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a day ago
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Lawrence O'Donnell Flames Trump for Humiliating Surrender on Deportation Vow
Lawrence O'Donnell has called Trump the 'slowest and stupidest president in history' for his recent realization that farm-working migrants are essential to the U.S. economy. During his most recent flagellation of the president on The Last Word, the host tore into Trump's sudden realization that deporting all of the people who pick our crops might not be the best idea. 'It's over! The mass deportation lie that he never could have done anyway is over and Donald Trump formally, publicly, gave up today,' O'Donnell argued on Thursday's show. It comes after Trump slightly walked back on his promise to deport immigrants en masse. '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,' he wrote on Truth Social earlier on Thursday. The Department of Agriculture estimates that over 40 percent of crop workers in the U.S. are undocumented. Analysis of 2020 data by the legal advocacy group American Immigration Council suggests that over 1 million undocumented migrants are working in the hotel and hospitality industries. Trump tried to soften his reversal by bashing Joe Biden and railing against boogeymen. 'In many cases the Criminals allowed into our Country by the VERY Stupid Biden Open Borders Policy are applying for those jobs. This is not good. We must protect our Farmers, but get the CRIMINALS OUT OF THE USA. Changes are coming!' his post continued. But O'Donnell saw through it. 'According to Donald Trump today, all of those people can stay. Millions and millions and millions of people can stay... most of the people without documents,' he said. The host added that Trump explained his decision in a 'typically incoherent, mental acuity-challenged way' Trump later said in a press conference that 'our farmers have been hurt badly' and while 'they're not citizens, they've turned out to be great.' 'We can't do that to our farmers,' he added. 'Donald Trump has just learned that today, what everybody else knew for years. In defense of those people who Donald Trump was calling murderers and rapists, everything we've been saying I guess has finally sunk in with Donald Trump. The slowest and stupidest president in history,' the host raged. O'Donnell suggested that 'the stupidest man in the room finally realizes the Democrats are completely right about this and always have been.' It was a 'huge surrender' by Trump, he added. In a parting blow, he called Trump the 'stupidest, most dangerous president this country has ever had to endure.'
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
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Trump says 'changes' are coming to immigration enforcement after complaints from farmers and the hospitality industry
Trump is signaling that changes are coming to immigration enforcement. He said that farmers and people in the hospitality industry are losing good workers. "We're going to have to use a lot of common sense," Trump said. There may be some changes coming to the Trump administration's approach to immigration enforcement. President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Thursday that both farmers and "people in the Hotel and Leisure business" have said that his approach to immigration enforcement "is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace." "In many cases the Criminals allowed into our Country by the VERY Stupid Biden Open Borders Policy are applying for those jobs," Trump added. "This is not good. We must protect our Farmers, but get the CRIMINALS OUT OF THE USA. Changes are coming!" At a White House event later on Thursday, he said that "we're going to have an order on that pretty soon, I think." "We can't do that to our farmers," Trump said. "We're going to have to use a lot of common sense." It comes one day after Tom Homan, the Executive Associate Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations, told Semafor that the administration would begin prosecuting companies that employ immigrants living in the country illegally. According to Census data, the agriculture and leisure industries have relatively high proportions of non-US citizen workers. Read the original article on Business Insider
Yahoo
a day ago
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Lawrence O'Donnell Nails Exact Moment A Massive Donald Trump Fantasy Collapsed
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell on Thursday tore into Donald Trump as 'the slowest and stupidest' and 'most dangerous' American president ever after it appeared it had 'finally sunk in' with him that the 'central lie' of his campaign vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants was a complete fantasy, not feasible and potentially devastating for the U.S. economy. Trump had posted earlier on his Truth Social platform: '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. In many cases the Criminals allowed into our Country by the VERY Stupid Biden Open Borders Policy are applying for those jobs. This is not good. We must protect our Farmers, but get the CRIMINALS OUT OF THE USA. Changes are coming!' O'Donnell suggested that 'the stupidest man in the room finally realizes the Democrats are completely right about this and always have been.' It was a 'huge surrender' by Trump, he argued. However, O'Donnell doubted that Trump's post would alleviate fears among those who worry about becoming caught up in his administration's immigration crackdown. It's 'not going to make one person feel safer,' he warned. Watch O'Donnell's full analysis here: MAGA Boxer Ryan Garcia Punches Back At Trump: 'I Can't Stay Silent…' CNN Data Chief Stunned By 'Definitely One Of Trump's Worst Polls' Trump Ducks 'Les Misérables' Character Question, Internet Brutally Answers It For Him
USA Today
2 days ago
- Politics
- USA Today
Trump vows changes to immigration crackdown to protect migrant farmers, hotel workers
Trump vows changes to immigration crackdown to protect migrant farmers, hotel workers President Trump said he plans to make changes to his administration's aggressive crackdown on illegal immigration to address worker shortages Show Caption Hide Caption Trump planning to 'protect' farm, hotel workers amid deportations President Donald Trump says his administration is planning to reverse course on deportations of migrant farm and hospitality workers. WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said he plans to make changes to his administration's aggressive crackdown on illegal immigration to protect migrant farmers, hotel workers and others in the leisure industry who have been among those deported. Trump promised the changes in a June 12 Truth Social post that acknowledged Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have expanded arrests beyond just migrants convicted of violent crimes, who Trump officials have said are the primary targets of raids and deportations. "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," Trump wrote on the social media platform he owns. More: How a Massachusetts town became a flashpoint for Trump's immigration crackdown He added that in many cases "Criminals allowed into our Country by the VERY Stupid Biden Open Borders Policy" are applying for these jobs. "This is not good. We must