Overview

• President Trump’s administration reaffirmed a strict “no amnesty” policy and daily arrest targets for unauthorized immigrants, says DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
• Nearly all House Republicans voted for legislation to scale up mass deportation operations this year.
• Rep. Chip Roy privately lobbied DHS on behalf of an immigrant he described as “a good guy” to prevent his removal.
• House Majority Leader Steve Scalise secured a second review of an Iranian woman who has lived in the U.S. for 47 years and is married to an American citizen.
• These interventions highlight tensions between federal enforcement mandates and local political pressures on Republican representatives.