Skip to Main ContentWhite House Wants Republicans To Tone Down Brutal Anti-Immigration Rhetoric: AxiosThe White House is apparently telling Republicans to tone down their harsh anti-immigration rhetoric ahead of the 2026 midterms as the Trump administration’s brutal dragnet approach has proved unpopular with Americans of all political stripes.According to Axios, White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair has been privately spreading the message during House Republicans’ annual retreat in Doral, Florida.Blair is instead reportedly urging allies to focus on the violent offenders the administration has removed from the country instead of "mass deportations."A relatively small fraction of the people targeted by federal immigration officials last year were found to have violent criminal histories, CBS News reported last month.Read more at Axios:See All UpdatesClose