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Friday, October 23, 2026

Trump Administration Carried Out 980,000 Deportations in First 18 Months: Think Tank (Connecting the Dots: The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) & The Carnegie/Soros Network)

Trump Administration Carried Out 980,000 Deportations in First 18 Months: Think Tank (Connecting the Dots: The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) & The Carnegie/Soros Network)

A report by the Migration Policy Institute think tank says two-thirds of deportations involved those who were initially intercepted at the border.

Chris Summers

10/23/2026|Updated: 10/23/2026

U.S. Customs and Border Protection security agents guide illegal immigrants onboard a C-17 Globemaster III for a removal flight at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Jan. 23, 2025. Dept. of Defense photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Nicholas De La Pena

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-administration-carried-out-980000-deportations-in-first-18-months-think-tank-6107959?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) conducted 980,000 deportations during the first 18 months of President Donald Trump’s second administration, a report published by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank said on Thursday.

Trump has repeatedly said that deporting people who should not be in the United States is key to ⁠improving national security.

MPI’s report, which it said was drawn from publicly available data, was authored by Marc Rosenblum, a former head of the DHS Office of Homeland Security Statistics, and covers Jan. 20, 2025, to July 31, 2026.

Rosenblum said 20 percent of all deportations in the period involved individuals with a criminal conviction.

The report also said that, on an annual basis, total deportations are up from the administration of former President Joe Biden and from Trump’s first term.

Deportations From Interior Rising

The report also found that while two-thirds of deportations involved those who were initially intercepted at the border, there was also a rising number of actions resulting from arrests in the interior.

“The number of deportations of immigrants arrested in the country’s interior has also increased, from 8,000 per month on average in the first three months of the administration to 19,000 per month on average between May and July 2026,” the report said.

In the past year, raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in many cities have been met with community resistance.

Critics of the second Trump administration’s approach have claimed that DHS and ICE are ignoring due process and the right to free speech, and have also claimed there is evidence of racial profiling.

The Trump administration has faced numerous legal challenges over deportations, but the vast majority have gone ahead without challenge.

On Tuesday, the State Department said the Trump administration had revoked more than 300,000 U.S. visas during its second term, due to criminal activity, fraud, or threats to national security.

Among those were a handful of people who were involved in demonstrating against Israel’s actions in Gaza, or making social media comments about the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

“President Donald Trump made immigration enforcement a centerpiece of his re-election campaign, including a promise to focus on ‘the worst of the worst,’” Rosenblum said in the report.

“Since taking office in January 2025, the administration has devoted unprecedented resources to the issue, securing $240 billion from Congress for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through fiscal year (FY) 2029.”

The report said that despite encounters at the Mexican border being at a historically low level, 69 percent of deportations were of people stopped at the border.

The other 31 percent of deportations were of immigrants arrested in the interior, some of whom may have been residents of U.S. communities for years.

The Epoch Times reached out to DHS for comment but did not receive a response by publication time.

Reuters contributed to this report.

Migration Policy Institute

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migration_Policy_Institute

Migration Policy Institute’s parent organization is the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Kathleen Newland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Newland

Kathleen Newland is co-founder and Board of Trustees member of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), a think tank located in the United States and focused on the study of migration policy worldwide (but with particular focus on the United States and Europe). She is also the director of the Migration, Migrants, and Development Program there and also leads the refugee protection work at MPI.[1][2]

Professional life

Newland is a graduate of Harvard University and the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.[1] She began her career in 1974 at the Worldwatch Institute. She later worked at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan, the London School of Economics, and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). In 1994, she joined the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she was a Senior Associate and then Co-Director of the International Migration Policy Program.

Marc R. Rosenblum

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/person/marc-r-rosenblum

Marc R. Rosenblum is a Visiting Senior Fellow at MPI as well as Senior Fellow at More in Common.

Dr. Rosenblum received his BA from Columbia University in 1991 and his PhD in political science from the University of California – San Diego in 2000.

Connecting the Dots:

Marc Rosenblum is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank.

