President Donald Trump's allies have formed a new lobbying group, the Mass Deportation Coalition, to press the administration to broaden its immigration crackdown and resume aggressive enforcement operations targeting undocumented immigrants nationwide.
The coalition, made up of longtime Trump allies, conservative policy groups and immigration restrictionist organizations, is urging the White House to move beyond a strategy focused primarily on deporting violent offenders and instead prioritize removing all migrants in the country without legal status.
Members argue that limiting enforcement to violent criminals reflects what they describe as a failed approach used by previous administrations, according to the coalition's website. Mark Morgan, former acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection under Trump and a member of the coalition, told Politico that focusing only on gang members, terrorists or violent offenders is "a Clinton-Obama-Biden policy" that has "historically been a disastrous failure."
The group includes figures and organizations close to Trump's political network, including Erik Prince, the former Blackwater CEO, and conservative think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation, the Federation for American Immigration Reform, American Moment and the Claremont Institute.
To support its push, the coalition commissioned polling conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, a firm that has worked on Trump's presidential campaigns. The survey found that 66 percent of likely 2026 voters support deporting migrants who entered the United States illegally, while 58 percent support deporting all deportable migrants, not only those convicted of violent crimes.
Among Trump's 2024 voters, 87% said they supported exceeding the largest deportation effort in U.S. history, the campaign carried out during the Eisenhower administration in the 1950s. The poll also found 74% would be more likely to support Republican congressional candidates in 2026 if deportations surpassed one million that year.
"Overwhelmingly, Trump voters expect this from the administration," said Chris Chmielenski, president of the Immigration Accountability Project, which helped organize the coalition. "They don't just support it, they expect it."
The coalition's effort comes as the administration has shifted its public messaging on immigration enforcement following the deaths of two U.S. citizens during ICE operations in Minnesota earlier this year. Officials have since emphasized targeting violent criminals and made leadership changes at the Department of Homeland Security.
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson denied that the administration's policy had changed in a statement to Politico, saying the president's priority remains deporting "illegal alien criminals who endanger American communities."
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