Nick Miroff
@nickmiroff.bsky.social
Staff writer @theatlantic.com covering immigration and the Department of Homeland Security.
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Mexico is doing everything it can to pacify President Trump and maintain its sovereignty—but one U.S. strike against cartels could change all that, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports.
Friend, Neighbor, Military Target
Trump has presented Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum with a near-impossible dilemma.
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December 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Mexico is doing everything it can to pacify President Trump and maintain its sovereignty—but one U.S. strike against cartels could change all that, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports.
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Mexico is doing everything it can to pacify President Trump and maintain its sovereignty—but one U.S. strike against cartels could change all that, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports.
Friend, Neighbor, Military Target
Trump has presented Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum with a near-impossible dilemma.
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December 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Mexico is doing everything it can to pacify President Trump and maintain its sovereignty—but one U.S. strike against cartels could change all that, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports.
Being a GOP member of Congress in the Trump era is pretty miserable, @elainejgodfrey and @russellberman report www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
House Republicans Aren’t Having Any Fun
They’re blaming their leader, House Speaker Mike Johnson.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Being a GOP member of Congress in the Trump era is pretty miserable, @elainejgodfrey and @russellberman report www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Gregory Bovino is back in Chicago area, a video from WalMart in Cicero posted to social media shows
December 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Gregory Bovino is back in Chicago area, a video from WalMart in Cicero posted to social media shows
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EXCLUSIVE:
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
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Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
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Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
In an interview, Bruna Ferreira, who chose the White House press secretary as her son’s godmother, contested the portrayal of her as a criminal, absentee mom.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
EXCLUSIVE:
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
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Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
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DEA chief Terry Cole says price of cocaine in Puerto Rico and the DR is up as a result of boat strikes and emerging threat is Hells Angels biker gangs trafficking fentanyl from Canada www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFBt...
DEA Administrator Cole speaks exclusively with Fox News about DEA's 'Fentanyl Free America' campaign
YouTube video by Drug Enforcement Administration
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December 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
DEA chief Terry Cole says price of cocaine in Puerto Rico and the DR is up as a result of boat strikes and emerging threat is Hells Angels biker gangs trafficking fentanyl from Canada www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFBt...
NEW: Hegseth risked endangering troops with his Signal messages about planned air strikes in Yemen, the Pentagon's Inspector General has concluded.
Reporting via @shaneharris @nancyayoussef Missy Ryan @vmsalama and @S_Fitzpatrick
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Reporting via @shaneharris @nancyayoussef Missy Ryan @vmsalama and @S_Fitzpatrick
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Pentagon Report: Hegseth Risked Endangering Troops With Signal Messages
The inspector general finds that the defense secretary violated his department’s policies.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
NEW: Hegseth risked endangering troops with his Signal messages about planned air strikes in Yemen, the Pentagon's Inspector General has concluded.
Reporting via @shaneharris @nancyayoussef Missy Ryan @vmsalama and @S_Fitzpatrick
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Reporting via @shaneharris @nancyayoussef Missy Ryan @vmsalama and @S_Fitzpatrick
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The Trump administration is spending millions to entice people to leave the country. So far, about 35,000 people have taken up the offer—at a cost of $7,500 per self-deportee, Nick Miroff reports.
The $7,500 Self-Deportation
The Trump administration is spending millions to entice people to leave.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Trump administration is spending millions to entice people to leave the country. So far, about 35,000 people have taken up the offer—at a cost of $7,500 per self-deportee, Nick Miroff reports.
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Venezuela agrees to deportation flight scheduled for tomorrow.
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Venezuela agrees to deportation flight scheduled for tomorrow.
SCOOP: Despite a $200M ad campaign, only about 35k have signed up to “self-deport” via CBP Home so far.