Kathleen Newland is a co-founder and Board of Trustees member of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank. She joined the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, worked at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and a graduate of Harvard University and the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is the parent organization for the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the Chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

James A. Leach was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a visiting professor at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs is a school at Princeton University.

Kathleen Newland joined the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, is a graduate of the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, a graduate of Harvard University, a co-founder and Board of Trustees member of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank and she worked at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).

Angelina Jolie is a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, a co-founder for the Jolie/Pitt Foundation and was a director at the Millennium Promise.

Jolie/Pitt Foundation was a funder for Doctors Without Borders.

Jimmy Carter was an honorary co-chairman for the Millennium Promise.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for Doctors Without Borders.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Millennium Promise and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Joan E. Spero was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a trustee at Columbia University.

Marc Rosenblum received his BA from Columbia University and is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is the parent organization for the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the Chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is the parent organization for the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank.

Kathleen Newland is a co-founder and Board of Trustees member of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank. She joined the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, worked at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and a graduate of Harvard University.

C. Douglas Dillon was an overseer at Harvard University and the chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Henry Louis Gates Jr. is a professor at Harvard University and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Paul E. Peterson is a professor at Harvard University and was a director of governmental studies at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Lawrence H. Summers and is a professor; former president of Harvard University and was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank)

Ann M. Fudge was an overseer at Harvard University and is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

John C. Whitehead was the chairman for Harvard University and is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Harold H. Koh was an overseer for Harvard University, the State Department legal adviser for the Barack Obama administration and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Herbert M. Kaplan is a board of fellow’s member for Harvard Medical School and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Cass R. Sunstein is a professor at Harvard Medical School and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Lynn Bendheim Thoman is a board of fellow’s member for Harvard Medical School and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Howard E. Cox Jr. is a board of fellow’s member for Harvard Medical School and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Kenneth M. Duberstein is a senior advisory committee member for the Harvard University Institute of Politics and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Harold H. Koh was an overseer at Harvard University, a developments editor for the Harvard Law Review, the State Department legal adviser for the Barack Obama administration and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the Chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Lee H. Hamilton is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a co-chair for the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's Future.

Michael H. Jordan was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the division chairman & CEO for PepsiCo, Inc.

Kimberly Cheatle served as Senior Director in Global Security at PepsiCo and the 27^th director for the U.S. Secret Service (She was in charge of the Secret Service when President Donald Trump was shot in Butler).

Larry D. Thompson is the EVP of governmental affairs, general counsel & secretary for PepsiCo, Inc and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the Chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie Corporation of New York, received a master's degree in Soviet Studies from Harvard University and the 7th President of the Utah Valley University (The location where Charlie Kirk was shot and Killed).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the Chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is the parent organization for the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank.

Marc Rosenblum is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank, received his BA from Columbia University and received his PhD in political science from the University of California.

Joan E. Spero was a trustee at Columbia University and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

University of California, Berkeley is a University of California campus.

David H. Romer is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Richard C. Blum was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a regent at the University of California, married to Senator Dianne Feinstein and a board member for the Haas School of Business.

Haas School of Business is a business school at the University of California, Berkeley.

Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) was founded at the University of California, Berkeley.

Zohran Mamdani co-founded the school's chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, the presumptive Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City in the 2025 election and Mahmood Mamdani’s son.

Mahmood Mamdani is Zohran Mamdani’s father, and a Ugandan academic, author, and political commentator and The Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and a professor of anthropology, political science and African studies at Columbia University.

Letitia James received her MPA at Columbia University, the Attorney General of New York and the chair for the Committee on Economic Development.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Carol A. Melton was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and a director at the Economic Club of Washington.

Robert G. Liberatore was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and a director at the Economic Club of Washington.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. was the president of the Economic Club of Washington and is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is the parent organization for the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank.

Kathleen Newland is a co-founder and Board of Trustees member of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank. She joined the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, worked at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), a graduate of Harvard University and the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.

Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs is a school at Princeton University.

