WASHINGTON—President Trump is seeking to lower the profile of his mass deportation effort, and has directed his top advisers to adopt a new approach on one of his central campaign promises, according to people familiar with the matter.

In conversations with top advisers and his wife Melania, Trump has become convinced that some of his administration’s deportation policies have gone too far, and voters don’t like the term “mass deportation.” The president has told them he wants to see more attention on arresting “bad guys” and less chaos in American cities, according to people familiar with the matter.

The desire for an immigration reset is being driven in part by Trump’s White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, who believes the president’s immigration team has turned one of his marquee issues into more of a challenging issue ahead of the midterms, the people said. As a result, the administration is attempting to change not only how it talks about the issue—but also what actual enforcement looks like on the ground.

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https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-told-inner-circle-some-mass-deportation-policies-went-too-far-01518550?mod=mhp

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Virtually everything that you've done so far in this term has gone too far Don, your policies have become so extreme they can only be associated with a dictator or a fascist.

If you are concerned now it's only because of PR, and fear of getting slaughtered in the midterms and becoming doubly and impotent. Most of us know it would have nothing to do with the well-being and the welfare of hard-working honest immigrants, who made a life in America, and contributed to the well-being of the nation.

You are a massive loser Don and you are absolutely gutter trash.

On so many things Trump has NOT gone far enough.

Deportations is one of them.

2 hours ago, FlorC said:

On so many things Trump has NOT gone far enough.

Deportations is one of them.

Notice how the Fentanyl Numbers are down. He should finish them off, Spec Ops can try their new rifles.

Notice that how sharply opioid deaths were already declining before Trump took office?

https://www.kff.org/mental-health/opioid-overdose-deaths-national-trends-and-variation-by-demographics-and-states/

53 minutes ago, Alan Zweibel said:

Notice that how sharply opioid deaths were already declining before Trump took office?

https://www.kff.org/mental-health/opioid-overdose-deaths-national-trends-and-variation-by-demographics-and-states/

Yeah cutting off supply has nothing to do with the death rate. Hows that closed border treating you?

1 minute ago, Yagoda said:

Yeah cutting off supply has nothing to do with the death rate. Hows that closed border treating you?

Are you denying that opiod fatalities had already been declining sharply before Trump took office? The trend continued under Trump. But it didn't start with him.

https://usafacts.org/answers/how-much-fentanyl-is-seized-at-us-borders/country/united-states/

6 minutes ago, Alan Zweibel said:

Are you denying that opiod fatalities had already been declining sharply before Trump took office? The trend continued under Trump. But it didn't start with him.

https://usafacts.org/answers/how-much-fentanyl-is-seized-at-us-borders/country/united-states/

Whats your stupid point.

6 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Whats your stupid point.

Maybe if you had contemplated the graph and read the article you wouldn't be asking such a stupid question. The stuff is mostly coming in at legal ports of entry. Not being sneaked over other portions of the border.. What's more, It's coming in vehicles mostly driven by Americans. It's got nothing to do with illegal immigration.

"According to a 2023 report from the Department of Homeland Security, most fentanyl is primarily found and seized from vehicles driven by US citizens at official ports of entry. In January 2026, 84.6% of all confiscated fentanyl was intercepted at these official entry points."

https://usafacts.org/answers/how-much-fentanyl-is-seized-at-us-borders/country/united-states/

3 minutes ago, Alan Zweibel said:

The stuff is mostly coming in at legal ports of entry. Not being sneaked over other portions of the border..

Well duh, the border is closed LOL. Where else they gonna bring it?

4 minutes ago, Alan Zweibel said:

What's more, It's coming in vehicles mostly driven by Americans.

Of course it does, the cartel cant send its illegal alien mules across the desert any more LOL

9 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Well duh, the border is closed LOL. Where else they gonna bring it?

Of course it does, the cartel cant send its illegal alien mules across the desert any more LOL

9 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Well duh, the border is closed LOL. Where else they gonna bring it?

Of course it does, the cartel cant send its illegal alien mules across the desert any more LOL

Well, duh, if you understood the simple graph I posted, you would have noted that the imbalance is present in every year starting in 2019.

A friendly piece of advice. You might want to think twice about using "duh". As you can see, it sometimes comes back to bite you

1 hour ago, Alan Zweibel said:

Well, duh, if you understood the simple graph I posted, you would have noted that the imbalance is present in every year starting in 2019.

A friendly piece of advice. You might want to think twice about using "duh". As you can see, it sometimes comes back to bite you

Got it. Trump bad

4 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Got it. Trump bad

More dishonesty from you. You claimed that the border being closed was responsible for ports of entry predominating in drug smuggling. That was false.

4 minutes ago, Alan Zweibel said:

More dishonesty from you. You claimed that the border being closed was responsible for ports of entry predominating in drug smuggling. That was false.

Got it LOL. Convince yourself?

Too little, too late. Trump's screwed come the midterms.

Instead of the term "mass deportations", Trump should have used something less evocative, such as "assisted departures".

Or taken a page out of Thailand's book. "Good guys in, bad guys out." 🙂