The Trump administration’s decision to greenlight such tactics might seem like an act of desperation — unable to stem the tide of undocumented immigration by conventional means, the White House is resorting to radical ones. The Wall Street Journal suggests that it was Trump’s failure to exceed “the number of daily deportations carried out by the Biden administration in its final year” that led Stephen Miller to give ICE its new, draconian marching orders. Unable to generate flashy deportation statistics by turning away new arrivals at the border, the administration has opted to ramp up enforcement against law-abiding, long-time US residents throughout the country — and to do so in a violent and seemingly lawless manner.
Author: Eric Levitz
Published at: 2025-06-11 21:07:24
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