MAGA on "amnesty watch" as Trump weighs migrant worker protections

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Axios

3 hours ago


President Trump's base is on high alert over his mixed messages on protections for some undocumented workers, warning that any form of "amnesty" would violate a red line.

Why it matters: MAGA sees Trump's promise of mass deportations as non-negotiable. Any attempt to water down the administration's immigration crackdown risks alienating his most loyal and fervent supporters.

"MAGA is always on amnesty watch. It will not move forward no matter what name anyone tries to call it. They all have to go home," right-wing podcaster Jack Posobiec told Axios.

Catch up quick: Trump has spent weeks flirting with the idea of shielding undocumented workers in agriculture and hospitality — industries critical to the economy and to GOP donors — from deportation.

He has insisted there will be "no amnesty," but also suggested that some workers might be allowed to stay if their employers "take responsibility" for them.

"What we're doing is getting rid of criminals. But we are doing a work program," Trump said at a Cabinet meeting this week.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins initially echoed the softer tone, but later stressed at a press conference: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way."

Driving the news: MAGA influencers had been grumbling for days over the muddled rhetoric, but the dam burst Monday when influential podcaster Charlie Kirk warned of a plot by the "ruling class" to implement some kind of "mass amnesty" plan.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/07/10/trump-amnesty-illegal-immigration-workers