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

[Eugene]

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.

[Irish_Dem]

1. ICE Barbie is angry because someone went over her head.

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

[Blues Heron]

2. the chalupa of state is increasingly rudderless and adrift

[tanyev]

3. Yessiree, with Donald Trump you get firm, decisive leadership.

[William Seger]

20. Weakest. President. Ever.

... and every world leader, friend and foe, knows it.

[perfessor]

25. BITD this was called flip-flopping

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

[Ocelot II]

4. Of course it did. Miller wants to deport everybody and Noem is having fun doing it.

[Dulcinea]

5. Maybe they'll get together.

Didn't Miller's wife dump him for Elon Musk?

[Ocelot II]

6. I thought Noem was doing the horizontal tango with Corey Lewandowski.

[Moostache]

16. Her "deeply held" beliefs are NOT what you first would think of...

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]

32. it's hard to justify building a private army

If the president takes away big chunks of your excuses

[slightlv]

33. And she's getting lots of face time on the tvs! Cant yank that away from her! /snark

[Journeyman]

7. "Down Pillow Mind" . . .

His thoughts take the shape of whomever spoke with him last.

[hatrack]

19. "President Memory Foam" . . . .

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

[twodogsbarking]

8. So they want murderers and rapists working on their farms?

Well?

[Sanity Claws]

9. Another reason to call him TACO

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Double TACO

"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]

34. President No-Sense needs to order Miller and Noem, then,

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...

[BidenRocks]

36. Hot mop tar

On a Phoenix rooftop!
Or jump!

[Scrivener7]

10. TACO.

[NH Ethylene]

11. Trump often forgets who is in charge here.

And it's clearly not him.

[LaRaven]

12. Can't we just fire them ALL for incompetence!!

[RainCaster]

13. TACO 🌮

That's what we get for leadership.

[kimbutgar]

14. Is the Botox Barbie puppy killer still in the hospital?

[WinstonSmith4740]

15. Was wondering that myself.

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]

17. I just saw a headline she was released because of an allergic reaction

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

[erronis]

21. Yeah. Someone accidentally gave her some truth serum and her inner baby girl tried to escape.

[Mblaze]

23. Or the spackle

She applies to her face.

[Mblaze]

22. Where does Trump's Chief of Staff enter the picture?

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

[Picaro]

24. Tail wagging the dog

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

[Nictuku]

26. Are they only raiding in Democrat-leaning states?

They want a civil war.

[dem4decades]

27. So are we kicking out farm and hotel workers or not?

[patphil]

28. It's becoming increasingly evident that Trump is not running the show in the White House.

[maxsolomon]

29. Noem and Miller DGAF about America's food supply.

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.

[IronLionZion]

30. Are MAGA voters applying for these jobs?

[mdbl]

31. This is what you get when voting in a bunch of weirdos to control the govt

A huge mess.

[North Coast Lawyer]

35. Hate Economics

With MAGA when hate and economics clash hate always wins.

[Ilsa]

37. ICE can't make their 3000/day quota without

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