Critics sound off against Trump's 'temporary pass' for migrant farm, hospitality workers

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues its operations throughout the United States debate rages on the right over President Donald Trump s proposed temporary pass for particular farmworkers and those in the hospitality industry While touring Alligator Alcatraz in Florida with Gov Ron DeSantis and Homeland Defense Secretary Kristi Noem the president elaborated on his proposal We have a lot of cases where ICE will go into the farm and these are guys working for - years no issue The farmers know them It s called farmer responsibility or owner responsibility where they re gonna be largely responsible for these people And they know these people they ve worked on the farms for years Trump revealed in Florida on Tuesday TRUMP URGES 'TEMPORARY PASS' FROM IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN FOR KEY INDUSTRIES 'I CHERISH OUR FARMERS' We're going to give them responsibility for people and we're going to have a system of signing them up so they don't have to go They can be here legally they can pay taxes and everything They're not getting citizenship but they get other things And the farmers need them to do the work he commented While particular Republicans believe that the primary focus should be on those with a criminal background only others have criticized the proposal made by the president This is a bad idea The law should not be enforced selectively with politically-connected employers getting away with hiring illegal workers Jessica M Vaughan director of agenda studies at the Center for Immigration Studies reported Fox News Digital in an email Farm employers have access to a work visa undertaking that allows them to hire an unlimited number of foreign workers as long as they pay them a certain wage and provide other benefits They shouldn't get a pass now for their unscrupulous behavior before Hotel employers can get seasonal workers and countless of them do she added In California six state-level Republican lawmakers signed a letter calling on the president to direct ICE and DHS to focus their enforcement operations on criminal immigrants and when practicable to avoid the kinds of sweeping raids that instill fear and disrupt the workplace KCRA released However Republican state Sen Melissa Melendez criticized the stance in a post on X regarding the letter TRUMP DIRECTS ICE TO EXPAND DEPORTATION EFFORTS IN AMERICA'S LARGEST CITIES So if I m to understand this correctly we should look the other way regarding illegal immigration as long as it s in the construction hotel or restaurant industries This is far beyond disappointing it s infuriating Melendez wrote The White House emphasized that it s a matter of prioritization when it comes to overall deportation efforts as it was a key promise of the president on the campaign trail CLICK HERE FOR MORE IMMIGRATION COVERAGE The White House is working closely every day with Department of Agriculture as well as the Department of Homeland Assurance when it comes to worksite enforcement And the President s focus and the focus of this Administration is of syllabus to remove society safety threats from the streets and to deport as a large number of of the illegal criminals especially the violent criminals that we know are still here because of the previous administration White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt reported during Monday s press briefing In addition White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson described Fox News Digital that the president remains committed to carrying out the largest mass deportation operation in history by removing dangerous violent criminal illegal aliens from American communities and targeting the sanctuary cities that provide safe harbor to criminal illegals PARTICULAR WHITE HOUSE MARKS 'BLOCKBUSTER' WEEK FOR TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION AGENDAThe president noted that Changes are coming to immigration enforcement for the agriculture and hospitality sectors in a Truth Social post on June Days later territory line czar Tom Homan noted that worksite enforcement was ongoing even on farms and hotels but based on a prioritized basis but explained that Criminals come first according to Axios on June Trump further explained the concept on Sunday Morning Futures this week saying that he's the strongest immigration guy that there s ever been but I m also the strongest farmer guy that there s ever been Fox News Digital reached out to DHS and ICE for comment