After a week of ICE seemingly targeting dairy farms, California produce farms and a meat packing plant in Nebraska, President Donald Trump is reportedly ordering the Department of Homeland Security to exclude farms from immigration raids.

Large-scale immigration raids at packinghouses and fields in California are threatening businesses that supply much of the country’s food, farm bureaus say.

According to federal law enforcement officials, California’s sanctuary state policy that prohibits immigration enforcement in the state jail and prison system is responsible for many of the recent raids.

Arizona v. United States has been consistently applied for over a decade, but the current administration's methods may not fit the 'spirit' of the decision.

The California Farm Bureau said raids are having a "disruptive effect" on the agricultural economy, but expressed hope Trump will limit them.

NBC’s Jacob Soboroff reports from Ventura County, where ICE raids have reached California’s agricultural heartland, sparking fear among farm workers and their families. Advocates say the enforcement actions are keeping parents from schools and homes,

Todd Lyons, the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended his tactics last week week against criticism that authorities are being too heavy-handed. He has said ICE is averaging about 1,600 arrests per day and that the agency has arrested “dangerous criminals.” It is an assertion many lawmakers and city leaders decry.

Law enforcement agencies across Southern California violated state law more than 100 times last month by sharing information from automated license plate readers with federal agents, records show.