James A. Leach was a visiting professor at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is the parent organization for the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is the parent organization for the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank.

Kathleen Newland is a co-founder and Board of Trustees member of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank. She joined the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, worked at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), a graduate of Harvard University and the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.

Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs is a school at Princeton University.

James A. Leach was a visiting professor at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs is a school at Princeton University.

Anne-Marie Slaughter is the dean at the Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and a director at the New America Foundation.

Jonathan Soros is a director at the New America Foundation and George Soros’s son.

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Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the New America Foundation.

Eric E. Schmidt was a funder for the New America Foundation, the CEO for Google Inc. a trustee at Princeton University and is the chairman for the New America Foundation.

Alan B. Davidson was a senior policy counsel for Google Inc. and is a fellow at the New America Foundation.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the New America Foundation, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is the parent organization for the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank.

Kathleen Newland is a co-founder and Board of Trustees member of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank. She joined the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, worked at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), a graduate of Harvard University and the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.

Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs is a school at Princeton University.

Martin J. Gruenberg received an A.B. from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and served as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

Michael D. McCurry is an advisory council member for the Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy.

Kamala D. Harris is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy and was vice president of the Joseph R. Biden Jr administration.

R. Hunter Biden is a director at the Truman National Security Project, a director at the Truman Center for National Policy and Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son.

Madeleine K. Albright was an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project and the president of the Truman Center for National Policy.

William J. Perry is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy and a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is the parent organization for the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank.

Kathleen Newland is a co-founder and Board of Trustees member of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank. She joined the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, worked at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), a graduate of Harvard University and the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.

Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs is a school at Princeton University.

Resources: Past Research

Christian Charity On $1 Billion Federal Gravy Train Leads Political Call to ‘Care Sacrificially for the Refugee’ (Past Research on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)

Saturday, December 19, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/12/christian-charity-on-1-billion-federal.html

Sen. Kennedy Now Backs FDIC Nominee (Connecting the Dots: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Martin Gruenberg, Travis Hill & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs)

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/11/sen-kennedy-now-backs-fdic-nominee.html

Norman Dodd-The hidden agenda for world government (Past Research on the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs)

Saturday, May 2, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/05/norman-dodd-hidden-agenda-for-world.html

Sen. Sanders, AIPAC Trade Barbs Over Michigan's Senate Race (Connecting the Dots: Sen. Bernie Sanders, AIPAC, The New York Times, CNN, J.B. Pritzker, The Commercial Club of Chicago, The Muslim Brotherhood & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on the Carnegie Corporation of New York)

Friday, October 23, 2026

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/10/sen-sanders-aipac-trade-barbs-over.html

Trump Admin Threatens Harvard With Funding Cuts (Connecting the Dots: Harvard University, Columbia University, Obamacare & Soros Funding) (Past Research on Harvard University & Columbia University)

Friday, April 4, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/04/trump-admin-threatens-harvard-with.html

Musk on Trump Attack: Head of Secret Service Should Resign (Connecting the Dots: The head of the Secret Service is Kimberly Cheatle, PepsiCo, Alejandro Mayorkas, O'Melveny & Myers LLP & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Secret Service)

Sunday, July 14, 2024

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2024/07/musk-on-trump-attack-head-of-secret.html

Sen. Susan Collins Says ICE Has Ended Enhanced Activities in Maine (Connecting the Dots: Sen. Susan Collins, Maine, Minnesota, Past ICE & Department of Homeland Security Officials, John Bolton, Covington & Burling LLP, The Chertoff Group, BAE Systems Inc & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's Future)

Thursday, January 29, 2026

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/01/sen-susan-collins-says-ice-has-ended.html

Military to Remain in LA Despite Judge's Ruling (Connecting the Dots: Judge Charles Roberts Breyer, Lisa Cook, Janet Yellen, Zohran Mamdani, The Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), The University of California, Berkeley, Letitia James & Soros Funding, All On The Same Team Networking Against Trump) (Past Research on the University of California, the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) & Zohran Mamdani)

