Coalition of Trump Loyalists Releases Playbook Urging Administration to Target Worksites for Mass Deportations

With the goal of advancing President Donald Trump's plan to carry out the "largest deportation operation in the history of the United States," an organization led by some of his most prominent supporters released a playbook this week outlining plans to surpass 1 million deportations per year.

According to the plan from the Mass Deportation Coalition, first obtained by Politico, the strategy centers its crackdown on illegal immigration at workplaces, which the organization says is where most undocumented immigrants are concentrated.

"There is no chance for a mass deportation program if worksite enforcement is not the centerpiece," the document reads. "Enforcement at scale means focusing on physical areas where illegal aliens are concentrated: worksites."

Other elements of the playbook include recommendations to digitize employment verification processes to block undocumented immigrants from accessing credit, substantially limit asylum requests and deny visas to individuals whose countries refuse to provide travel documents for nationals being removed from the United States.

Formed in February 2026, the Mass Deportation Coalition aims to support Trump's deportation plans and is composed of immigration law and policy experts, as well as former senior and rank-and-file law enforcement officials, who are expected to provide a "permanent support base for mass deportation."

As noted by Politico, among its most prominent members are Mark Morgan, former acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection under Trump, and Erik Prince, former Blackwater CEO and longtime Trump ally who has pitched the White House on privatizing immigration detention operations.

Although the group aligns with Trump's policies, the playbook pushes the administration to adopt a more aggressive approach, arguing for a shift from focusing only on "the worst of the worst" to targeting populations that are "easier to remove," such as deportable individuals with final orders of removal and visa overstays through expanded worksite enforcement.

Despite calls for a more aggressive strategy, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said the Trump administration has not shifted from its original plan.

"Nobody is changing the administration's immigration enforcement agenda," she said in a statement. "President Trump's highest priority has always been the deportation of illegal alien criminals who endanger American communities. As the Department of Homeland Security has repeatedly said, approximately 70 percent of deportations to date have been illegal aliens with criminal records."

Similarly, a DHS spokesperson who spoke to Politico said the agency continues working to meet Trump's deportation targets, adding that 3 million undocumented immigrants left the U.S. during Trump's first year back in office and that enforcement efforts continue to focus on worksites.

"Worksite enforcement remains a cornerstone of our efforts to protect public safety, national security and economic stability while rescuing individuals who may be victims of labor trafficking or exploitation," the spokesperson said. "These operations target illegal employment networks that undermine American workers, destabilize labor markets and threaten American communities."

But according to a report published last month, Trump has shifted from his original strategy amid concerns his crackdown on immigration has gone too far and has urged advisers to refocus enforcement on "criminals" rather than broad mass deportation efforts.

In conversations with senior aides, Trump has emphasized that the administration should prioritize arresting "bad guys" and reduce the visibility of large-scale operations that have drawn public scrutiny. "We've got to focus on the criminals," he told advisers, according to one senior official cited by The Wall Street Journal.

The shift comes as polling shows growing unease with the administration's approach, with a Washington Post/ABC News survey published in February finding 58 percent of Americans believe deportations are "going too far."