Overview
- DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin has publicly affirmed that ICE operations and deportations will continue under the administration.
- President Trump acknowledged in a televised interview that his immigration policies had been “too harsh” even as he appointed Stephen Miller to be White House chief of staff.
- Analysts say Miller’s promotion makes a rollback unlikely and predict a shift from large, public raids to more targeted, lower‑profile operations to keep detention and removal numbers high.
- Cities and local officials are already pushing back, with Houston’s Executive Order EO 1‑74 limiting police cooperation with ICE and Democratic lawmakers preparing committee hearings to scrutinize raids.
- Miller’s record — including pressure on ICE for high daily arrest targets and broad sweeps that caught noncriminal migrants — explains why activists, local leaders and some voters worry the policy will continue to cause community harm and political fallout.