Nick Miroff
@nickmiroff.bsky.social
Staff writer @theatlantic.com covering immigration and the Department of Homeland Security.
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Critics couldn’t fathom why Democrats would abandon a seemingly winning hand in the government shutdown, but “this is how the government shutdown was always going to end,” Russell Berman and Jonathan Lemire report.
Why the Democrats Finally Folded
This is how the government shutdown was always going to end.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Critics couldn’t fathom why Democrats would abandon a seemingly winning hand in the government shutdown, but “this is how the government shutdown was always going to end,” Russell Berman and Jonathan Lemire report.
Most of Trump’s deportation campaign is inaccessible because after arrests are made, it is moving quickly, far from public view. For every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about @caitlindickerson.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees
Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Most of Trump’s deportation campaign is inaccessible because after arrests are made, it is moving quickly, far from public view. For every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about @caitlindickerson.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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As Trump’s deportation campaign continues, thousands of detainees with no criminal record are being detained. But “for every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about,” Caitlin Dickerson reports.
The Deportees Whose Stories We’ll Never Know
Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
As Trump’s deportation campaign continues, thousands of detainees with no criminal record are being detained. But “for every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about,” Caitlin Dickerson reports.
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I've been an editor for more than three decades. Of the thousands of pieces I've worked on during that time, this one is among the most astonishing. Please read.
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The Missing Kayaker
What happened to Ryan Borgwardt?
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November 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I've been an editor for more than three decades. Of the thousands of pieces I've worked on during that time, this one is among the most astonishing. Please read.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
NEW New York City—a Democratic stronghold that Donald Trump called home for more than seven decades—has so far largely been spared the president’s wrath. With Zohran Mamdani's victory tonight, that's about to change, @jonlemire.bsky.social writes www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
New York’s Unlikeliest Mayor
Zohran Mamdani surprised everyone, including President Trump.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
NEW New York City—a Democratic stronghold that Donald Trump called home for more than seven decades—has so far largely been spared the president’s wrath. With Zohran Mamdani's victory tonight, that's about to change, @jonlemire.bsky.social writes www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Rahm Emanuel has been a key player in nearly every major victory, defeat, negotiation, controversy, and innovation of the modern Democratic Party. In 2028, is he what Democrats need—or exactly whom they want to leave behind? @ashleyrparker.bsky.social reports:
Rahm Emanuel … For President?
He’d like you to keep an open mind.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Rahm Emanuel has been a key player in nearly every major victory, defeat, negotiation, controversy, and innovation of the modern Democratic Party. In 2028, is he what Democrats need—or exactly whom they want to leave behind? @ashleyrparker.bsky.social reports:
A growing list of senior Trump political appointees—at least six by our count—are now living in military housing, where they are shielded not just from potential violence but also from protest, via @michaelscherer.bsky.social @ashleyrparker.bsky.social Missy Ryan www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A growing list of senior Trump political appointees—at least six by our count—are now living in military housing, where they are shielded not just from potential violence but also from protest, via @michaelscherer.bsky.social @ashleyrparker.bsky.social Missy Ryan www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Bovino un-grounded
#BREAKING The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals puts a hold on Judge Sara Ellis’ order requiring U.S. Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino to appear in court daily.
October 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Bovino un-grounded
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Extremely important reporting from @dgraham.bsky.social in The Atlantic’s latest cover story. (So important that we published it ahead of schedule.)
Must-read, out today: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Must-read, out today: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Coming Election Mayhem
Donald Trump’s plans to throw the 2026 midterms into chaos are already under way.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Extremely important reporting from @dgraham.bsky.social in The Atlantic’s latest cover story. (So important that we published it ahead of schedule.)
Must-read, out today: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Must-read, out today: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Reuters tracked one of the tankers in a "dark fleet" smuggling diesel into Mexico, following a paper trail that led through U.S. businesses and one of the world's deadliest drug cartels.
