President Donald Trump faces a conflict between his hardline immigration enforcement policies and the demands of businesses that depend on immigrant workers. High-profile ICE raids have caused fear among workers, disrupting crucial sectors like agriculture. Trump initially paused enforcement after complaints from these business sectors, only to reverse course and intensify raids, emphasizing deportations particularly in Democratic-controlled states, showcasing a rift in Republican priorities between economic needs and immigration policies.
"The deportation crackdown might even be impossible to pull off without undermining the U.S. economy, considering the reliance on immigrant labor in various sectors."
"Trump has cited complaints from farmers and hoteliers that ICE raids were 'taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace.'"
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