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The Trump administration has set aggressive new goals in its anti-
immigration agenda, demanding that federal agents arrest 3,000 people a
day – or more than a million in a year.

The new target, tripling arrest figures from earlier this year, was
delivered to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) leaders by Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, and Kristi Noem, the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, in a strained meeting
last week.

The intense meeting, first reported by Axios and confirmed by the
Guardian, involved Ice officials from enforcement and removal operations
(ERO) and homeland security investigations (HSI) – both separate offices
within DHS. ERO is in charge of immigration enforcement, including
arrests, detention and deportation, while HSI typically focuses on investigating transnational crime, such as drug trafficking, human
smuggling and the spread of online child abuse.

The 21 May meeting in Washington DC is the latest example of the
increasing pressure being placed on officials nationwide to increase the
number of arrests of immigrants, as the administration doubles down on its anti-immigration agenda.

The latest phase of the crackdown includes new tactics, such as mandating federal law enforcement agents outside Ice to assist in arrests and
transports, more deputizing of compliant state and local law enforcement agencies, and arresting people at locations that were once protected, like courthouses.

“ This administration came into office with the illusion that they had
been given a broad mandate to effectuate an aggressive immigration
enforcement agenda, and they are doubling down now on that agenda,” said
Nayna Gupta, the policy director for the American Immigration Council. “
Public polling is showing decreasing support for Trump’s immigration
agenda, as Americans wake up to the reality that mass deportation means
arrests of our neighbors and friends, masked agents in our communities and people afraid to go to work and show up to school, in ways that undermine
our local economies.”

Helter-skelter action has led to citizens caught up in the dragnet, Ice skirting due process – to the chagrin of the supreme court and lower
courts – over-crowding in detention centers, arrests based on ideology and officials deporting people to third countries.

“The sweeping Ice raids and arrests are hitting families, longtime
residents, children and communities in a way never seen before,” said
Jesse Franzblau, the associate director of policy for the National
Immigrant Justice Center.

As the number of people crossing the border into the US without
authorization has plummeted even further than after the final Biden
crackdown, operations in the US interior have increased.

“Under Secretary Noem, we are delivering on President Trump’s and the
American people’s mandate to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens and
make America safe,” Tricia McLaughlin, the homeland security assistant secretary, said in a statement.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/trump-ice-arrest-quota

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