Overview

• There are no policy changes underway to exempt farm, hotel, and leisure workers from deportations under President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
• Border czar Tom Homan has not discussed any worker exemptions with the president and is not involved in related policy planning.
• At the White House, Trump said he would issue an order soon to help farmers and hotels but did not outline specific measures or timing.
• Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told CNBC any exemption would require action from Congress, highlighting the H-2A visa program for temporary labor.
• Recent ICE raids, including one at an Omaha meat-packing plant, caused staffing disruptions and prompted farmworker groups and Democratic senators to call for enforcement pauses.