Overview

• President Trump directed ICE on June 14 to halt arrests and deportations at farms, hotels, restaurants and meatpacking plants.
• The pause responds to industry warnings that aggressive raids were driving away experienced immigrant workers and disrupting operations.
• ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations unit will continue probing human trafficking, drug smuggling and money laundering in those sectors.
• Widespread protests against ICE tactics, notably in Los Angeles, prompted National Guard and Marine deployments during recent workplace operations.
• Immigrant community leaders express skepticism, warning the pause may be a political calculation while enforcement persists elsewhere.