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.

Summary

Trump is reportedly frustrated that deportation numbers are lower than expected, pressuring ICE officials to accelerate arrests and removals.

His administration set a goal of 1,200–1,400 daily arrests, but actual figures have fallen short, sometimes below 300 on weekends.

ICE leadership, including “border czar” Tom Homan, has expressed dissatisfaction with the pace.

To meet Trump’s pledge of “millions and millions” of deportations, removals would need to exceed 2,700 per day.

  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    11 hours ago

    Does Trump think there’s a spreadsheet of undocumented workers where you can just go to their house and arrest them? Or that anyone who works for ICE can sort and filter a spreadsheet?

    They did raids on Chicago first, possibly the city least likely have undocumented works.

    • Dragomus@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 hours ago

      You’re forgetting he made up “the millions and millions of illegal immigrants crossing the border”

      Which, to him, are all living together in halls and single decrepid buildings and easily picked up.

      He envisioned the numbers and now must make them exist, or at least make the deportations logically match up.

      Ofcourse it’s not going to line up so he’ll find new victims, next targets will be freshly awarded green cards, to be checked for discrepancies like spelling errors or those with recent adress changes, or say any green card holder who committed a small crime like jaywalking in the last 10 years.

      But hey, it is good for the unemployment numbers!

      … Hitler also targeted others besides jews, gypsies, colored, disabled people, all under the pretense of danger to and burdens on the society …

    • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      10 hours ago

      We checked everywhere in St. Louis and it turns out, it’s not even close to a border. They would have had to take a ferry boat from the Port of New Orleans and win a few poker hands.

      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
        1·
        49 minutes ago

        It’s right on the border! Misery on one side and Illinois on the other!

        /s, but not really as I’m sure that they are going to try to lock down interstate travel