Todd Lyons, the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended his tactics last week week against criticism that authorities are being too heavy-handed. He has said ICE is averaging about 1,600 arrests per day and that the agency has arrested “dangerous criminals.” It is an assertion many lawmakers and city leaders decry.

The directive comes as a reversal after President Donald Trump ordered ICE to pause arrests at farms, food packing plants, restaurants, and hotels.

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Though the White House framed Trump’s intervention as responsive leadership, the decision to scale back enforcement came only after mounting complaints from agriculture and hospitality executives, many of them Trump’s financial backers, who warned of production losses, staffing shortages, and the potential collapse of key supply chains.