With-in the Trump admin and politically for Republicans…
Trump admin ‘numbers’ push….
White House pressure to ramp up deportations has sparked rising tension and finger-pointing inside the Department of Homeland Security, with the agency’s secretary, Kristi Noem, and her top adviser blaming subordinates for not hitting arrest quotas and undermining their relationships inside the West Wing, according to two DHS officials with direct knowledge of the matter.
Noem and her close adviser Corey Lewandowski have sought to deflect blame from themselves for any White House frustration with the pace and scope of the deportations, pinning it instead on the leaders of the agencies in charge of immigration enforcement — acting ICE Director Todd Lyons and Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, the DHS officials said.
Underscoring the turmoil, Scott recently expressed concern to colleagues that Lewandowski is able to monitor his emails, the two officials and another DHS official said, sparking concern among other top staffers that their messages were being reviewed.
“Everyone in leadership is so worried about what they say in email and text,” one of the top staffers said.
As the agency that carries out President Donald Trump’s mass deportations policy — a core tenet of his agenda — DHS is often under intense scrutiny both inside and outside the White House. The rising tensions within DHS come as deportation numbers continue to lag behind the administration’s goals, with Trump nearing the one-year mark of his second term….
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“Making our country safer and once again a nation of laws,” McLaughlin continued. “More than 2.6 million illegal aliens have left the U.S. including 2 million who have voluntarily self-deported and more than 600,000 deportations. The results speak for themselves and underscore that Secretary Noem is leading a tenacious team that is grinding 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to deliver on the President’s mandate.”
NBC News has not independently verified those figures. Neither Jackson nor McLaughlin addressed the tensions inside the agency….
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Disapproval of Trump/Miller anti-Immigration Agressive Actions…
For a nation of immigrants, the Trump administration’s attacks on immigration are nothing short of heartbreaking. Each day, we’re seeing neighbors kidnapped from our streets, detained in unsafe and inhumane conditions, and deported without due process to countries they’ve never known.
If there’s one silver lining, it’s this: The more Americans see of this agenda, the less they like it. And the more immigrants tell their stories, the better people understand why they belong.
Over 15 percent of Americans are immigrants. If you live here, there’s a good chance you know one. Since the late 1800s, we’ve called on immigrants to work in industry, health care, hospitality, agriculture, and other essential jobs. Immigration is a core to our story about who we are.
Immigrants contribute greatly to our culture and economy. They work jobs, pay taxes, volunteer in churches and schools, support American sports teams, and eat American foods. In 2022, immigrants paid nearly $100 billion in federal, state, and local taxes — more than many big name corporations.
At the root of why immigrants come to this country is the promise of a better life — a better job, a better education for their children, a chance to reunite with family. It’s not an easy choice to pick up and leave, and the journey is often perilous. But it’s often the only choice for migrants facing violence, death threats, climate disasters, or extreme poverty.
Against all odds, on average a few million have made their way here each year for the past five years. And generally speaking, the American people want them here — over 60 percent of Americans now disapprove of Trump’s cruel treatment of immigrants.
It turns out that deporting people to unsafe “third countries” they’ve never been to, building concentration camps like Alligator Alcatraz, attempting to end birthright citizenship, and deputizing local and state police as immigration enforcement are all unpopular.
Immigrants without a criminal conviction now make up the largest group of people arrested and detained by ICE. Yet the GOP’s Big Ugly Bill provided $170 billion to enact Trump’s unpopular mass deportation agenda….
Note…
The constant pressure IS said to come from Stephen Miller, who works out of the White House….
There ARE an estimated 12 to 15 MILLION undioucumented persons in the United States….
The Trump people front a figure of 600,000 removed in the last 11 montn’s…
That figure IS NOT confirmed like the DOGE figures where NOT….
Added to this IS the fact that Republicans are actually LOSING political support for Miller’s pressure in this….
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