protect our Farmers, but get the CRIMINALS OUT OF THE USA. Changes are coming!" Trump said. The president did not specify what changes could be in store to address worker shortages caused by his immigration crackdown. Critics of Trump's mass-deportation agenda have long said migrants ‒ who tend to provide cheap labor by working for low wages ‒ are an essential part of the country's agriculture workforce. About 42% of farm workers in the United States between 2020 and 2022 lacked legal status, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. "Our farmers are being hurt badly," Trump said during an event in the White House East Room when asked about his position. "You know, they have very good workers. They've worked for them for 20 years. They're not citizens, but they've turned out to be, you know, great." Trump said he plans to sign an executive order to address the situation, adding that it will take a "common sense" approach. "We can't take farmers, take all their people and send them back because they don't have maybe what they're supposed to have, maybe not," Trump said. The White House has defended deportations of non-violent migrants who are in the United States unlawfully, arguing their presence in the country is grounds for being deported. Democrats seized on Trump's new posture. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, in a post on X, wrote: "Step 1: Trump creates a problem Step 2: Blames it on Joe Biden, who isn't even president Step 3: Posts a rant about his solution — which doesn't actually offer a solution." Jayapal added: "Yes, our country and economy rely on immigrants. How is he just figuring that out?" More: For the first time in decades, the US-Mexico border is silent. Here's why The Trump family's company, the Trump Organization, has a history of relying on labor from undocumented immigrants to staff Trump-owned hotels, the Washington Post reported in 2019, citing accounts from 48 former and current Trump workers. The migrants included hotel housekeepers, groundskeepers, waiters and stonemasons. In recent weeks, ICE has dramatically expanded its deportation efforts after the White House demanded the agency increase its arrests of migrants in the country illegally, Reuters reported. Daily quotas have increased from 1,000 arrests per day to 3,000. More: As ICE touts arrests, chaotic scenes emerge amid immigration crackdown The shift has produced chaotic scenes across the country. Immigration authorities, wearing bulletproof vests and other tactical gear, recently raided a popular San Diego Italian restaurant. ABC News published a video on June 11 showing ICE agents chasing down a farmer worker in a field in Ventura County, California, outside of Los Angeles, where Trump this week deployed National Guard troops to counter protests opposing the deportations. More: Travel bans, visa crackdowns and deportations: What to know as Trump bars the door Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, said in late May that the administration had deported around 200,000 people over four months ‒ a total that lags behind the deportations during a similar period under former President Joe Biden. The White House has said the discrepancy is the result of fewer migrants coming to the border. Migrants seeking to cross the U.S.-Mexico border have dropped significantly during Trump's first five months of his second term. Border Patrol agents have seen their monthly encounters of migrant and asylum seeks drop to fewer than 10,000, down from more than 100,000 one year ago. Contributing: Reuters Reach Joey Garrison on X @joeygarrison.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
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Homan says Trump administration to ramp up workplace immigration enforcement
President Trump's border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday workplace immigration enforcement will 'massively expand' in an interview with Semafor. His comments come days after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents removed dozens of immigrants allegedly without legal status working at a meat packaging facility in Nebraska as Los Angeles protesters continue to demonstrate against the Trump administration's widespread push for deportations. 'They're coming here for a better life and a job, and I get that,' Homan told Semafor. 'The more you remove those magnets, the less people are going to come. If they can't get a job most of them aren't going to come,' he added. Most immigrants without legal status are able to find work as delivery drivers or in the fields of agriculture or the service industry, according to the Center for Migration Studies. Farmers and food delivery companies have begun to complain about the removal of immigrants without legal status, arguing deportations threaten their workforce and ability to operate. '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,' Trump wrote in a Thursday Truth Social post. 'In many cases the Criminals allowed into our Country by the VERY Stupid Biden Open Borders Policy are applying for those jobs. This is not good. We must protect our Farmers, but get the CRIMINALS OUT OF THE USA. Changes are coming,' he added. However, in March, DoorDash warned that modifying immigration policies could thwart their business model. 'Changes in certain laws and regulations, including immigration and labor and employment laws, or laws that require us to make changes to our platform that decrease the accessibility, including removing access to our platform, or flexibility provided to Dashers in certain jurisdictions, may result in a decrease in the pool of Dashers, which may result in increased competition for Dashers or higher costs of recruitment and engagement,' DoorDash wrote in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 'If we fail to attract Dashers, retain existing Dashers on favorable terms, or maintain or increase the use of our platform by existing Dashers, we may not be able to meet the demands of merchants and consumers and our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be adversely affected,' they added. The Nebraska business owner whose facility was raided by ICE on Tuesday said he's worked to ensure that employees are legally in the United States by checking their identity with E-Verify, a system managed by the Department of Homeland Security. However, officials told him the system was 'broken' after the raid, which left him clueless on how to properly process individuals who've applied for employment. 'I mean, what am I supposed to do with that? This is your system, run by the government. And you're raiding me because your system is broken?' Chad Hartmann, president of Glenn Valley Foods, told The Associated Press. ICE officials told him they'd help him figure out the best method for hiring, while Trump on Thursday pledged to sign an executive order guaranteeing 'common sense' policies for farm workers that could be roiled by deportations. 'Our farmers are being hurt badly. They have very good workers. They've worked for them for 20 years. They're not citizens, but they've turned out to be, you know, great,' Trump told reporters. 'We can't take farmers, take all their people and send them back because they don't have maybe what they're supposed to have, maybe not.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
