In one post, Trump acknowledged the strain on employers. In another he ordered ICE to 'do all in their power' to deport massive numbers of people.

President Trump’s decision to pause most raids targeting farms and hospitality workers took many inside the White House by surprise. It came after intensive lobbying by his agriculture secretary.

There was always going to be some tension between Trump’s absolutist goals for unprecedented mass deportation of people in the United States illegally and the economic sectors that rely on those workers,