At the same time, the Trump administration has directed immigration officers to pause arrests at farms, restaurants and hotels, after Trump expressed alarm about the impact aggressive enforcement is having on those industries, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter who spoke only on condition of anonymity.

Donald Trump ordered ICE officers to prioritize deportations in Democrat-run cities in a wild Truth Social rant Sunday night. The president issued the unprecedented, politically-motivated orders just hours after millions of protesters gathered in major American cities,

ICE "must expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in ... Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York," he said.