Border Patrol to move away from sweeping raids as support for Trump's mass deportation policy tanks: report

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Saturday 13 December 2025 11:56 EST


The U.S. Border Patrol is reportedly shifting away from sweeping immigration raids, such as those at Home Depot and other locations, to make operations more tailored to specific individuals, according to a report. Under senior Border Patrol officer Gregory Bovino, teams will begin focusing their attention on specific targets, including undocumented immigrants convicted of serious crimes, Homeland Security sources told NewsNation.

Since enforcement operations began, the administration claims it is targeting “the worst of the worst,” but government data indicate less than 30 percent of those detained or deported had a criminal conviction.

Instead, the administration has been conducting raids at locations where larger populations of undocumented immigrants live or work. Among those rounded up and deported have been veterans of the U.S. military, the parents of U.S. citizen children, students on visas, and hundreds of thousands of others.

As a result, President Donald Trump’s approval rating on immigration has sunk from 49 percent in April to 38 percent in December, according to an AP-NORC poll.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/border-patrol-immigration-raids-b2883954.html

[wcmagumba]

1. Who woulda thunk that people don't like this stuff...

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Because the US is suddenly short about 45,000 construction laborers

and Home Depot sales are tanking. Gee, I wonder why CBP is backing off and who told them to do so?

[DBoon]

3. I hope this story is true

Focusing on individuals convicted of non-immigration crimes is the right thing to do.

[BidenRocks]

16. Like Obama and Biden did it.

High deportation rate but no drama.
Individual dignity was preserved.

Chump is about power.

[DBoon]

17. and don't deport immigrants who have been here 20 years, working hard and raising a family

[Lovie777]

4. On a man that .....

Paul …..

[NJCher]

5. I said

this will be a big relief if it is true, however, read the rest of the story.

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However, in a statement to The Independent, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security appeared to contradict NewsNation’s report, saying, “We have always been going after the worst of the worst first. There are no operational changes to announce.”

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[J_William_Ryan]

6. "Focusing on individuals convicted of non-immigration crimes is the right thing to do."

Provided those detained are afforded comprehensive due process.

[NJCher]

18. since you won't go to the article

I'll bring the article to you:

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Under senior Border Patrol officer Gregory Bovino, teams will begin focusing their attention on specific targets, including undocumented immigrants convicted of serious crimes, Homeland Security sources told NewsNation.

Since enforcement operations began, the administration claims it is targeting “the worst of the worst,” but government data indicate less than 30 percent of those detained or deported had a criminal conviction.

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They had a criminal conviction, which means they went through the system. It is not specified if they failed to serve their time, but I doubt that they did because if convicted and sentenced, they are taken directly to prison.

So are you saying that people who had a criminal conviction should be detained? What if they served their time? Isn't that double jeopardy?

Furthermore, you didn't read this part either:

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Instead, the administration has been conducting raids at locations where larger populations of undocumented immigrants live or work. Among those rounded up and deported have been veterans of the U.S. military, the parents of U.S. citizen children, students on visas, and hundreds of thousands of others.

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You tell me: how do you focus on "individuals convicted of non-immigration crimes" How would you do that?

[travelingthrulife]

19. They have never once gone into a high crime area.

Lots of rabid puppies to kill, right?

[speak easy]

7. The AP-NORC poll has Trump approval at 36%, not 38%

[BumRushDaShow]

10. It's 38% specifically for "Immigration" (as noted in the article, which pulled out that category)

From here - https://apnorc.org/projects/trumps-approval-rating-slips-on-the-economy-and-immigration/

[travelingthrulife]

20. Republicans are seriously stupid people.

[EarthFirst]

8. So logically that would mean that a budget as robust as they've been appropriated will be reigned in?

…fewer enforcement actions require fewer resources.

Right?

[mopinko]

9. the part where these ice recruits have more

criminal convictions than the ppl they’re snatching is starting to sink in.

[Fiendish Thingy]

11. How are they going to meet Pee Wee German's quotas

Stevie isn’t gonna be happy

[NickB79]

12. If they were going after the worst of the worst, there'd be a lot of dead ICE agents by now

Hardened criminals would be engaging in shootouts daily.

[travelingthrulife]

21. Laughable, isn't it?

They have never gone after criminals.

[hookaleft]

13. they are fucking liars

they are not going to stop

[Wonder Why]

14. Interpretation: "If we have smaller operations, we'll attract fewer protesters"

[KPN]

15. Operation Rescue 2026 ... f'ing idiots (consider

that a euphemism).

[Deminpenn]

22. President Miller won't approve

of this at all.