The NY Times is out with a piece that spotlights the transfer of Federal manpower from investigating and arrests for crimes like arresting pedophiles, known or suspected terrorists, kidnappers, child smugglers and sex traffickers, to just grabbing ‘suspected’ illegal migrants off the streets….
And?
Those Federal assets shifted to the Stephen Miller effort ARE under constant pressure to ‘produce’ MORE ‘ numbers everyday….
The pressure is reportedly intense and continual….
Agency and department people’s jobs have been threatened…
The effort HAD been described as ‘going after criminal illegals’s‘ …
But the NY Times data has shown that the vast majority of those detained have NO criminal history….
And then there are those who aren’t illegally in the country at all…
Added to this those who show up as required for hearings and are promptly detained….
The effort has just received over $150 Billion in new funding….
And the staffing for this effort is due to expand by more that 60%….
Common sense ….
There has been reported that OVER 12 million undocumented migrants are in America….
ICE and Homeland Security data say 500,000 have been exported….
At the rate Miller’s effort is going?
He’ll be lucky to get to 20% of those in America….
Detention facilities simply cannot hold but so many people and reports are they are already overcrowded and a mess with warehoused people…
Federal Judges have been picking at Miller’s efforts and actions all along subjecting Justice Dept lawyers to verbal beat downs and orders against actions to grab from Governors send National Guard Troops to DEMOCRATIC cities mostly to guard buildings and do menial duties like picking up garbage , just to flex…
The New York Times piece show be pushing those in Congress and Federal Judges to question some of the Miller actions….
Americans expect to be protected and safe from those who enter this country….
There should be Federal action on this…
But American’s also depend on the Federal government to have actions in law enforcement for other things that cross state lines also…
Federal workers who signed up and have expertise in criminal actions NOT related to immigrant should be doing their jobs where they hired to….
You do not have to be a genius to KNOW that ALL that immigration money in the just passed budget is NOT gonna be used for Miller’s campaign…
Congress WILL pull a good amount of it back…
Democrats WILL quietly cut back the Miller effort once he’s gone….
But for now?
The lopsided Trump effort IS HURTING Federal crime enforcement, Federal Workers, The Economy , US Foreign Relations , and Innocent People caught up in this mess….
The Department of Homeland Security has diverted thousands of federal agents from their normal duties to focus on arresting undocumented immigrants, undermining a wide range of law enforcement operations in response to mounting pressure from President Trump, a New York Times investigation has found.
Homeland security agents investigating sexual crimes against children, for instance, have been redeployed to the immigrant crackdown for weeks at a time, hampering their pursuit of child predators.
A national security probe into the black market for Iranian oil sold to finance terrorism has been slowed down for months because of the shift to immigration work, allowing tanker ships and money to disappear.
And federal efforts to combat human smuggling and sex trafficking have languished with investigators reassigned to help staff deportation efforts.
The changes have extended deep into D.H.S.’s public-safety mission, as the Coast Guard has diverted aircraft to transport immigrants between detention centers and the department’s law enforcement academy has delayed training for many agencies to prioritize new immigration officers.
The Times investigation is based on previously undisclosed internal documents from D.H.S. — including statistical reports about department workloads, search warrants and arrests — obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. The Times also spoke with more than 65 officials who have worked in the federal government during the current Trump administration, in addition to local authorities and others who collaborate with the department. Most of them spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters and out of fear of retribution.
The overhaul represents a striking departure for the behemoth agency that Congress created in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The Homeland Security Department was tasked with preventing terrorism, protecting the president, investigating transnational crime and responding to natural disasters, among other duties. Immigration enforcement was one of many responsibilities, but it was not envisioned as D.H.S.’s singular function.
Today, the Trump administration has remade the agency into a veritable Department of Deportation.
The shift has had consequences….
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Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff and architect of Mr. Trump’s deportation agenda, holds a regular morning conference call with top government officials to plan and execute the massive operation, according to officials briefed on the sessions and a calendar invitation viewed by The Times.
Mr. Miller, who comes to the 30-minute calls deeply versed in deportation and arrest data, has at times berated ICE leaders for not arresting enough people, the officials said. And his questions and directives regularly ripple out across the vast D.H.S. bureaucracy….
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Other top officials have also felt pressure. In late May, as deportation numbers lagged well below Mr. Trump’s goals, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, joined by Mr. Miller, tried to turbocharge the effort with a warning at the department’s headquarters. Speaking to ICE officials who run the agency’s field offices and had traveled to Washington, Ms. Noem promised that no job at the department would be safe, including her own, if deportations did not pick up, according to people with knowledge of her remarks….
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The immigration operation has also pulled in thousands of agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Drug Enforcement Administration; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; and at least four other federal law enforcement agencies, documents show. In addition, agents from D.H.S. and many of those other agencies have been diverted to Mr. Trump’s anti-crime crackdown in Washington, which has functioned as a shadow immigration operation…..
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“D.H.S. keeps being pulled further away from its core missions in protecting the homeland,” said David Lapan, who served as the department’s press secretary during the first Trump administration. “These distractions could have deadly consequences.”….
Note…
Negitive Polling on the Trump/Miller efforts….
A majority of Americans disapprove of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations launched as a part of the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, according to a new poll.
A YouGov survey released Friday found that 53 percent of citizens somewhat or strongly disapprove of ICE and 39 percent approve of the way they are operating….
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Most Americans, 55 percent say ICE sometimes or often arrests U.S. citizens and immigrants who are authorized to live in the U.S….
image…Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, developed President Trump’s deportation strategy and keeps a close watch on its execution.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times
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