Vance Sets The Record Straight On Mass Deportations

Vice President JD Vance moved to defend the administration's immigration enforcement after confusing reports about Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deportation guidance. The Daily Wire had reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were instructed to stop arresting illegal immigrants without criminal charges or convictions. The account drew anger, and DHS responded that "no one is off the table.", according to Daily Caller.

Speaking to Vince Coglianese, who hosts the VINCE podcast and serves as the Daily Caller's editorial director, Vance said in an exclusive conversation that "nobody who has come into the United States illegally should remain in the United States." He acknowledged that the guidance was issued but argued it does not describe the government's broader approach. In his telling, the trouble came from people leaking internal policy papers to journalists. Vance explained that an agent able to remove only one person in a day will naturally choose a violent offender over someone with no violent record, and he called that a matter of allocating scarce resources rather than a statement of overall policy.

Vance also described the scale of the task. By his count, more than 10 million people crossed into the country illegally during the final years of the Biden administration, and he said another 15 or 20 million were already living in the United States beyond that group. He presented these numbers as the backdrop for the progress the administration says it is making on removals.

Summarized by PolitiKool from Daily Caller’s reporting. Read the full story at Daily Caller →