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New guidance to halt raids on farms, hotels, restaurants and meat packing plants was sent on Thursday by email to regional leaders of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), report Hamed Aleaziz and Zolan Kanno-Youngs of The New York Times [link removed].  

The order comes after President Trump made comments admitting to the harm done to the agricultural and hospitality industries by recent immigration raids. In a separate piece also from The New York Times [link removed], a team reports that Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, has played a role in the decision by lobbing internally, sharing the rising concerns from farmers across rural America. 

The agricultural industry has been receiving mixed signals since the beginning of this administration on the impact that immigration policy could have on its workforce, reports Ximena Bustillo of NPR [link removed].  

Raids on farms last week coincided with visits from American Farm Bureau Federation leaders to congressional offices where they discussed their concerns over labor issues with lawmakers, Bustillo notes.  

Separately, some estimates suggest that ICE is already $1 billion over their fiscal year budget and could run out of funds as soon as next month, reports Brittany Gibson of Axios [link removed].  

The funding crisis concerns lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and likely stems from the administration’s goal of 3,000 arrests per day, highlights Gibson.  

Welcome to Monday’s edition of The Forum Daily. I’m Clara Villatoro, the Forum’s assistant VP of strategic communications, and the great Forum Daily team also includes Jillian Clark, Callie Jacobson, Broc Murphy, and Becka Wall. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected] mailto:[email protected]. 

**Economic Impact **

* Immigration crackdown fears hit white-collar offices [link removed] (Emily Peck, Axios) 

* America’s Home Health Workforce Is at Risk From Trump’s Immigration Crackdown [link removed] (Augusta Saraiva and Alicia A. Caldwell, Bloomberg) 

* U.S. could lose more immigrants than it gains for first time in 50 years [link removed] (Andrew Ackerman and Lauren Kaori Gurley, The Washington Post) 

**Federal Policy**  

* Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials – Associated Press [link removed] (Kimberly Kindy and Amanda Seitz, Associated Press) 

* Trump plans broader use of National Guard in immigration enforcement – The Washington Post [link removed] (Marianne LeVine, Liz Goodwin and Alex Horton, The Washington Post) 

* Trump orders ICE to step up deportation efforts in Democrat-run cities [link removed] (Rebecca Falconer and Russell Contreras, Axios) 

* Trump administration reshaping federal workforce, including at immigration courts [link removed] (Ximena Bustillo and Michel Martin, NPR) 

**State Policy Development **

* Louisiana is the latest Republican-led state expanding its role in immigration enforcement [link removed] (Sata Cline, Associated Press) 

* Delaware lawmakers move bills limiting cooperation with federal immigration agents to a floor vote [link removed] (Sarah Mueller, WHYY) 

* Florida troopers tapped surveillance network for immigration searches, raising alarm [link removed] (Kara Newhouse and Alice Herman, Suncoast Searchlight) 

**Policy Effects **

* 2-year-old stranded in Indianapolis after parents' deportation - WTHR [link removed] (Cierra Putman, WTHR) 

* Immigration Raids Add to Absence Crisis for Schools [link removed]. (Dana Goldstein and Irene Casado Sanchez, The New York Times) 

* Immigration Sweeps Hit a Santa Ana Neighborhood on Father’s Day [link removed] (Spencer Custodio, Voice of OC) 

* The L.A. immigration raids: This is what it feels like to be occupied by a foreign army. - America Magazine [link removed] (Jason Blakely, America Magazine) 

Thanks for reading,  

Clara 

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