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

The Department of Homeland Security reversed course on guidance limiting immigration raids at farms, hotels, and restaurants on Monday, according to a source familiar with the discussions — the latest example of whiplash for an agency tasked with carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.

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.