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/09/military-to-remain-in-la-despite-judges.html

Madeleine Albright, 1st Female US Secretary of State, Dies at 84 (Connecting Her Dots In The Soros Network) (Past Research on Madeleine Albright, Kamala Harries & Hunter Biden)

Thursday, March 24, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/03/madeleine-albright-1st-female-us.html

Sen. Sanders, AIPAC Trade Barbs Over Michigan's Senate Race (Connecting the Dots: Sen. Bernie Sanders, AIPAC, The New York Times, CNN, J.B. Pritzker, The Commercial Club of Chicago, The Muslim Brotherhood & The Carnegie/Soros Network)

Sen. Sanders, AIPAC Trade Barbs Over Michigan's Senate Race (Connecting the Dots: Sen. Bernie Sanders, AIPAC, The New York Times, CNN, J.B. Pritzker, The Commercial Club of Chicago, The Muslim Brotherhood & The Carnegie/Soros Network)

Newsmax.com

By Jim Thomas | Thursday, 22 October 2026 04:57 PM EDT

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/bernie-sanders-aipac-mike-rogers/2026/10/22/id/1273710/

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee exchanged criticism Thursday over a reported plan by the pro-Israel lobbying group to direct as much as $9 million toward electing Republican Mike Rogers to the U.S. Senate from Michigan.

"AIPAC is now spending as much as $9 million against Abdul El-Sayed. AIPAC is why we're at war in Iran," Sanders wrote in a post on X.

"AIPAC is why the U.S. has supported genocide in Gaza. We must say NO to AIPAC," he continued.

"YES to electing Abdul as Michigan's next U.S. Senator."

El-Sayed, a former Wayne County health director, is the Democrat nominee.

AIPAC responded about 90 minutes later in a post on X.

"AIPAC is why your fantasy football team stinks. AIPAC is why the weather is bad," the organization wrote.

"AIPAC is why you need an app to park. Say NO to Bernie's obsessive scapegoating," it continued.

"YES to an America that works with our ally to create U.S. jobs, keep America safe, and promote democratic values."

The exchange followed a New York Times report Wednesday that AIPAC had begun contributing to the Great Lakes Conservatives Fund, a super PAC supporting Rogers, according to two people familiar with the plans.

Like AIPAC's own super PAC, such groups can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money.

The contributions came after an Oct. 14 deadline that would have required disclosure before Election Day, the Times reported. The Rogers group disclosed a $4.6 million advertising purchase in Michigan on Friday.

The spending represents an unusual move for AIPAC, which has rarely supported a Republican in a competitive general election, the Times reported.

AIPAC spent heavily against El-Sayed in the Democrat primary, which he won over Rep. Haley Stevens. El-Sayed has said he opposes Israel's right to exist as an explicitly Jewish state.

Rogers, a former congressman, initially expressed reservations about AIPAC's involvement but said at an Oct. 8 debate he would "take all of that help."

Several of the super PAC's new advertisements question El-Sayed's loyalty and allege ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist movement, according to the Times. El-Sayed has denied any ties and described the claims as Islamophobic attacks.

At Wednesday's final debate in Detroit, El-Sayed called Rogers "an AIPAC-backed politician," the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported. AIPAC declined to comment on its spending to both the Times and JTA.

The Michigan spending comes as AIPAC changes its political operations.

In a letter to members Wednesday, the group said it will stop endorsing candidates and making direct contributions through its political action committee, the Washington Sun reported.

AIPAC will continue operating United Democracy Project, its super PAC, which the Times said has spent about $85 million on congressional races this election cycle.

Connecting the Dots:
Bernard Sanders was the strategist for the 2016 Bernie Sanders presidential campaign and is the VT congressional delegation senator.

Patrick J. Leahy was a VT congressional delegation senator and Karen Marangi was his counsel.

Karen Marangi was Patrick J. Leahy’s counsel and is a principal for the Raben Group.

Melody C. Barnes was a principal at the Raben Group, the SVP for the Center for American Progress and is Barack Obama’s golf partner.

