Miller floated plan to embed ICE agents in refugee agency



https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/475572-stephen-miller-floated-plan-to-embed-ice-agents-in-refugee-agency

The White House this month tried to plant immigration enforcement officials in the refugee agency that oversees unaccompanied migrant children, according to The Washington Post.

The plan, which was crafted by Stephen Miller, President Trump’s top immigration adviser who has advocated for some of the White House’s most hardline policies, is part of an ongoing effort to obtain information from the children’s parents and relatives to target them for deportation, six current and former administration officials told The Post.

Senior officials at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ultimately rejected the attempt but did allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to collect fingerprints and other biometric information from parents trying to collect their children at government shelters, the newspaper reported. If the adults were determined to be ineligible to take custody of the children, the agents could then use the information they gathered to target them for arrest and deportation.

The Post reports the arrangement appeared to violate laws that prevent the use of refugee programs for deportation enforcement, but Trump administration officials maintain that adults who are denied custody of their children lose their status as “potential sponsors” and are eligible for arrest.

Donald J. Trump
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A total Witch Hunt!

10:30 PM · Dec 20, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

The Associated Press
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· Dec 19
BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin says U.S. President Donald Trump's impeachment is far-fetched and predicts the U.S. Senate will reject it. http://apne.ws/QSginnX

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1208228299119439878

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

Nancy Pelosi is looking for a Quid Pro Quo with the Senate. Why aren’t we Impeaching her?
4:28 PM · Dec 20, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1208137095270862848

Making the party switch official on Thursday, Van Drew appeared alongside the president in the Oval Office. Trump officially endorsed Van Drew for his re-election and celebrated having a turncoat.

Van Drew, in response, made a staggeringly obsequious gesture to the president.

“You have my undying support, always,” Van Drew told Trump.

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Katherine Faulders of ABC News later asked Van Drew about his pledge of “undying” support for Trump, and the New Jersey Congressman tried to deny it.

“I don’t know if I said… did I say ‘undying’?” he told her. “I don’t think it was ‘undying.’ I usually don’t speak that way. I said, I think, ‘You have my support.’ And he does.”

However, he did clearly say “undying” to the president. It was on tape.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/ex-democratic-lawmaker-hilariously-backpedals-after-pledging-his-undying-support-to-trump/

Donald J. Trump
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A far left magazine, or very “progressive,” as some would call it, which has been doing poorly and hasn’t been involved with the Billy Graham family for many years, Christianity Today, knows nothing about reading a perfect transcript of a routine phone call and would rather.....

7:12 AM · Dec 20, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1207997316424187905

Donald J. Trump
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....have a Radical Left nonbeliever, who wants to take your religion & your guns, than Donald Trump as your President. No President has done more for the Evangelical community, and it’s not even close. You’ll not get anything from those Dems on stage. I won’t be reading ET again!

7:12 AM · Dec 20, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1207997319821615105

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/us/politics/trump-reacts-to-impeachment.html

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/trumps-advisers-repeatedly-assured-him-for-weeks-nancy-pelosi-wouldnt-have-the-votes-for-impeachment-report/



On Thursday, The New York Times published an analysis of President Donald Trump’s political position in the wake of being impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

One of the key takeaways, according to reporters Peter Baker, Maggie Haberman, Jeremy Peters, and Elaina Plott, is that until the final hours, Trump didn’t really believe he was going to be impeached — because his advisers had been telling him as much.

“For Mr. Trump, the day after found him still a little shellshocked, according to people close to him,” stated the report. “Despite the clear momentum behind impeachment among Democrats in recent weeks, some of Mr. Trump’s advisers tried to convince him — and themselves — that Speaker Nancy Pelosi did not have the votes and might not even bring the articles of impeachment to the floor, despite warnings from the White House director of legislative affairs, Eric Ueland, that the votes were there.”

Per the Times, Trump’s campaign is doing its utmost to capitalize off of the impeachment, with his campaign manager Brad Parscale branding Democrats “traitors” in a fundraising blast and proclaiming, “Let’s make sure they know that we will NEVER FORGET.” But some Republicans are doubtful Trump can politically benefit.