DHS claims more than 1.6 million have left since Trump took office, but the department is treating demographic estimates as enforcement data www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
DHS claims more than 1.6 million have left since Trump took office, but the department is treating demographic estimates as enforcement data www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
DHS’s $7,500 Self-Deportations
What the Trump administration is spending to entice people to leave
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December 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
SCOOP: Despite a $200M ad campaign, only about 35k have signed up to “self-deport” via CBP Home so far.
DHS claims more than 1.6 million have left since Trump took office, but the department is treating demographic estimates as enforcement data www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
DHS claims more than 1.6 million have left since Trump took office, but the department is treating demographic estimates as enforcement data www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The Trump administration’s military strikes off South America may be undercutting the U.S.’s long-standing campaign against more powerful drug cartels in Colombia and Mexico, experts tell Missy Ryan and Marie-Rose Sheinerman.
A Counterproductive Counter-Narcotics Campaign
The Trump administration’s lethal strikes on suspected traffickers may compromise, not advance, America’s battle against cartels.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The Trump administration’s military strikes off South America may be undercutting the U.S.’s long-standing campaign against more powerful drug cartels in Colombia and Mexico, experts tell Missy Ryan and Marie-Rose Sheinerman.
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Exclusive: Surrendering land to Russia to end the war is off-limits, Zelensky’s chief negotiator tells Simon Shuster. “As long as Zelensky is president, no one should count on us giving up territory.”
Ukraine Says It Won’t Give Up Land to Russia
Ukraine’s chief negotiator, in an exclusive interview, says conceding sovereign territory is off-limits in peace talks
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November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Exclusive: Surrendering land to Russia to end the war is off-limits, Zelensky’s chief negotiator tells Simon Shuster. “As long as Zelensky is president, no one should count on us giving up territory.”
Chilling quote re vaccines from pediatrician Paul Offit in this RFK profile @michaelscherer.bsky.social: “I don’t think there is any way to regain that trust other than have the viruses do the education, and the bacteria do the education, and then people will realize they paid way too high a cost."
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Chilling quote re vaccines from pediatrician Paul Offit in this RFK profile @michaelscherer.bsky.social: “I don’t think there is any way to regain that trust other than have the viruses do the education, and the bacteria do the education, and then people will realize they paid way too high a cost."
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No response yet from DOJ on this but Abrego’s attorneys have already flagged it for Judge Xinis.
See @rparloff.bsky.social ticktock of the hearing below
See @rparloff.bsky.social ticktock of the hearing below
Costa Rica will accept Abrego, per @washingtonpost.com .
If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
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If true, DOJ, DHS, and Dept of State caused lies to be disseminated to Judge Xinis all day Thursday, where an ICE official testified about info sent him by Dept of State, claiming Costa Rica wouldn't take Abrego.
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SCOOP: Costa Rica says it will still accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting Trump’s DOJ
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November 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
No response yet from DOJ on this but Abrego’s attorneys have already flagged it for Judge Xinis.
See @rparloff.bsky.social ticktock of the hearing below
See @rparloff.bsky.social ticktock of the hearing below
Costa Rica says it would accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting U.S. court statements
SCOOP via @mariasacchetti.bsky.social
SCOOP via @mariasacchetti.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Costa Rica says it would accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting U.S. court statements
SCOOP via @mariasacchetti.bsky.social
SCOOP via @mariasacchetti.bsky.social
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Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine envisages a DMZ like the one that divides the Korean peninsula, Simon Shuster and Jonathan Lemire report.
“It’s like the world is shattering around us,” one diplomat told them after hearing the details.
“It’s like the world is shattering around us,” one diplomat told them after hearing the details.
A DMZ for Ukraine
Trump’s peace plan envisages a divide like the one that splits the Korean peninsula.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine envisages a DMZ like the one that divides the Korean peninsula, Simon Shuster and Jonathan Lemire report.
“It’s like the world is shattering around us,” one diplomat told them after hearing the details.
“It’s like the world is shattering around us,” one diplomat told them after hearing the details.
