Headline Roundup • June 17th, 2025
DHS Reverses Trump’s Directive to Not Raid Farms, Hotels, Restaurants for Migrants
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reversed the guidance under which Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were instructed not to conduct raids at farms, hotels, and restaurants, according to a new Washington Post (Lean Left bias) report.
The Details: The DHS informed staff on Monday that immigration agents should resume raids at farms, hotels, and restaurants. ICE officials confirmed the new directive in a call to field offices nationwide. The decision goes against President Trump's earlier order not to conduct raids of these types of businesses.
For Context: On Sunday, Trump issued an order to increase ICE raids in America’s largest cities. Trump previously told reporters that “Farmers are being hurt badly. They have very good workers who have worked for them for 20 years. They’re not citizens, but they’ve turned out to be great, and we’re going to have to do something about that.”
How The Media Covered It: Breitbart (Right) wrote, “CEOs are discovering that millions of sidelined or underpaid Americans are willing to take open jobs when ICE deports illegal workers.” The Washington Post led its coverage by saying the reversal comes amidst "concerns about negative effects on the food industry."
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President Donald Trump’s deputies have reversed the short-lived ICE exemption policy for hotel, farm, and restaurant companies, according to the Washington Post.
The newspaper reported the ICE reversal late on Monday:
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.
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Damian Dovarganes/AP
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 — 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 leaders at the agency in a call Monday that agents must continue conducting workforce site immigration raids on agricultural businesses, hotels and restaurants, according to two people...
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