President Trump had promised changes to protect some migrant workers in a June 12 Truth Social post but his administration has since changed course.

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

Donald Trump’s hardline stance on immigration has caused a split in the White House, pitting the policy’s chief architect against politicians under pressure from farming lobbies. The president’s administration has been ramping up immigration raids to fulfil Mr Trump’s campaign pledge to carry out the “largest deportation programme” in US history.