Confusion at the Top
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Seems to imply some disagreement at the top levels of the Trump administration about who precisely ICE should be hunting:
The Trump administration has abruptly shifted the focus of its mass deportation campaign, telling Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to largely pause raids and arrests in the agricultural industry, hotels and restaurants, according to an internal email and three U.S. officials with knowledge of the guidance.
The decision suggested that the scale of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign — an issue that is at the heart of his presidency — is hurting industries and constituencies that he does not want to lose.
The new guidance comes after protests in Los Angeles against the Trump administration’s immigration raids, including at farms and businesses. It also came as Mr. Trump made a rare concession this week that his crackdown was hurting American farmers and hospitality businesses.
The guidance was sent on Thursday in an email by a senior ICE official, Tatum King, to regional leaders of the ICE department that generally carries out criminal investigations, including work site operations, known as Homeland Security Investigations.
Core elements of the GOP constituency absolutely require undocumented immigrants in order to survive. These elements convinced themselves that Trump wasn’t really serious about deporting EVERYONE, and when Stephen Miller decided to dispel their illusions they began pushing back. Or at least that’s how I’m reading the leaves.
This also suggests that there was a real upside to fighting this fight. I am a strong advocate of careful strategic thinking with respect to which fights you should fight and which fights you shouldn’t, and to be honest I wasn’t sure about this one. But it looks like we may be winning.