This is a heck of a story.
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This is a heck of a story.
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October 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Reuters tracked one of the tankers in a "dark fleet" smuggling diesel into Mexico, following a paper trail that led through U.S. businesses and one of the world's deadliest drug cartels.
This is a heck of a story.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
This is a heck of a story.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Trump is trying to pick winners in the shutdown and protect "Republican programs" from the damage. It's not working, @theatlantic.com's Toluse Olorunnipa reports www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump Is Trying—And Failing—To Shield MAGA From the Shutdown
The administration has tried to hurt only “Democrat things.” It’s not that easy.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Trump is trying to pick winners in the shutdown and protect "Republican programs" from the damage. It's not working, @theatlantic.com's Toluse Olorunnipa reports www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
NEW: In an administration that frequently invokes Christian ideas in government work, Pete Hegseth has gone further than anyone else.
Missy Ryan reports on Hegseth’s swerve from Pentagon precedent when it comes to faith and duty.
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Missy Ryan reports on Hegseth’s swerve from Pentagon precedent when it comes to faith and duty.
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Holy Warrior
Pete Hegseth is bringing his fundamentalist interpretation of Christianity into the Pentagon.
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October 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
NEW: In an administration that frequently invokes Christian ideas in government work, Pete Hegseth has gone further than anyone else.
Missy Ryan reports on Hegseth’s swerve from Pentagon precedent when it comes to faith and duty.
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Missy Ryan reports on Hegseth’s swerve from Pentagon precedent when it comes to faith and duty.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Federal agents are staging a massive operation downtown near Canal street. Show of force with reportedly dozens of agents from agencies including ICE, FBI, IRS, DEA, etx
October 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Federal agents are staging a massive operation downtown near Canal street. Show of force with reportedly dozens of agents from agencies including ICE, FBI, IRS, DEA, etx
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More than a third of the recruits at ICE's training academy are failing the personal-fitness test, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports. “It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told Miroff.
ICE’s ‘Athletically Allergic’ Recruits
Push-ups, sit-ups, and a brisk jog pose a threat to Trump’s deportation campaign.
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October 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
More than a third of the recruits at ICE's training academy are failing the personal-fitness test, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports. “It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told Miroff.
SCOOP: more than a third of new recruits at the ICE training academy have failed the personal fitness test -- so many that the agency has had to start pre-screening new hires to weed out what one official called "athletically allergic candidates" www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
A Third of ICE-Academy Recruits Are Failing Out
Push-ups, sit-ups, and a brisk jog pose a threat to Trump’s deportation campaign.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
SCOOP: more than a third of new recruits at the ICE training academy have failed the personal fitness test -- so many that the agency has had to start pre-screening new hires to weed out what one official called "athletically allergic candidates" www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Zelensky went to Washington thinking he was getting Tomahawks. But he was undercut by Putin’s surprise call and summit invitation
Zelensky hoped to build on momentum from Gaza deal to push for an Ukraine ceasefire. But once again he got little from Trump www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Zelensky hoped to build on momentum from Gaza deal to push for an Ukraine ceasefire. But once again he got little from Trump www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
‘Let Them Both Claim Victory’
Donald Trump has boasted that the Ukraine war would be easy to solve. It didn’t look that way today.
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October 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Zelensky went to Washington thinking he was getting Tomahawks. But he was undercut by Putin’s surprise call and summit invitation
Zelensky hoped to build on momentum from Gaza deal to push for an Ukraine ceasefire. But once again he got little from Trump www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Zelensky hoped to build on momentum from Gaza deal to push for an Ukraine ceasefire. But once again he got little from Trump www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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What we're reading: @nickmiroff.bsky.social asks, “Can a deep-blue city fend off Trump’s ICE crackdown?” Read his dispatch from Chicago:
The Conquest of Chicago
Can a deep-blue city fend off Trump’s ICE crackdown?
