Trump Vows to Shield Farmers From Deportations as Workforce Hit

June 12, 2025, 5:22 PM UTC

President Donald Trump conceded that his immigration crackdown was hurting US businesses and said policy changes covering farmworkers and the hotel industry will be made to address worker shortages.

“Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “Changes are coming.”

The post seemed to mark a rare acknowledgment by Trump about risks to the world’s biggest economy as he seeks to ...

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