Infighting Is Complicating Trump’s Deportation Push

“Pressure from the White House to speed up the pace of deportations has spawned infighting at the Department of Homeland Security over which tactics to use to remove more people from the U.S.,“ the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Longtime immigration officials, led by President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan and Todd Lyons, the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, want to rely on traditional methods including using police research to develop target lists, and to give priority to people with criminal histories…”

“Their approach has collided with that of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and top adviser Corey Lewandowski, who have opted for large, attention-grabbing operations such as the one in Chicago that are meant to push migrants to self-deport.”