THAT IS what the President SAID out Loud….
Now?
We are seeing how the people who work for him scramble to deal with his Mass Deportation Guy Srepthen Miller….
Including deporting parents without their kids….
The Miller ‘body count’ push by Noem HAS become a political and legal liability for Trump , The Homeland Spending Budget, The Economy and Republicans for the November Midterms…
The White House said in part that President Donald Trump’s “highest enforcement priority” is “deportation of illegal alien criminals who endanger American communities,” following a report in The Wall Street Journal that Trump told his top advisers and first lady Melania Trump that some of the administration’s policies have gone too far….
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The Journal reported that Trump expressed to top advisers to adopt a new approach focused on arresting “bad guys” and reducing visible “chaos” in cities, reflecting concerns from conversations with his advisers and the first lady that the term “mass deportation” turned off voters, according to people familiar with the matter.
Special Assistant to the President and White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson posted to X on Thursday night, reacting to a post by the Journal, saying, “Nobody is changing this Administration’s immigration enforcement agenda. If you’re in the country illegally, you’re subject to deportation — and President Trump’s highest enforcement priority remains the deportation of illegal alien criminals who endanger American communities.”…
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Susie Wiles, Trump’s chief of staff, is reportedly behind the reset in part, per the Journal. Wiles believes Trump’s immigration team is taking a prominent issue for the president and turning it into a potentially challenging one ahead of the midterm elections, according to the outlet.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leadership is, at the moment, not moving forward with operations similar to those previously executed in large Democratic cities like Chicago and Minneapolis, along with Washington, D.C., the Journal reports, citing officials familiar with the matter. The outlet also noted that Trump administration officials said operations in the future could still ramp up.
Meanwhile, Trump’s new pick for DHS secretary, U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin, faces a vote to replace outgoing Secretary Kristi Noem….
Note…
The linked piece right above does NOT Mention Stephen Miller , who IS the issue
The piece above points to the First Lady AND Trump’s Chief of Staff pushing to overrule Miller’s methods, which ARE partly on hold….
Deporting Parents with OUT their Kids…
The Trump administration is deporting a significant number of parents without asking them if they have children or allowing them to decide whether to bring their children with them, in apparent violation of its own policies, a major report has found.
In interviews with dozens of parents deported to Honduras, as well as physicians and psychologists, government officials and staff at reception centers for deportees, researchers found that many parents were deported quickly after they were detained, without a chance to arrange for the care of their children.
According to the report by the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), parents were forced to leave their children under the informal care of friends or family members who were also vulnerable to deportation. Others were separated from young children and toddlers – including a mother who was deported without her two-month-old baby….
GOP senator suggests 2-step move to break DHS funding deadlock
….The reconciliation process would allow Republicans to override the Senate’s 60-vote majority requirement and only require a simple majority of 51 votes in order to pass the funding measure.
Republicans in Congress blocked a Democratic-backed Senate bill last week that would fund DHS aside from its two immigration enforcement arms, ICE and CBP
Other affected agencies include the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the U.S. Coast Guard….
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Negotiations between Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress are at a standstill after the White House sent over a letter offering several reforms at DHS; they did not meet Democrats’ specific demands….