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October 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
What we're reading: @nickmiroff.bsky.social asks, “Can a deep-blue city fend off Trump’s ICE crackdown?” Read his dispatch from Chicago:
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NEW of all the deep-blue sanctuary cities in America, Chicago is perhaps the biggest trophy for Trump's ICE crackdown. I spent last week with volunteer brigades and officials trying to fend off federal agents, and where everyone worries about escalating violence
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The Conquest of Chicago
Can a deep-blue city fend off Trump’s ICE crackdown?
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October 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
NEW of all the deep-blue sanctuary cities in America, Chicago is perhaps the biggest trophy for Trump's ICE crackdown. I spent last week with volunteer brigades and officials trying to fend off federal agents, and where everyone worries about escalating violence
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www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
NEW: John Bolton has plenty of evidence to argue he is being singled out for prosecution because he is a major Trump critic. But that doesn’t make the charges against him baseless, @shaneharris.bsky.social writes.
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The Bolton Case Is Not Like the Others
Trump wanted these charges, but that doesn’t make them baseless.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
NEW: John Bolton has plenty of evidence to argue he is being singled out for prosecution because he is a major Trump critic. But that doesn’t make the charges against him baseless, @shaneharris.bsky.social writes.
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@nickmiroff.bsky.social from Chicago: “I realized that no one from the federal government had gone to the building after the raid to check on the elderly Americans who lived there, to see if any of them needed help, or to apologize for handcuffing them in the middle of the night.”
The Conquest of Chicago
Can a deep-blue city fend off Trump’s ICE crackdown?
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October 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
@nickmiroff.bsky.social from Chicago: “I realized that no one from the federal government had gone to the building after the raid to check on the elderly Americans who lived there, to see if any of them needed help, or to apologize for handcuffing them in the middle of the night.”
NEW of all the deep-blue sanctuary cities in America, Chicago is perhaps the biggest trophy for Trump's ICE crackdown. I spent last week with volunteer brigades and officials trying to fend off federal agents, and where everyone worries about escalating violence
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Conquest of Chicago
Can a deep-blue city fend off Trump’s ICE crackdown?
www.theatlantic.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
NEW of all the deep-blue sanctuary cities in America, Chicago is perhaps the biggest trophy for Trump's ICE crackdown. I spent last week with volunteer brigades and officials trying to fend off federal agents, and where everyone worries about escalating violence
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Immigrant advocates have been thrown to the ground, pepper-sprayed, and tailed in their cars by officers in an apparent attempt to intimidate them, @caitlindickerson.bsky.social reports. One tells her: “It's never been this bad.”
‘It’s Never Been This Bad’
Immigrant advocates face escalating consequences and threats from the president.
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October 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Immigrant advocates have been thrown to the ground, pepper-sprayed, and tailed in their cars by officers in an apparent attempt to intimidate them, @caitlindickerson.bsky.social reports. One tells her: “It's never been this bad.”
NEW: The Trump administration is portraying its boat-bombing campaign in the Caribbean as an anti-drug mission. The evidence suggests it's about a lot more, report @nancyayoussef, @giselasalimp and @JonLemire
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The Boat Strikes Are Just the Beginning
What the U.S. government is portraying as a drug mission may be about a lot more.
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October 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
NEW: The Trump administration is portraying its boat-bombing campaign in the Caribbean as an anti-drug mission. The evidence suggests it's about a lot more, report @nancyayoussef, @giselasalimp and @JonLemire
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Social media clips of ICE arrests "have kept up the appearance of an ever-expanding campaign," Nick Miroff writes. But "ICE’s own data show that the agency’s buildup stalled over the summer":
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Stalled This Summer
Immigration arrests have declined and jail overcrowding is worse despite billions in new funds.
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October 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Social media clips of ICE arrests "have kept up the appearance of an ever-expanding campaign," Nick Miroff writes. But "ICE’s own data show that the agency’s buildup stalled over the summer":