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After major enforcement operations, the Trump administration recalibrates its immigration crackdown
The administration is relying more on local cooperation, detention expansion and legal rollbacks as ICE arrests fall and deportation goals stay high.
- The Trump administration is recalibrating immigration enforcement, moving away from aggressive public-facing operations toward quieter tactics while maintaining a goal to remove 1 million people this fiscal year.
- High-Profile immigration sweeps in Democratic-led cities last year triggered clashes and two shooting deaths, prompting the administration to avoid new city-based operations due to declining public support.
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin confirmed the quieter strategy on April 16, while the agency expanded detention capacity with 11 new warehouses and increased 287g cooperation agreements to more than 1,400 across 41 states.
- Mike Howell of the Mass Deportation Coalition argues deportation numbers are 'too low,' calling for increased worksite enforcement to meet the administration's targets.
- White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson denied any strategy change, even as the Supreme Court hears a key case this week on the administration's authority to strip Temporary Protected Status from hundreds of thousands.
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After major enforcement operations, the Trump administration recalibrates its immigration crackdown
President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be recalibrating its centerpiece policy of mass deportations after a series of major immigration enforcement operations in American cities soured the public’s mood on it.
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