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How Trump’s deportation campaign has changed tack after deep unpopularity

The Guardian · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · · 1054 words · By Roque Planas
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What to know about How Trump’s deportation campaign has changed tack after deep unpopularity

Throughout last year, Donald Trump delivered on his signature campaign promise of mass deportation in draconian and theatrical style.

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What happened

Throughout last year, Donald Trump delivered on his signature campaign promise of mass deportation in draconian and theatrical style.

Why it matters

Hardline figures such as Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, and Gregory Bovino, the border patrol commander, became the face of Trump’s crackdown, defending a strategy of large-scale raids that sent immigration agents flooding into US cities,…

Common ground

Then in January, immigration officers killed two US citizens, Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, in a matter of three weeks.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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Claim 1: “ICE has historically relied on teaming up with local law enforcement agencies to transfer unauthorized immigrants from jails.”
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Claim 2: “Immigration officers killed two US citizens, Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, in a matter of three weeks.”
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Claim 3: “The Trump administration fired 100 immigration judges last year, then brought in military lawyers to temporarily fill gaps.”
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Claim 4: “Hardline figures such as Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, and Gregory Bovino, the border patrol commander, became the face of Trump’s crackdown.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gregory Kent Bovino (born March 27, 1970) is a United States Border Patrol officer who served as the commander-at-large of the Border Patrol from October 2025 to January 2026. Bovino graduated from We…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem ( NOHM; née Arnold; born November 30, 1971) is an American politician who served as the eighth United States secretary of homeland security from 2025 to 2026. A member of the R…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the second presidency of Donald Trump during the first quarter of 2026, from January 1, 2026, to March 31, 2026. To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Donald…
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Claim 5: “The biggest bottleneck for the Trump administration is a lack of immigration judges to deal with the backlog of nearly 4m cases.”
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Claim 6: “Donald Trump delivered on his signature campaign promise of mass deportation in draconian and theatrical style.”
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Claim 7: “The New York Times analysis places the number of immigrants removed by ICE from within the US at 230,000 – the highest since 2009.”
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Claim 8: “ICE has more than doubled the number of its officers since 2024.”
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Claim 9: “The daily average immigration arrests fell 11% to 1,115 in February after peaking at about 1,300 two months prior.”
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Claim 10: “Democratic members of Congress blocked funding for the Department of Homeland Security for more than a month.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Two shutdowns of the U.S. federal government have occurred in 2026, both arising from disputes in Congress about reforms to federal immigration enforcement after the killing of Alex Pretti by Customs …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States secretary of homeland security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the federal department tasked with border control, counterterrorism and other aspects…
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