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President Donald Trump hinted this week that possible immigration policy changes are on the horizon amid reports that American farmers and hotel owners are having a hard time replacing their labor forces as the widespread deportation of illegal immigrants continues.
“Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace,” President Trump wrote on Truth Social.
According to the Center for Migration Studies, 45 percent of U.S. agricultural workers – nearly half of its workforce – are illegal, amounting to around 283,000 workers, based on 2022 data. The American Immigration Council also estimates that around 1.1 million illegal migrants work in the hospitality industry, or 7.6 percent of the hospitality workforce.
President Trump tempered his statement about possible immigration policy changes with a reminder that the open borders policy was facilitated by Joe Biden, noting that “the Criminals” who crossed the border “are applying for those jobs.”
“This is not good,” he wrote. “We must protect our Farmers, but get the CRIMINALS OUT OF THE USA. Changes are coming!”
This interesting comment comes amid nationwide protests planned on Saturday, June 14, that are largely aimed at opposing the deportation of illegal immigrants.
It also comes on the heels of President Trump’s decision to deploy thousands of National Guardsmen and hundreds of U.S. Marines into Los Angeles to quell anti-immigration law enforcement riots and looting.
Despite the president’s comments on Thursday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt remained staunch in the administrative stance this week that “anyone” who has broken American immigration laws could be subject to deportation.
“The Trump administration is going to continue the mass deportation effort that the president promised the American public,” she said during a press briefing.