The U. S. government will speed up efforts to review the immigration status of “every single person added to this country over the last four years,” Stephen Miller, a senior adviser to Donald Trump, said on Wednesday. “What you heard from President Trump, the breaking news here tonight, is that his government is going to accelerate efforts to review every single person added to this country over the last four years,” he told Fox News, estimatng that would amount to 20 million migrants. The undocumented immigrant population in the United States reached 14 million in 2023, according to nonpartisan think tank Pew Research Center. President Donald Trump said earlier on Wednesday that individuals who arrived in the U. S. from Afghanistan during the Biden administration should have their status “reexamined.” Trump spoke after it emerged two West Virginia National Guard members deployed in Washington, D. C., had been shot and injured, with an Afghan national named as the suspect. “We must now reexamine every single alien who has entered our country from Afghanistan under Biden and we must take all necessary measures to ensure the removal of any alien from the country who does not belong here, or add benefit to our country. If they can’t love our country, we don’t want them,” President Trump said. Rahmanullah Lakanwal entered the U. S. in 2021 under Operation Allies Welcome, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said. Lakamal was granted asylum earlier this year under the Trump administration, according to reports from several outlets. Miller added: “Now if you’re an illegal you’re out automatically, but everybody else who was brought here refugee-, asylum- status whatever status, as he said, if you’re not someone who loves this country if you’re not any benefit to this country wer’e going to send you out of this country.” Thousands of Afghans entered the U. S. after the U. S. withdrawal and the Taliban regaining control in 2021. Many had worked with American forces as interpreters and support staff and were considered at risk of persecution under the new Taliban government. This is a developing story; updates to follow.
https://www.newsweek.com/millions-migrants-right-to-remain-united-states-reviewed-white-house-11118458
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‘No words’: Expert horrified as Trump deports woman victimized by domestic abuse
The Trump administration left an immigration expert floored after deporting a woman who had gone to the police to secure justice against her husband for leveling death threats—despite Congress having created a visa program explicitly to protect people in that precise situation.
The case, originally reported by the Los Angeles Times, concerns an undocumented woman known only as “Carmen.” Carmen’s abusive husband came home drunk one night last summer. He pounded and kicked the door, threatening to kill her as her young son watched in horror. She called the police and eventually obtained a restraining order.
Months later, he returned and beat her again. Police intervened once more, and he was eventually deported, reported Rachel Uranga.
Thinking she had finally escaped his cruelty, Carmen applied for what is known as a U-Visa. This visa provides crime victims a way to stay in the United States legally.
However, according to the report, her application was left to gather dust. During a regular immigration check-in in June, Carmen was detained. Two months later, she was put on a plane with her 8-year-old son, who had just completed second grade. She was headed to her home country, terrified that her husband would find her.
Carmen is one of several deportees represented by a group of lawyers who, in October, sued the Trump administration in the Central District of California. The lawsuit challenges the detention and deportation of survivors with pending visa applications, some of whom have already been granted status to stay—and sometimes work—in the United States.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-deportation-2674261236/
Immigration column missed some key points | Letter
Jim Fossel’s Oct. 10 column on immigration (“Democrats’ inaction on immigration is coming home to roost”) presents a very one-sided view of the issue. While he may have a point that Democrats didn’t do enough to stem the flow of undocumented immigrants, he overlooks President Trump’s lack of interest in solving the problem.
Trump actively torpedoed a bipartisan solution because it would have deprived him of a political talking point. Fossel claims that Democrats didn’t object when President Obama deported large numbers of immigrants, but there is a significant difference in how those deportations were carried out. Obama did not turn deportation into a cruel media spectacle.
It is not widely known that Obama deported more than 5 million people. According to the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), Obama focused on “the deportation of criminals and recent unauthorized border crossers.” MPI also reports that both the Clinton and second Bush administrations deported many more immigrants than Obama did.
In contrast, Trump’s Department of Homeland Security says it will deport around 600,000 people this year—about one-eighth the number that Obama deported in four years and roughly a quarter of the rate under Clinton and Bush.
Trump campaigned on removing violent criminals. If that had been his actual focus, there would likely be far less objection. Especially if deportations were not carried out by masked agents forcibly detaining people off the street simply because they appear nervous. As regional Chief Border Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino noted, “Who wouldn’t be nervous if approached by people with guns and no identification?”
Trump’s approach to immigration, much like his overall style of governing, is marked by shock and awe. Fossel should acknowledge that Trump’s methods may be no more effective than those of his predecessors in both parties.
https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/10/26/immigration-column-missed-some-key-points-letter/