Overview

• The Washington Post confirmed that Joe Rogan, President Trump, and UFC CEO Dana White met privately at the White House on June 30.
• Rogan used the meeting to urge Trump to ease ICE raids targeting migrants without criminal records.
• On July 3, Rogan publicly decried workplace deportations as “insane,” highlighting raids on construction workers and a detained Tufts University student.
• Key Trump donors and business backers warn that aggressive workplace raids threaten industries dependent on immigrant labor and are pushing for an amnesty carve-out.
• White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson reiterated that the administration will grant no amnesty and will deport only violent, criminal illegal aliens.