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DHS, White House Rebuke Kim Kardashian Over Critique of Trump’s ICE Raids

In Venice, she denounced large-scale removals, with DHS reporting nearly 200,000 deportations since Trump’s return.

Overview

  • Kardashian told reporters in Venice that ongoing ICE operations are hurting hardworking people, saying the impact includes people she and her friends know.
  • She spoke ahead of receiving a DVF award for criminal-justice advocacy, presented by Chris Young, whose life sentence was commuted in 2021 after her appeal to the Trump White House.
  • Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin called Kardashian “misinformed and detached,” asserting that recent removals target murderers, rapists, gang members and child sex offenders.
  • White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson said President Trump is carrying out his promise to deport criminal illegal immigrants, dismissing celebrity criticism.
  • Kardashian said she would engage any administration to pursue clemency and prison-reform cases, continuing efforts that have included Alice Johnson and support for the Menendez brothers.