Trump curbs immigration enforcement in specific industries

The Trump administration has directed immigration officers to pause arrests at farms, meatpacking plants, hotels and restaurants after President Donald Trump expressed alarm about the impact of aggressive enforcement.

The move comes after Stephen Miller, chief architect of Trump’s immigration policies, said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would target 3,000 arrests a day, up from about 650 a day during the previous five months.

The New York Times reports the directive Thursday told ICE to halt workplace investigations in key industries.

Republican enthusiasm for Musk cools after his feud with Trump, a new AP-NORC poll finds

A new poll finds Elon Musk has lost some of his luster with Republicans since his public falling-out with President Donald Trump. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll finds fewer Republicans view Trump’s onetime government efficiency bulldog “very favorably” now than they did in April.

“I liked what he was doing when he was helping. But now I feel like he’s kind of hurting,” said Alabama Republican Katye Long, 34, a factory employee and mother of three. “He’s not actually part of the government. He’s just a rich guy who pushes his opinions.”

Though most Republicans continue to hold a positive view of Musk, their diminished fervor suggests his vocal opposition to the Republican president’s signature tax cut legislation may have cost him GOP goodwill.

Musk called the GOP tax and budget policy bill “a disgusting abomination.” But Musk’s overall favorability hasn’t shifted: Musk remains less popular than his electric vehicle company, Tesla.

— Boston Herald Wire Services