An internal email reviewed by Reuters, a senior U.S. official and another source told Reuters late last week that President Donald Trump's administration had directed immigration officials to largely pause raids on farms, hotels, restaurants and meatpacking plants.

ICE agents have been told to continue conducting enforcement operations at agricultural businesses despite concerns about effects on the food industry.

The Department of Homeland Security on Monday reversed internal guidance that would have shielded farms, hotels and restaurants from workplace immigration raids – a sharp contrast to President Donald Trump’s recent suggestion that he was sympathetic to concerns from agricultural and hospitality industries.