Trump Admin Rush to satisfy RightWingNuts on Deportations….

“Mullin is very concerned about the criticism, so the effort to hammer stats and ‘tough talk’ is intentional,” said the official.

Official White House and DHS social media accounts, including Mullin’s, have been mentioning ICE and deportations more frequently as the summer has gone on, according to a POLITICO review of thousands of posts on X since Mullin’s confirmation. Key White House and DHS social media accounts mentioned “ICE” and “illegal aliens” roughly 50% more frequently in July and August compared to May and June….

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Some of the challenges facing Mullin were inevitable for whomever Trumpselected to take over the DHS role. Executing the president’s vow to deport millions of unauthorized immigrants already faced steep operational, logistical and legal challenges, and now the issue is politically dicey, too, as negative voter sentiment about the president’s immigration agenda persists….

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Hardliners have also been pressing the administration to go after employers as a way to discourage unauthorized migration to the United States. Mark Krikorian, who leads the Center for Immigration Studies, said that the moves on employment visa programs “clearly does show that at the White House there is a concern that this needs to go beyond border enforcement and actually address legal immigration.”….

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