#law-and-order-politics

#law-and-order-politics

It's been reasonably clear for a while that immigration and crime are Donald Trump's two best (relatively speaking) issues in a second-term agenda that is generally quite unpopular. These are also issues that tend to excite the MAGA base, particularly since the Trump-Vance campaign relentlessly combined them during the 2024 presidential election to suggest America was drowning in an immigrant-driven national crime wave.

John Oliver took aim at President Donald Trump's White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller on Last Week Tonight Sunday branding him a f*cking loser that even white supremacists must be embarrassed by, after the top aide's speech to police officers in Memphis last week. John Oliver slams Stephen Miller for his unhinged Memphis speech: "What a fucking loser. White supremacy has to be embarrassed. This is your champion?" pic.twitter.com/imiRTkLQ9T Blue Georgia (@BlueATLGeorgia) October 6, 2025

The Trump administration has controversially deployed federal agents in several U.S. cities, including Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Chicago, claiming it was necessary to fight crime. Local and state officials have publicly denounced the federal crackdown, but thus far the elected representatives from these areas speaking out in opposition have been mostly Democrats like D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.