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Trump administration doubles down on deportations after midterm loss
The White House vows to maintain its immigration crackdown despite electoral setbacks, promoting hardline Stephen Miller to chief of staff.
In brief
The White House vows to maintain its immigration crackdown despite electoral setbacks, promoting hardline Stephen Miller to chief of staff. Trump's administration rejected calls to soften its immigration stance after midterm losses, promoting immigration hawk Stephen Miller to chief of staff and instructing ICE to…
White House rejects policy shift
After last week's midterm elections defeat, the Trump administration vowed not to change course on mass deportation plans. The White House said it would not slow efforts to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens.
“This administration will not slow down its efforts to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens who terrorise our communities.”
Miller promoted as immigration hardliner
Trump promoted immigration hawk Stephen Miller to White House chief of staff on Friday, signalling no climbdown on border security. Miller is widely seen as the architect of the administration's hardline immigration policy.
Vance's openness to change rejected
Vice-President JD Vance appeared receptive to adjusting immigration strategy after the midterms, suggesting focus on businesses hiring illegal labour. But the White House's posture hardened after Miller's promotion on Friday.
“I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement - by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labour, for instance.”
ICE targets increased daily arrests
Immigration and Customs Enforcement sources told CBS that officials have been instructed to aim for about two thousand seven hundred arrests of illegal immigrants per day, an increase from an earlier two thousand daily target.
“ICE is NOT backing away or slowing down.”
The bottom line
Trump's administration rejected calls to soften its immigration stance after midterm losses, promoting immigration hawk Stephen Miller to chief of staff and instructing ICE to increase daily arrest targets.