Carol M. Browner is a director, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and was the energy czar for the Barack Obama administration.

Tom Daschle is a director at the Center for American Progress and was the nominee for health and human services secretary for the Barack Obama administration.

Ezekiel Emanuel is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and was the health care policy adviser for the Barack Obama administration.

Lawrence H. Summers is a distinguished fellow at the Center for American Progress and was the National Economic Council chairman for the Barack Obama administration.

Cassandra Q. Butts was the SVP for the Center for American Progress and the deputy White House counsel for the Barack Obama administration.

Philip J. Crowley was the director of homeland security at the Center for American Progress and the assistant secretary of state for the Barack Obama administration.

Derek Douglas was an associate director of economic policy at the Center for American Progress and a special assistant for urban affairs for the Barack Obama administration.

Bradley J. Kiley was a VP for the Center for American Progress and the director of management and administration for the Barack Obama administration.

Karen Kornbluh was a visiting scholar at the Center for American Progress and a policy director for Barack Obama.

Jeanne Lambrew was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and the deputy assistant to the president for health policy for the Barack Obama administration.

Denis McDonough was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and the chief of staff; former deputy national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration.

Esther M. Olavarria was the director of immigration policy at the Center for American Progress and the deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for the Barack Obama administration.

Dan Restrepo was the Americas Project director at the Center for American Progress and a special assistant to the president for the Barack Obama administration.

Gene B. Sperling was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and the assistant to the president for economic policy for the Barack Obama administration.

Todd Stern was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and the special envoy for climate change at the U.S. Department of State for the Barack Obama administration.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Center for American Progress and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Melody C. Barnes was the EVP for the Center for American Progress, a domestic policy council, director for the Barack Obama administration, Barack Obama’s golf partner and a senior adviser for the Albright Stonebridge Group.

Carol M. Browner is a senior fellow, director for the Center for American Progress, a senior counselor for the Albright Stonebridge Group, was a principal at the Raben Group and an energy czar for the Barack Obama administration.

Albright Stonebridge Group was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Madeleine K. Albright was a director at the Center for American Progress, a co-chairman for the Albright Stonebridge Group, a member of the Aspen Strategy Group and an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Nicholas Kristof is a member of the Aspen Strategy Group and a columnist for the New York Times.

David E. Sanger is a member of the Aspen Strategy Group and the chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times.

Carla Anne Robbins is a member of the Aspen Strategy Group and was a deputy editorial page editor for the New York Times.

Richard R. Burt was a correspondent for the New York Times and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Steven L. Rattner is a director at the New America Foundation and was an economic correspondent for the New York Times.

David B. Brooks is a director at the New America Foundation and a columnist for the New York Times.

Jonathan Soros is a director at the New America Foundation George Soros’s son and was the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the New America Foundation and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the New America Foundation, the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Cameron F. Kerry is a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), John F. Kerry’s brother and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Sidley Austin LLP is the lobby firm for Israel.

R. Eden Martin was counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

J.B. Pritzker is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the governor of Illinois and a friend of Lee Rosenberg.

Lee Rosenberg is a friend of J.B. Pritzker and the chairman for the AIPAC.

AIPAC is a U.S.-based lobby group for Israel.

Newton N. Minow was a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the president of the Crown Family Foundation.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Lester Crown was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and the VP for the Crown Family Foundation.

Crown Family Foundation was a funder for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.

Thomas R. Pickering was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a U.S. ambassador for Israel and is a distinguished fellow for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Saban Center for Middle East Policy is a policy center at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Haim Saban is a benefactor for the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a friend of Shimon Peres, and a board member for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.

Shimon Peres was a friend of Haim Saban and the president of Israel.

Benjamin Netanyahu is the prime minister for Israel.

AIPAC is a U.S.-based lobby group for Israel.

Wendy Senor Singer was the head of Jerusalem office for AIPAC and is Daniel S. Senor’s sister.

Daniel S. Senor is Wendy Senor Singer’s brother, married to Campbell Brown and was a guest on Morning Joe.

