White House Vows to Keep up Immigration Crackdown After Midterms Defeat
Officials said ICE must keep roughly 19,000 arrests a week as the White House signals no retreat after Democrats won Congress.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump promoted Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller to White House chief of staff, signaling the administration will maintain aggressive immigration enforcement despite recent electoral losses.
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement remains under strict orders to lock in roughly 19,000 arrests every week, about 2,700 people a day, leaving no room for a post-election pivot.
- Former Department of Homeland Security official Theresa Cardinal Brown noted ICE has $75 billion in funding locked in through 2029, enabling continued operations despite potential congressional roadblocks.
- Resistance is cropping up locally; Houston's mayor announced plans last week to limit police cooperation with federal agents, while Democrats prepare to take control of Congress in January.
- Vice-President JD Vance wrote online that he is "open to the idea that we should change enforcement- by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labour, for instance," signaling internal dissent.
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Under pressure after the Republican defeat, the U.S. president suggests a possible change of tone on immigration, but without announcing any concrete measures.
Miami, Nov 8 (EFE).- President Donald Trump acknowledged that his deportation policy was "too harsh" after the mid-term elections last Tuesday in which his party lost the majorities of Congress, according to an interview with CBS posted this Sunday. The correspondent for the ’60 Minutes’ Ross Douthat program [...] Trump admits that his deportation policy was "too hard" after the elections was first published in HolaNews.
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The Peninsula QatarTrump says deportation policy was 'too tough': CBS interview
US President Donald Trump admitted in an interview this Sunday that his policy of mass deportation of immigrants was “too harsh,” a few days after the Republican party’s defeat in last Tuesday’s legislative elections.
While Trump has gained some support for strengthening security on the U.S. southern border, his government's offensive to deport millions of undocumented migrants has generated widespread criticism.
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