#Trump on Thurs wrote on social media that “changes are coming” to help “protect our Farmers” from losing workers, though a White House ofcl told The Post at the time that no actual policy changes were being proposed.

#StephenMiller, an architect of much of Trump’s aggressive #immigration policy, had privately opposed carving out exceptions for certain industries that rely heavily on workers without legal status, acc/to 2 people w/knowledge….

WH Deputy Chief of Staff #StephenMiller said last month that the admin wants #ICE to make a minimum of 3,000 arrests a day. In an interview last week, #Trump *border czar* #TomHoman told The Post that arrests had increased to around 2,000 a day.

Trump had been pulled in 2 directions on the issue, recently coming under pressure from executives in the #agriculture & #hospitality industries to loosen up on a sweeping #deportation policy that was costing them migrant workers.

“There will be no safe spaces for industries who harbor *violent criminals* [working folk] or purposely try to undermine ICE’s efforts. Worksite enforcement remains a cornerstone of our efforts to safeguard public safety, national security & economic stability,”Tricia McLaughlin, asst secy for #DHS, said.

#ICE has been under significant pressure from WH ofcls to ramp up #arrests in an effort to fulfill #Trump’s goal of enacting the largest domestic #deportation op in history.

An ofcl from #DHS had sent an email Thurs telling agents to “hold on all worksite enforcement investigations/operations on #agriculture (including aquaculture & meat packing plants), #restaurants & operating #hotels.” That message went out hours after #Trump suggested he was sympathetic to concerns raised by #farmers & #hospitality executives about his #deportation plan. WaPo spoke with 4 people who confirmed that a call was held Monday w/agency’s leadership.

The new instructions were shared in an 11AM call to representatives from 30 field offices across the country.

#ICE & #HSI field office supervisors began learning about a likely reversal of the exemption policy Sunday after hearing from #DHS leadership that the #Trump admin did not support it, acc/to one person with knowledge of the reversal.

#DHS on Monday told staff that it was reversing guidance issued last week that agents were not to conduct #immigration #raids at #farms, #hotels & #restaurants — a decision that stood at odds w/ #Trump’s calls for #MassDeportations of anyone without legal status.

Ofcls from #ICE, including its #HSI division, told agency leaders in a call Monday that agents must continue conducting immigration raids at agricultural businesses, hotels & restaurants….

From the ABA:

"The American Bar Association today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government, more than two dozen federal departments and agencies, and the heads of those departments and agencies, asking a federal court to declare unconstitutional the Trump administration’s ongoing unlawful policy of intimidation against lawyers and law firms and to enjoin the government from enforcing the policy."
https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2025/06/aba-files-suit-to-halt-govt-intimidation/

“The President’s power, if any, to issue” an executive order “must stem either from an act of #Congress or from the #Constitution itself.
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No act of Congress authorizes the Law Firm Intimidation Policy nor any of the Law Firm Orders that have been issued pursuant to and in furtherance of the Policy. Congress has not authorized the President to exact retribution against disfavored law firms or attorneys ”
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.281674/gov.uscourts.dcd.281674.1.0.pdf

#Boelter is apparently facing federal charges. Which opens to door to a #presidential #pardon if convicted (if not before). There should be a state prosecution here to make sure justice actually gets served (and so evidence re motive is not selectively presented to conform to predetermined narratives) #maga #trump #Whitenationalism #assassination #domesticterrorism #gunviolence #law #legal #prosecution