Roughly half of California's farm workers are undocumented immigrants. Photo: ABC NewsThe deportations are President Trump’s best political issue and the MAGA base, anti-immigrant element are adamant and vocal that it remain the focus. But recently, Trump decided that farm, restaurant, and hotel workers would not be targeted in ICE deportation raids. It’s the prime harvest and tourist season and his business support was not happy. However, within a few hours it appeared ICE did not get the message and the Administration reversed itself.
The President does not appreciate the nickname TACO Trump used by Wall Street traders to describe his on-and-off again tariffs. Trump Always Chickens Out. The penchant of the Administration to avoid public relations and political pain when some of its policies run into heavy headwinds such as a falling stock market or approval ratings.
Earlier in June, the Administration, after issuing a list of more than 500 so-called sanctuary jurisdictions withdrew the designations after it was clear the base criteria for the designations was massively flawed. After designating the State of Colorado and 39 out of 64 counties and 14 cities as sanctuary and not cooperating with ICE enforcement, the DHS began immediately pruning away the obvious mistakes…. Counties on the list complained (many were Republican led) and on June 2, the list was reported as no longer operative and disappeared from DHS’s website.
Clearly, the Administration is trying to get the deportation numbers up, wants to use local police and sheriffs to act as deportation agents, and has considerable confusion concerning the target group. Are they “violent criminal illegal immigrants” or just all “illegal immigrants” including non-criminal, tax-paying workers in important industries. Will the MAGA base and the need for numbers win or the economy and business interests?
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