ICE Arrests Drop…….

I wonder Why?

Could be the polling numbers?

Could it be Noem getting removed from Homeland?

Could be Republicans balking at ICE detention camps in their states?

Could it be the Federal Judges rulings?

A stalled Homeland Budget that Democrats seem to be unyielding to pass until things calm down…

Or?

Could it be Stephen Miller has been told to go in a corner and face the wall?

Or?

The fact that the Trump immigration policies are actually hurting the American economy?

Or?

Could it be the relentless focus by the media on the protests and problems with a campaign driven by pressure to produce ‘body counts’ finally cost Trump & Co. so much they began feeling the political pain?

The fact is?

The Trump immigrant  ‘Scare’ things ARE Over….

The Politics of the situation is working AGAINST Trump & Co.

 

After months of high-profile, militarized immigration raids in major American cities, the Trump administration has scaled back its deportation strategy, leading to a dip in arrests last month, according to three federal officials and internal government data.

In recent weeks, immigration agents have focused on conducting more targeted enforcement operations, rather than indiscriminate street sweeps, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal strategy.

Those arrests have been less visible and chaotic than the campaign that led to violent clashes with protesters — including the fatal shootings of two American citizens in January — and generated intense political blowback against President Trump.

The retreat from some of its most aggressive enforcement efforts underscores the challenges the administration faces in meeting its goal of deporting millions of undocumented immigrants. Although hard-line immigration policies were at the heart of Mr. Trump’s appeal to voters in the last election, many Americans have balked at seeing the crackdown put into practice, forcing the White House to recalibrate its approach.

In February, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested roughly 11 percent fewer people per day than they had the previous month, according to internal government figures reviewed by The New York Times. The drop was driven in part by ICE arresting fewer immigrants without criminal records, the data show. Overall, arrests have fallen to their lowest levels since September….

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Mr. Trump even acknowledged that his administration could use a “softer touch” when it came to enforcement…

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In addition, bad weather in the Northeast may have contributed to the February slowdown….

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Nevertheless, ICE’s enforcement strategy in recent weeks has more closely resembled how the agency operated during previous administrations — before Mr. Trump ordered a surge of immigration officers into cities and states run by Democrats and unleashed the Border Patrol deep into the nation’s interior.

While public anger over an influx of immigrants during the Biden years helped fuel Mr. Trump’s return to office, polls now show that a majority of Americans believe ICE’s tactics have gone too far. Democrats have blocked funding for the Homeland Security Department, demanding reforms. Ahead of the midterm elections, even some Republicans have called for a change….

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The agency was already falling well short of the goals set by Stephen Miller, a top aide and the architect of Mr. Trump’s immigration policies. At one point last year, Mr. Miller told top ICE officials that they needed to arrest 3,000 people per day….

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David Lapan, who served as D.H.S.’s press secretary during the first Trump administration, said those figures suggested ICE had cooled its approach somewhat. But Mr. Lapan questioned whether the influential Mr. Miller would tolerate a permanent drawdown in enforcement.

“It does seem like they’re pulling back a bit because of the negative publicity and because of the political impacts,” he said. “But how long do they sustain that, knowing they’re not going to make the numbers they want?”…

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Senator Markwayne Mullin, an Oklahoma Republican tapped by Mr. Trump to take over the Homeland Security Department, is seen as an immigration hard-liner. But Mr. Mullin said shortly after Ms. Noem’s firing that there were opportunities to learn from her tenure and “build off things that didn’t quite go as planned.”

While Mr. Trump generally supported the aggressive crackdown pushed by Ms. Noem and Mr. Miller, he has tended to grow uncomfortable over immigration raids at businesses…..

More….

Note…

We don’t know if a NY Times piece will get Miller BACK in the saddle….

(Some Democrats would like to Miller gone also)

But he it does appear that ICE HAS been told to forget the Miller body counts for now….

Remember ?

Homeland Has NO 2026 Spending Budget and Democrats do NOT seem to ready to let Miller go back to the way things was….