Trump pledges a sweeping immigration crackdown in 2026 with billions in new funding to expand workplace raids, detention capacity, and overall enforcement, signaling a sharpened approach to border control.

The plan widens enforcement to more workplaces and increases presence in major cities, with collaboration with private companies to locate undocumented migrants and a focus on economically important facilities like farms and factories.

Officials frame the expansion as necessary for national security and border control, while critics warn of rights violations, due process concerns, and militarization of neighborhoods.

Analysts warn the job-site focus could influence the economy and inflation dynamics ahead of elections, as debates over employer pushback against stricter enforcement emerge.

Local elections reflect immigration policy discontent, such as a Democratic mayoral win in Miami seen as a reaction to federal actions.

Broader political risks for the Republican Party grow as public sentiment turns more critical of aggressive immigration measures.

Homeland Security recalls actions, including large-scale raids, and notes a program offering $2,500 to minors for voluntary return, raising concerns about coercion and due process.

Public backlash rises ahead of the 2026 midterms as civil rights and due process concerns surge, with Trump’s immigration policy approval dropping to roughly 41%.

Actions include tightening status by revoking protections for Haitian, Venezuelan, and Afghan immigrants and aiming to remove up to one million unauthorized entrants annually, though actual deportations trail this target.

Past raids showed focus on high-profile actions, with farms and labor-intensive sites historically avoided; the new approach signals broader, more frequent enforcement.

The administration seeks roughly $170 billion in ICE and Border Patrol funding through 2029, enabling thousands more agents, new detention facilities, expanded custody, and private-sector partnerships to locate non-status individuals.

Officials anticipate continued deportations and tougher enforcement, including more arrests in local jails and partnerships with outside firms to track people lacking legal status, marking a broad enforcement surge.