Thread: Scoop: White House tells House Republicans to stop talking about mass deportations 5

Scoop: White House tells House Republicans to stop talking about mass deportations

March 10, 2026

5 hours ago -

• Kate Santaliz,
• Marc Caputo

President Trump speaks to lawmakers during the Republican Members Issues Conference at Trump National Doral Miami on March 9. Photo: Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images

DORAL, FL — White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair privately urged House Republicans on Tuesday to stop emphasizing "mass deportations" and instead focus their messaging on removing violent criminals, according to sources in the closed-door briefing.
Why it matters: Mass deportations were central to the GOP's 2024 campaign message.

• Nearly half — 49% — of Americans say Trump's mass deportation campaign is too aggressive, including 1 in 5 voters who backed the president in 2024, a Politico poll from January found.

State of play: Blair delivered the message during a policy listening session with House Republicans at their annual retreat in Doral, Florida.

• He encouraged members to focus on deporting violent offenders rather than defending the broader concept of mass removals.
• The advice signals a recalibration by the White House — and reflects growing concern among some Republicans that Democrats are successfully framing Trump's immigration policy as overly sweeping and indiscriminate.

The big picture: Immigration enforcement has been a defining issue for Trump and congressional Republicans, and was a central pillar of their 2024 campaign message.

• The administration has leaned heavily into aggressive enforcement actions in its first year.

• But the killing of two U.S. citizens this year in Minneapolis and reports of U.S. citizens being detained have complicated the politics.

What's next: House Republicans are meeting this week to map out their legislative agenda and strategy for keeping the majority in November's midterms.

• Blair also told members to go out and find "real Americans" to highlight wins in the GOP's sweeping legislative package passed last summer

https://www.axios.com/2026/03/10/whi...s-deportations

If they wanted to deport illegals all they really need to do is stop funding them here in the U.S.

Eliminate their FREE medical care, housing, education, food assistance, etc.

It should be obvious after a year or more has passed that the intention is to keep the illegals here in the U.S. for "other purposes."

Pray that Americans are safe from the continuous vehicle accidents and other attacks that have killed and wounded so many.

Just scroll through Alipac's Americans Killed by Illegals forum to read about these ... So sad.

James Blair

@JamesBlairUSA

It’s very simple:Republicans want to keep deporting the violent/criminal illegals that Joe Biden & the Democrats in Congress let in.Democrats want to shield them from deportation, which is why they unanimously support sanctuary cities.Republicans will get the violent criminals out. Democrats will throw the border back open. Choose accordingly.

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Immigration Accountability Project Action


@iaproject


Republicans want ALL illegal aliens deported. That means mass deportations.

John R.


@scalpsandall


We want them all gone, James. I want the drywallers who loiter around the gas station at 5 am and clog everything up because the cashier can't understand them gone. I want the farmhand who works for $12/hr and no benefits because the taxpayer shells out for his kids' education, health care, and housing. I want them all gone, violent or not. I want my country back.

Mike

@LU7AN

The signs said “MASS DEPORTATIONS NOW!” They did not say “deport only the violent ones now.”Also, every single illegal is a criminal. They became criminals when they illegally entered or overstayed in our country.

Cats without Borders


@russ62960450




Uh; wrong, James. All 100-150M must go. All means ALL. Every single illegal/fake/asylee/chain migrator/anchor baby who entered the country since Bush, Sr, NOT only the 20-25M who came here under Biden.DENATURALIZE and MASS DEPORT.

Jack Posobiec


@JackPosobiec



Build The Wall Deport Them All!