Overview

• ICE field offices were instructed to restart operations at farms, hotels and restaurants after a four-day suspension prompted by sectoral workforce concerns.
• White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller led the push to overturn Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins’s temporary exemptions and broaden enforcement.
• The administration aims to boost daily ICE arrests to 3,000, a substantial increase from the current average of about 2,000 detentions per day.
• Agriculture and hospitality groups warn renewed raids could destabilize labor markets and disrupt food supply chains dependent on undocumented workers.
• Widespread protests and multiple legal challenges have emerged across major cities in response to the intensified deportation campaign.