Immigration groups that want mass deportations blame Big Business for delay

Published April 24, 2026 1:56pm ET | Updated April 26, 2026 7:41am ET



U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s mass round-ups of illegal immigrant workers at job sites have not made headlines for months, and immigration groups who want President Donald Trump to do more blame Republicans’ ties to Big Business for the hold-up on enforcement.

Trump promised to carry out the “largest-ever” deportation operation in history, while simultaneously going after the “worst of the worst” first. To get to the former, immigration research groups that call for stricter enforcement told the Washington Examiner that Trump needs to go all-in on targeting employers and illegal workers nationwide.

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