Trump Staff Puts Immigrants’ Mug Shots on White House Lawn

Trump administration officials late Sunday began placing dozens of posters of arrested unauthorized immigrants along the White House driveway.

• It’s a provocative, sure-to-be-controversial move aimed at highlighting President Trump’s immigration crackdown as his 100th day in office approaches.

Driving the news: The posters — which read “ARRESTED” — specify various crimes linked to the pictured immigrants and have the White House’s official logo at the bottom.

• The “roughly 100” posters were being placed strategically along “Pebble Beach,” where TV news crews do live shots in front of the mansion. A White House official told Axios the intent is for the posters to be visible behind TV journalists reporting from those positions.
• Posters positioned near the West Wing claim to show unauthorized immigrants arrested for “first-degree murder,” “sexual abuse of a child,” “kidnapping and rape,” “murder,” “rape of a child,” and “distribution of fentanyl.”

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Zoom in: The gambit is among a series of attention-getting moves that Trump’s team aims to pull off this week, with Trump’s 100th day falling on Tuesday.

• {snip} Trump’s team continues to see immigration and his support of mass deportations as a political winner.
• “You can expect the White House to tout the many promises made on the campaign trail that have been fulfilled in the president’s first 100 days,” a White House official told Axios.
• The posters at the White House show “some of the worst illegal immigrants and criminals the Trump administration has arrested since taking office.”

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