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Trump Tells DHS Chief to Work With Democrats on Immigration Reform
Confirmed
In Short: President Donald Trump has instructed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to work with Democrats on immigration reform, but the administration remains opposed to amnesty.
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President Trump says his immigration policy may be too extreme. CBS New York
In an interview with CBS News' '60 Minutes,' Trump acknowledged that his deportation policy was too aggressive and expressed willingness to collaborate with Democrats on immigration issues.
The midterms highlighted voters' disaffection toward the administration's hard-line immigration enforcement activities, leading Trump to shift his tone on deportations.
Meanwhile, federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C., home as part of a criminal investigation into her immigration paperwork.
President Trump announced that Stephen Miller, the architect of the hard-line immigration and deportation program, will become White House chief of staff, a move seen as a shift back to more stringent immigration policies.
Miller, who was deputy chief of staff, has been key in shaping many of Trump's controversial policies, particularly on immigration.
What this adds
The investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar's immigration paperwork is focused on documents completed by her late father when she was a child.
The shift in tone on immigration enforcement and the appointment of Stephen Miller as chief of staff suggest a potential conflict between the executive and legislative branches over immigration policy.
What's confirmed
- WASHINGTON — Federal agents searched the Washington, D.C., area home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., early Monday as part of a criminal investigation into her immigration paperwork.
What's still developing
- Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents could enter polling places to make arrests this November, raising fresh concerns about the Trump administration contemplating actions that federal law has long prohibited.
- DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin discusses Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and a number of Democrats’ calls for immigration reform on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’ President Donald Trump has encouraged Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to work with Democrats who have reached out about immigration reform, but the administration has not discussed changing its enforcement policies and remains opposed to amnesty, Mullin reportedly said Monday.
- The investigation focuses on immigration documents completed by Omar’s late father when she was a child.
- The chief-of-staff change came three days after Republicans were demolished in Trump’s final midterm election, with House Democrats on pace for the largest majority in over a decade and at least a 54-seat Senate majority come January.
- Credit: Gwynne Hogan, The City Reporter A federal immigration officer in The Bronx shot a man Thursday afternoon, according to police, eyewitnesses and the Department of Homeland Security.
- Myanmar nationals who were sent back from Malaysia gather at a temple for their registration processes with immigration officials Sunday, Oct.
- White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is exiting the White House, President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Friday.
- The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI), which monitors the Home Office’s management of borders, immigration, and customs, has asked digital rights nonprofit Open Rights Group (ORG) to share more information on the tools as it draws up plans for the topics it will inspect next year, campaigner Sara Alsherif tells WIRED.
- The immigration and law enforcement authority started piloting these tools in late 2024 as the Labour government tried to clear a backlog of around 100,000 asylum cases, while staying on top of the tens of thousands of new applications the UK receives each year.
- Just days after the Republican Party's resounding defeat in the midterm elections, U.S. President Donald Trump is replacing his top political adviser, chief of staff Susie Wiles, with immigration hardliner Stephen Miller.