>The Trump administration is launching a new visa program for migrant workers as farmers and hotel owners express concerns that their labor force is being threatened by the
president’s mass deportation raids.
Then the link for this new visa program leads back to this article
https://nypost.com/2025/06/17/us-news/trump-admins-3000-ice-arrests-per-day-quota-is-taking-focus-off-criminals-and-killing-morale-insiders/
Then the article adds
>The Department of Labor’s newly-created Office of Immigration Policy will help fast track visas for foreign laborers — but the administration has made it clear that the initiative is “not amnesty” for illegal migrant workers, a senior administration official told Axios.
>“This is not amnesty. It’s not amnesty lite,” the official told the publication. “No one who is illegally here is being given a pathway to citizenship or residency.”
>Migrants who are in the US illegally will not be eligible for the visa program and would-be foreign workers must apply from their home country before coming to the US legally, Axios reported, citing officials.
>The Trump administration has faced pressure from farmers over his mass deportation effort.
Then the article goes on
>it’s unclear how the Trump administration intends to expedite the visas for migrant workers.
>To hire foreign, seasonal agricultural workers via H-2A visas, farmers must show that there’s a lack of qualified local employees to fill the roles, according to the Department of Labor.
>President Trump last month halted ICE raids at farms, hotels and restaurants after industry leaders raised some issues stemming from the administration’s immigration crackdown.
"halted raids" is highlighted as it contains a link and the article linked is
https://nypost.com/2025/06/17/us-news/ice-resumes-raids-on-farms-hotels-and-restaurants-after-briefly-telling-agents-to-avoid-them/
>ICE raids on farms, hotels and restaurants have since resumed.
They ever actually stopped
