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Eugene

(66,357 posts)
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 09:09 AM Jun 2025

Trump U-turn on deporting farm workers came after fury from Noem and Miller, report claims

Source: The Independent

Trump U-turn on deporting farm workers came after fury from Noem and Miller, report claims

Trump’s policy barring raids on agriculture and hospitality industries was short-lived

Michelle Del Rey
in Washington, D.C.
Tuesday 17 June 2025 22:54 BST

Donald Trump’s rapid flip-flop on not deporting undocumented migrant farm and hotel workers came after the president was reportedly met with angry pushback from Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem.

Trump briefly changed his mind on who ICE should kick out of the country after getting a phone call from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, according to Axios.

Speaking at the White House on June 12, Trump said, "We can't take farmers and take all their people and send them back because they don't have maybe what they're supposed to have, maybe not.”

Rollins reportedly went over Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to speak with the president. Axios reported the pair were angry over Rollins’ actions.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-deporting-farm-workers-noem-miller-b2771836.html

Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-u-turn-deporting-farm-215426920.html

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I suspected Miller was responsible for this, but I didn't figure Noem's involvement.

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Trump U-turn on deporting farm workers came after fury from Noem and Miller, report claims (Original Post) Eugene Jun 2025 OP
ICE Barbie is angry because someone went over her head. Irish_Dem Jun 2025 #1
the chalupa of state is increasingly rudderless and adrift Blues Heron Jun 2025 #2
Yessiree, with Donald Trump you get firm, decisive leadership. tanyev Jun 2025 #3
Weakest. President. Ever. William Seger Jun 2025 #20
BITD this was called flip-flopping perfessor Jun 2025 #25
Of course it did. Miller wants to deport everybody and Noem is having fun doing it. Ocelot II Jun 2025 #4
Maybe they'll get together. Dulcinea Jun 2025 #5
I thought Noem was doing the horizontal tango with Corey Lewandowski. Ocelot II Jun 2025 #6
Her "deeply held" beliefs are NOT what you first would think of... Moostache Jun 2025 #16
it's hard to justify building a private army quakerboy Jun 2025 #32
And she's getting lots of face time on the tvs! Cant yank that away from her! /snark slightlv Jun 2025 #33
"Down Pillow Mind" . . . Journeyman Jun 2025 #7
"President Memory Foam" . . . . hatrack Jun 2025 #19
So they want murderers and rapists working on their farms? twodogsbarking Jun 2025 #8
Another reason to call him TACO Sanity Claws Jun 2025 #9
Double TACO Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2025 #18
President No-Sense needs to order Miller and Noem, then, slightlv Jun 2025 #34
Hot mop tar BidenRocks Jun 2025 #36
TACO. Scrivener7 Jun 2025 #10
Trump often forgets who is in charge here. NH Ethylene Jun 2025 #11
Can't we just fire them ALL for incompetence!! LaRaven Jun 2025 #12
TACO 🌮 RainCaster Jun 2025 #13
Is the Botox Barbie puppy killer still in the hospital? kimbutgar Jun 2025 #14
Was wondering that myself. WinstonSmith4740 Jun 2025 #15
I just saw a headline she was released because of an allergic reaction kimbutgar Jun 2025 #17
Yeah. Someone accidentally gave her some truth serum and her inner baby girl tried to escape. erronis Jun 2025 #21
Or the spackle Mblaze Jun 2025 #23
Where does Trump's Chief of Staff enter the picture? Mblaze Jun 2025 #22
Tail wagging the dog Picaro Jun 2025 #24
Are they only raiding in Democrat-leaning states? Nictuku Jun 2025 #26
So are we kicking out farm and hotel workers or not? dem4decades Jun 2025 #27
It's becoming increasingly evident that Trump is not running the show in the White House. patphil Jun 2025 #28
Noem and Miller DGAF about America's food supply. maxsolomon Jun 2025 #29
Are MAGA voters applying for these jobs? IronLionZion Jun 2025 #30
This is what you get when voting in a bunch of weirdos to control the govt mdbl Jun 2025 #31
Hate Economics North Coast Lawyer Jun 2025 #35
ICE can't make their 3000/day quota without Ilsa Jun 2025 #37

Irish_Dem

(74,927 posts)
1. ICE Barbie is angry because someone went over her head.
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 09:11 AM
Jun 2025

They didn't realize how very special and important she is.

perfessor

(327 posts)
25. BITD this was called flip-flopping
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 12:14 PM
Jun 2025

And it was supposedly a bad thing. I guess if you dial it up to eleven, it passes for leadership.

