Hamed Aleaziz

Washington, D.C., United States

DHS and Immigration Reporter at The New York Times

New York Times reporter covering DHS and immigration. Proud @sfchronicle, @buzzfeednews & @latimes alum. Tips welcome. Email: hamed.aleaziz(@)https://t.co/jivDWSUfds

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Trump’s Conflicting Messages on Workplace Raids Leave Businesses Reeling

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Tyler Pager |Miriam Jordan |Hamed Aleaziz |Emmett Lindner

You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Trump officials insist the president is fully committed to mass deportation. But they have been careful not to directly contradict the president’s attempt to offer a reprieve to certain businesses. An immigration agent making an arrest last month in Miami.
Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Most Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries - The New York Times

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Hamed Aleaziz |Zolan Kanno-Youngs

The abrupt pivot on an issue at the heart of Mr. Trump’s presidency suggested his broad immigration crackdown was hurting industries and constituencies he does not want to lose.
Inside Trump’s extraordinary turnaround on immigration raids

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Tyler Pager |Miriam Jordan |Hamed Aleaziz |Zolan Kanno-Youngs

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday morning, President Trump took a call from Brooke Rollins, his secretary of agriculture, who relayed a growing sense of alarm from the heartland. Farmers and agriculture groups, she said, were increasingly uneasy about his immigration crackdown. Federal agents had begun to aggressively target worksites in recent weeks, with the goal of sharply bolstering the number of arrests and deportations of immigrants living in the country illegally.
Inside Trump’s extraordinary turnaround on immigration raids

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Tyler Pager |Miriam Jordan |Hamed Aleaziz |Zolan Kanno-Youngs |NYT Washington

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump took a call from Brooke Rollins, his secretary of agriculture, who relayed a growing sense of alarm from the heartland. Farmers and agriculture groups, she said, were increasingly uneasy about his immigration crackdown. Federal agents had begun to aggressively target worksites in recent weeks, with the goal of sharply bolstering the number of arrests and deportations of immigrants living in the country illegally.
Trump shifts deportation focus, pausing raids on farms, hotels and eateries

1 week ago | wlrn.org | Hamed Aleaziz |Zolan Kanno-Youngs

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has abruptly shifted the focus of its mass deportation campaign, telling Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to largely pause raids and arrests in the agricultural industry, hotels and restaurants, according to an internal email and three U.S. officials with knowledge of the guidance.
Trump shifts deportation focus, pausing most raids on farms, hotels, eateries

1 week ago | spokesman.com | Hamed Aleaziz |Zolan Kanno-Youngs

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has abruptly shifted the focus of its mass deportation campaign, telling Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to largely pause raids and arrests in the agricultural industry, hotels and restaurants, according to an internal email and three U.S. officials with knowledge of the guidance.
Trump shifts deportation focus, pausing raids on farms, hotels, eateries

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Zolan Kanno-Youngs |Hamed Aleaziz

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has abruptly shifted the focus of its mass deportation campaign, telling Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to largely pause raids and arrests in the agricultural industry, hotels and restaurants, according to an internal email and three U.S. officials with knowledge of the guidance.
Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Most Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries

2 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Hamed Aleaziz |Zolan Kanno-Youngs

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Judge Pauses State Dept. Plans for Mass Layoffs

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Hamed Aleaziz |Zolan Kanno-Youngs |Minho Kim |Chris Cameron

June 13, 2025, 10:38 p.m. ET Hamed Aleaziz and Reporting from Washington Restaurant employees in Kennett, Mo., after seeing a co-worker during a video meeting from where she was held in immigration detention in May.Credit...Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times The Trump administration has abruptly shifted the focus of its mass deportation campaign, telling Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to largely pause raids and arrests in the agricultural industry, hotels and...
Under pressure from the White House, ICE seeks new ways to ramp up arrests

2 weeks ago | wlrn.org | Hamed Aleaziz

WASHINGTON — Demands from the White House for a drastic increase in arrests of people who have entered the country illegally have pushed immigration officials into overdrive to fulfill President Donald Trump’s pledge of mass deportations. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is carrying out workplace raids across the country such as the one in the garment district of Los Angeles last week that kicked off protests and a vast federal response.