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.
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.
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.
I still chuckle at the user that told me deportation was not Trump’s point.
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.
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.
It’s only a matter of time before actual citizens start getting deported.