Donald Trump Administration Immigration Policy

The White House told Fox News that "nobody is changing" President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda, responding to an appeal from Angel Mom Angie Morfin as Sen. Markwayne Mullin undergoes confirmation to lead the Department of Homeland Security. Morfin, whose 13‑year‑old son Ruben was murdered in 1990 by Mexican national Ezequiel Mariscal in Salinas, California, urged Mullin to "make sure no other mother has to get the call I did" and said she hopes he will continue to listen to Angel Families. DHS acting assistant secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement that DHS is targeting "dangerous criminal illegal aliens" and that nearly 70% of ICE arrests involve people charged with or convicted of crimes, framing these removals as preventing "another preventable tragedy." White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said Trump’s "highest priority" remains deporting "illegal alien criminals," claiming about 3 million people have left the United States through deportation or self‑deportation and that for nine straight months "zero illegals" have crossed what she called "the most secure border in U.S. history"—figures that come from the administration and are not independently verified in the article. The piece underscores how the administration is using Morfin’s decades‑old case and Angel Family advocacy to publicly justify a hard‑line enforcement posture as DHS leadership is about to change hands.