Arrests and deportations of undocumented people are lower than what President Donald Trump has promised, and that is “driving him nuts,” one source told NBC News.
  • Cool_Name@lemm.eeEnglish
    14·
    2 hours ago

    This is good to hear but we need to do everything we can to make each attempted deportation difficult. It’s a shame that I don’t know any undocumented immigrants to protect, and neither do you.

  • overload@sopuli.xyz
    5·
    2 hours ago

    At a rate of 1100 per day, they would have deported about 1.6 million by the end of Trump’s 4 year term, which is a little more than 10% of the undocumented immigrants in the USA. Thats assuming a 100% deportation rate and assuming every single day is on par with ICEs current best day.

    I think it’s likely that Trump will increase the spend on ICE to increase these numbers if he hopes to make a significant dent.

  • someguy3@lemmy.world
    21·
    4 hours ago

    Meanwhile at ICE, Vitello told agents in January to aim to meet a daily quota of 1,200-1,400 arrests. According to numbers ICE has posted on X, the highest single day total since Trump was inaugurated was just 1,100, and the number has fallen since that day. On Tuesday of this week, arrests of immigrants were over 800, according to a source familiar with the numbers. But last weekend, there were only about 300 arrests, another source told NBC News.

    And, as NBC News has reported, arrests do not always equal immediate detentions, much less deportations. Of the more than 8,000 immigrants arrested in the first two weeks of the Trump administration, 461 were released, according to the White House.

    I still chuckle at the user that told me deportation was not Trump’s point.

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      4 hours ago

      And, as NBC News has reported, arrests do not always equal immediate detentions, much less deportations

      Well of course. When you have ICE agents literally arresting families just for speaking Spanish, many of those arrested are going to actually be US citizens.

      • TheFogan@programming.devEnglish
        2·
        1 hour ago

        Yeah… well the question then is going to be how long before they extend it out so that more false positives are shipped out anyway.

    • AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca
      6·
      48 minutes ago

      Buddy deserves worse than a bullet through the head, but I’d happily settle for that. Piece of shit is, IMO, the worst person on the planet. He’s worth half a fucking trillion dollars and that’s still not enough for him. This sub human scumbag wants to rule the world and siphon every last dollar to himself. I can’t think of a person I hate more than this fucking piece of shit.

      Fucking rich people, makes me wish I was religious so I could at least find comfort in the belief that these fucking scum bags are gonna burn for eternity in hell.

      Eat the fucking rich.