THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

Stephen Miller Rages Wildly at Low Arrests—and Wrecks a Big Trump Scam

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Jul 11, 2025
Todd Schulte, President of FWD.us, discusses the chaos surrounding Stephen Miller's aggressive immigration policies. He reveals how Miller’s insistence on high arrest quotas is demoralizing ICE agents, diverting them from serious criminals to low-level offenders. Schulte shines a light on the absurdity of prioritizing deportations over public safety and calls out the cruelty of extremist views promoted through memes. He emphasizes the need for compassionate immigration reform and urges communities to take action against harmful policies.
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Stephen Miller's Arrest Quotas Backfire and Reveal Trump's Real Immigration Agenda

Stephen Miller is demanding ICE hit extreme daily arrest quotas targeting low-level immigrants, causing morale among ICE officials to plummet. Instead of focusing on dangerous criminals, ICE agents are forced to prioritize peaceful immigrants like day laborers and carpenters, which even ICE insiders see as harmful to public safety.

This reveals Trump’s immigration policy as primarily about maximizing deportation numbers rather than genuine security. The mass arrest strategy diverts law enforcement resources away from serious threats and fuels chaos and misery for immigrant communities.

Todd Schulte highlights how this approach lacks popular support and emphasizes the need for legal pathways to help immigrants earn status, which would restore dignity and reduce cycles of fear and enforcement. The episode also exposes how hateful propaganda and memes from MAGA supporters deepen societal division while the majority of Americans sympathize with immigrant families.

The conversation underscores the urgency for collective resistance and political efforts to stop the expansion of deportation machinery funded by billions in government spending.

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Miller's Arrest Quotas Exposed

  • Stephen Miller demands ICE to arrest thousands daily, focusing on low-level immigrants instead of serious criminals.
  • This reveals Trump's mass deportation agenda aims to expel as many peaceful immigrants as possible, not public safety.
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Arrest Quotas Harm Safety

  • Arrest quotas harm public safety by diverting resources from serious crimes.
  • More incarcerations don't reduce crime, but prioritizing deportation numbers worsens community safety.
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