Moostache

(10,783 posts)
16. Her "deeply held" beliefs are NOT what you first would think of...
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 11:21 AM
Jun 2025

That one's all kind of messed up - Botox, lip filler, hair extensions... all to look like MAGA-face hag. She was once married and campaigned as a religious mother, wife and woman... now she is nothing but the latest example of the oldest profession hard at work in government offices.

Pathetic animal abusers get zero symapthy or empathy from me. I hope whatever sent her to the hospital is painful, untreatable and lingers.

quakerboy

(14,544 posts)
32. it's hard to justify building a private army
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 04:43 PM
Jun 2025

If the president takes away big chunks of your excuses

hatrack

(63,570 posts)
19. "President Memory Foam" . . . .
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 11:45 AM
Jun 2025

Yeah, that's strong leadership there - letting your staff yell you into (yet again) slamming the car into reverse. Super.

Bernardo de La Paz

(58,500 posts)
18. Double TACO
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 11:34 AM
Jun 2025

"Deport them all, they are all criminals and rapists and murderers"

TACO: "Don't deport them all. Save the farm workers, hotel workers: they work hard."

Double TACO: "Deport them all."

slightlv

(6,563 posts)
34. President No-Sense needs to order Miller and Noem, then,
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 07:12 PM
Jun 2025

to go to each and every farm and orchard to pick and harvest the crops. After they finish those chores, they need to go to the meatpacking plants and do the work there of the immigrants they deported. And no fair "delegating" to the military or anyone else. THEY want the workers deported, THEY can do the deported workers' jobs! Or maybe bare the full brunt of food rotting in the fields while everyone else is screaming and protesting about no food in the stores.

Make these two do an honest days work for a while...

WinstonSmith4740

(3,383 posts)
15. Was wondering that myself.
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 11:20 AM
Jun 2025

Supposedly it was due to an allergic reaction. Her goons probably let a decent person get too close to her, and her body recoiled from kindness vibes.

kimbutgar

(26,045 posts)
17. I just saw a headline she was released because of an allergic reaction
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 11:22 AM
Jun 2025

Probably to all that Botox she has in her body. She looks like a freak!

erronis

(21,314 posts)
21. Yeah. Someone accidentally gave her some truth serum and her inner baby girl tried to escape.
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 12:10 PM
Jun 2025

Mblaze

(760 posts)
22. Where does Trump's Chief of Staff enter the picture?
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 12:10 PM
Jun 2025

Her deputy Miller seems to be the go to source for evil.

Picaro

(2,187 posts)
24. Tail wagging the dog
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 12:12 PM
Jun 2025

TACO is not a leader.

It is clear to me that for all intents and purposes Noem and Miller are running the show.

What a weak, vacillating man he is. A Potemkin man.

He is doing the same thing in regards to Iran and Israel. He is being led by Netenyahu.

Whatever Netenyahu wants he’s getting

patphil

(8,268 posts)
28. It's becoming increasingly evident that Trump is not running the show in the White House.
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 02:56 PM
Jun 2025

maxsolomon

(37,356 posts)
29. Noem and Miller DGAF about America's food supply.
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 03:03 PM
Jun 2025

President Dexatrim did for a hot minute.

Deport all the non-citizens working on farms and in slaughterhouses, and that supply gets very tenuous.

Fat ass America will certainly notice when Ground Beef gets scarce at Krogers. They'll go friggin' nuts.

mdbl

(7,378 posts)
31. This is what you get when voting in a bunch of weirdos to control the govt
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 04:12 PM
Jun 2025

A huge mess.

Ilsa

(63,294 posts)
37. ICE can't make their 3000/day quota without
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 08:22 PM
Jun 2025

going for the low hanging fruit at the construction sites, hotels, and farms.

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