Items Tagged with 'Immigration and Customs Enforcement'

For 15 years, Gary Rohwer thought he was operating with legal workers at his plant in Omaha, which produces Gary’s QuickSteaks and other meaty fare for distribution nationwide.

Trump administration officials are stressing that the deportation program being carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents across the country is focused on criminals.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will continue to conduct inspections of ag operations but will focus on criminal activity, White House border czar Tom Homan said Thursday.

President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security has pulled back on immigration enforcement at agricultural operations, following up on remarks he made about the importance of allowing farmers to retain employees.

Senate Republicans are out with the agriculture provisions of their budget reconciliation bill. The farm program provisions track closely with what’s in the One Big Beautiful Bill passed by the House in May, including increases in reference prices and authorization for a voluntary base update.

On Jan.7, California Citrus Mutual President and CEO Casey Creamer began hearing reports that U.S. Border Control and Protection (CBP) agents were conducting sweeps across the Bakersfield region, causing panic among the agricultural community.