Overview

• While accepting a DVF award in Venice for prison reform work, Kim Kardashian said ICE operations are sweeping up hardworking people who helped build the country.
• Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin publicly rebuked Kardashian as misinformed and said recent Los Angeles operations targeted violent criminals.
• White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson said the president is keeping his promise to deport criminal illegal aliens despite celebrity criticism.
• Department of Homeland Security data cited in coverage show nearly 200,000 deportations since January, reflecting an intensified enforcement campaign.
• Kardashian said she will continue pressing clemency and reform with any administration, pointing to prior successes including Alice Johnson’s pardon and Chris Young’s commutation.