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This is a thread detailing a series of incidents where federal Judge Ellis rules that Gregory Bovino and his agents lied or misrepresented what was happening on the streets of Chicago. In this one, she says body cam footage suggests they brake checked to cause accidents
November 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This is a thread detailing a series of incidents where federal Judge Ellis rules that Gregory Bovino and his agents lied or misrepresented what was happening on the streets of Chicago. In this one, she says body cam footage suggests they brake checked to cause accidents
NEW a cache of emails from the longtime Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell shows her prison conditions improving dramatically as a crisis grew for Trump, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports.
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The Ghislaine Maxwell Emails
The longtime Epstein associate reveled in her privileges after the Trump administration moved her to more comfortable surroundings.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
NEW a cache of emails from the longtime Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell shows her prison conditions improving dramatically as a crisis grew for Trump, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports.
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NEW Every State is a Border Patrol State — why the Trump admin wants border agents to take over the mass deportation campaign and deliver the arrest numbers ICE has missed www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... @theatlantic.com
The Green Machine
Why the Border Patrol–not ICE—is taking over Trump’s mass-deportation campaign
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November 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
NEW Every State is a Border Patrol State — why the Trump admin wants border agents to take over the mass deportation campaign and deliver the arrest numbers ICE has missed www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... @theatlantic.com
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to Atlantic staff writer @nickmiroff.bsky.social about what masking means for public trust in law enforcement.
❓Do you think it’s ever justifiable for federal agents or law enforcement officers to wear face coverings?
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We're talking to Atlantic staff writer @nickmiroff.bsky.social about what masking means for public trust in law enforcement.
❓Do you think it’s ever justifiable for federal agents or law enforcement officers to wear face coverings?
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Why ICE Agents Mask Themselves | KQED
We talk about what masking means for public trust in law enforcement.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to Atlantic staff writer @nickmiroff.bsky.social about what masking means for public trust in law enforcement.
❓Do you think it’s ever justifiable for federal agents or law enforcement officers to wear face coverings?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to Atlantic staff writer @nickmiroff.bsky.social about what masking means for public trust in law enforcement.
❓Do you think it’s ever justifiable for federal agents or law enforcement officers to wear face coverings?
📻 Listen:
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In recent months, the Justice Department has filed charges under 18 USC 111 against more than a hundred immigrants, anti-ICE protestors, and random passers-by—accusing them of "assaulting, resisting, or impeding" federal officers
The Administration’s Favorite Statute
Federal prosecutors have charged more than 100 people with Section 111 violations. Was their crime anything more than opposing Trump’s immigration policies?
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November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
In recent months, the Justice Department has filed charges under 18 USC 111 against more than a hundred immigrants, anti-ICE protestors, and random passers-by—accusing them of "assaulting, resisting, or impeding" federal officers
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In the trial of the Sandwich Guy, 12 D.C. residents found themselves trying to do their jobs as fairly and impartially as possible. Ashley Parker spoke with one of the jurors on how the group came to its decision:
Inside the Sandwich Guy’s Jury Deliberations
Can a flung sandwich cause bodily harm?
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November 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In the trial of the Sandwich Guy, 12 D.C. residents found themselves trying to do their jobs as fairly and impartially as possible. Ashley Parker spoke with one of the jurors on how the group came to its decision:
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I interviewed Greg Bovino, the man empowered to oversee Pres. Trump's immigration crackdown:
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An Interview With the Man Behind Trump’s Current Immigration Crackdown
Podcast Episode · The Daily · 11/12/2025 · 40m
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November 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I interviewed Greg Bovino, the man empowered to oversee Pres. Trump's immigration crackdown:
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Veteran ICE officials @nickmiroff.bsky.social spoke with view the use of masks as an unquestionably negative development. But it’s not going away anytime soon, Miroff reports: https://theatln.tc/acMM0axK
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Veteran ICE officials @nickmiroff.bsky.social spoke with view the use of masks as an unquestionably negative development. But it’s not going away anytime soon, Miroff reports: https://theatln.tc/acMM0axK
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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.