Trump's immigration surprise: These industries will get a temporary pass for foreign workers
Donald Trump Hints at Temporary Passes for Undocumented Workers in Key Industries
During an interview which was aired on Sunday on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures", Trump shared the latest development as he said, 'We're working on it right now. We're going to work it so that some kind of a temporary pass where people pay taxes, where the farmer can have a little control, as opposed to you walk in and take everybody away,' as quoted by NBC News in its report.
The US president pointed out that the authorities are going to farms and taking 'away people that have been working there for 15 and 20 years, who are good, who possibly came in incorrectly,' as quoted in the report.
Trump explained that, 'What we're going to do is we're going to do something for farmers, where we can let the farmer sort of be in charge. The farmer knows. He's not going to hire a murderer,' as quoted by NBC News in its report. He even justified his latest strategy, saying, 'When you go into a farm and he's had somebody working with him for nine years doing this kind of work, which is hard work to do, and a lot of people aren't going to do it, and you end up destroying a farmer because you took all the people away, it's a problem,' as quoted in the report.
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His move marks a shift in the Trump administration's way of handling immigrant farmworkers, according to NBC News. While his remarks came after the White House in recent weeks had pondered about whether to exempt certain worksites from Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, as per the report.
Trump had written on his social media site, Truth Socia,l on June 12 that farmers and people in the hotel and leisure industries had said the administration's immigration policy 'is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace,' quoted NBC News. Trump had said at that time, 'we must protect our Farmers,' adding that 'changes are coming,' as quoted in the report.
The Bigger Picture: H-2A and H-2B Reform?
While, in April, the US president had hinted at the idea that undocumented people working at farms and hotels might be allowed to leave the country and return legally, as reported by NBC News. Even a Trump administration official had told NBC News at that time that Trump wanted to improve H-2A and H-2B programmes, which allow employers to temporarily hire migrant workers, according to the report.
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Homeland Security Maintains Hardline Position
However, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security gave NBC News the same comment the department had given this month after the White House had reversed a plan to limit immigration enforcement activity at certain industry workplaces, according to the report.
The statement says, "The President has been incredibly clear. There will be no safe spaces for industries who harbor violent criminals or purposely try to undermine ICE's efforts," as quoted by NBC News report.
It added that, "Worksite enforcement remains a cornerstone of our efforts to safeguard public safety, national security and economic stability. These operations target illegal employment networks that undermine American workers, destabilize labor markets and expose critical infrastructure to exploitation," as quoted in the report.
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What is Trump proposing for undocumented workers?
A temporary legal pass allowing them to keep working, especially in industries like farming and hospitality.
Does this mean
ICE raids
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It is unclear as DHS insists it will continue enforcing immigration laws, particularly against violent offenders and illegal employment networks.
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