When Immigration Enforcement Reaches Trump’s Own Supporters
Milo Yiannopoulos loudly supported President Trump’s immigration crackdown. Now he has been deported to Britain after overstaying his visa and failing to attend an immigration hearing.
Washington Post columnist Jim Geraghty focuses on the obvious irony—but also makes a broader point. Some supporters of mass deportation begin questioning the policy when ICE detains someone they know or like.
The column asks whether immigration enforcement should concentrate on dangerous criminals rather than families, workers and longtime residents who pose no threat. It is much easier to support a sweeping policy in the abstract than to accept what it does to actual people.