Campbell Brown is married to Daniel S. Senor and was a guest on Morning Joe.

Tina Brown is a frequent guest on Morning Joe and the founder of the Daily Beast.

Mika Brzezinski is a co-host for Morning Joe and Zbigniew Brzezinski’s daughter.

Zbigniew Brzezinski is Mika Brzezinski’s father, a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, was a board member for the International Crisis Group and the national security adviser for the Jimmy Carter administration.

George Soros is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, a board member for the International Crisis Group, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Millennium Promise and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Jimmy Carter was an honorary co-chairman for the Millennium Promise, the president of the Jimmy Carter administration, and Zbigniew Brzezinski was his national security adviser.

Jeffrey D. Sachs is a director at the Millennium Promise, and a frequent contributor for MSNBC (MS NOW).

Morning Joe is an MSNBC (MS NOW) program.

Alan R. Batkin is a director at the Millennium Promise and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Steven L. Rattner is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a frequent guest on Morning Joe.

Richard N. Haass was a VP for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is a frequent guest on Morning Joe.

Saban Center for Middle East Policy is a policy center at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Haim Saban is a benefactor for the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the treasurer for the Saban Family Foundation, a friend of Shimon Peres, a board member for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, a friend of Dan Gillerman and married to Cheryl Saban.

Saban Family Foundation was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces and the American Israel Education Foundation.

American Israel Education Foundation is the charitable arm for AIPAC.

AIPAC is the U.S.-based lobby group for Israel.

Crown Family Foundation was a funder for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.

Shimon Peres was a friend of Haim Saban and the president of Israel.

Benjamin Netanyahu is the prime minister for Israel.

Dan Gillerman was the Israeli ambassador for the United Nations and is a friend of Haim Saban.

Cheryl Saban is married to Haim Saban, the president of the Saban Family Foundation, the U.S. rep nominee at the 67th General Assembly session for the United Nations General Assembly and was a major contributor for the 2011 Rahm Emanuel mayoral campaign.

Rahm I. Emanuel was a candidate for the 2011 Rahm Emanuel mayoral campaign, a civilian volunteer for the Israel Defense Forces, the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration, the Chicago (IL) mayor and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago and was counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Sidley Austin LLP is the lobby firm for Israel.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Lester Crown was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and the VP for the Crown Family Foundation.

Crown Family Foundation was a funder for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.

Thomas R. Pickering was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a U.S. ambassador for Israel.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Walter Isaacson is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and was the chairman & CEO for CNN.

Wolf Blitzer is an anchor for CNN and was a correspondent for the Jerusalem Post.

Saul Singer is an editorial page editor for the Jerusalem Post and married to Wendy Senor Singer.

Wendy Senor Singer is married to Saul Singer, Daniel S. Senor’s sister and was the head of Jerusalem office for AIPAC.

Daniel S. Senor is Wendy Senor Singer’s brother and married to Campbell Brown.

Campbell Brown is married to Daniel S. Senor, was an anchor for Campbell Brown: No Bias. No Bull and an anchor for CNN.

Walter Isaacson was the chairman & CEO for CNN and is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Ted Turner was a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and the founder of CNN.

Wolf Blitzer is an anchor for CNN and was a correspondent for the Jerusalem Post.

Wendy Senor Singer was the head of Jerusalem office for AIPAC and is Daniel S. Senor’s sister.

Daniel S. Senor is Wendy Senor Singer’s brother, married to Campbell Brown and was a guest on Morning Joe.

Morning Joe is a MSNBC (MS NOW) program.

Harold E. Ford Jr. was a political commentator for MSNBC (MS NOW) and an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Richard N. Haass was a senior associate for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a VP for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is a frequent guest on Morning Joe.

Morning Joe is a MSNBC (MS NOW) program.

Daniel S. Senor was a guest on Morning Joe, is Wendy Senor Singer’s brother and married to Campbell Brown.

Wendy Senor Singer is Daniel S. Senor’s sister and was the head of Jerusalem office for AIPAC.