, sorted, treated, weighed and packed. And that’s at the back end; many crops like carrots, potatoes, lettuces and cabbages are planted from seedlings, cuttings or soft seed (potatoes, sweet potatoes) and that’s done manually by people riding a planting rig pulled by a tractor.
There are simply too many farm tasks and crops whose handling can’t be automated. Bear in mind as well the cost of harvesting machines. Even something as simple as a sunflower header or combine (grain) harvester can cost over a million dollars, and paying off something like that when your crop yields are getting close to not returning enough to pay off the loans and running costs is a burden.