Overview

• President Trump ordered ICE to reverse a brief pause and resume worksite raids on farms, hotels, and restaurants, instructing all field offices to press ahead with enforcement.
• White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and other hardliners pushed to reinstate operations to meet a 3,000-arrest-a-day goal, revealing rifts within the administration.
• The president has also directed ICE to intensify mass deportations in major Democratic-run cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York.
• Agricultural and hospitality sectors that had won a temporary reprieve now face renewed uncertainty over labor shortages and economic disruption.
• Protests in sanctuary jurisdictions continue, reflecting public opposition to the expanded deportation efforts despite the policy U-turn.