Michelle Obama Says Trump’s Deportation Policy ‘Keeps Me Up At Night’

Former first lady Michelle Obama said Monday on a podcast that the impact of the Trump administration’s deportation policy on “immigrants” is what keeps her “up at night.”

With an estimated 11 million border encounters during the Biden-Harris administration’s four years, President Donald Trump vowed to crack down on the border crisis and conduct mass deportations. While discussing race and fear in the United States on the “On Purpose with Jay Shetty” podcast, Obama said her current worry is for “what’s happening to immigrants,” drawing a comparison to her brother, Craig Robinson, who was accused by two black police officers of stealing a bike.

“Well, in this current climate for me, it’s, you know, what’s happening to immigrants. So it’s not the fear for myself anymore. I drive around in a four-car motorcade with a police escort. I’m Michelle Obama,” Obama said. “I do still worry about my daughters in the world, even though they are somewhat recognizable.”

“So my fears are for what I know is happening out there in streets all over the city. Now that we have leadership that is sort of indiscriminately determining who belongs and who doesn’t, and we know that those decisions aren’t being made with courts and with due process and that it’s being made like this cop that pulled my brother over when he was 12,” Obama added.

Democrats have ramped up their pushback against Trump’s deportation efforts, filing lawsuits against the administration and recently rallying behind illegal migrant Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. Despite the Department of Justice releasing records detailing allegations connecting Abrego Garcia to the MS-13 gang, some Democrat lawmakers have