The Trump administration has issued a quota of 1,800 arrests per day by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) nationwide.
According to a report from the New York Post, the agency’s 25 offices must make at least 75 arrests each day to meet the quota.
Since President Trump took office less than 10 days ago, ICE has made approximately 4,500 arrests.
Speaking to CNN on Tuesday, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller explained that the quota is a “floor, not a ceiling.”
“So first of all, the numbers you cited are a floor, not a ceiling. Very importantly, they’re a floor. The goal is to arrest at least that many, but hopefully many more,” Miller said.
Stephen Miller: ICE arrest quotas are “floor, not a ceiling”
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The Washington Post reports:
An ICE official who was not authorized to discuss the quota said the agency’s list of criminal suspects was sufficiently long, so officers would be able to continue prioritizing public safety and national security threats to meet quotas.
Last year, ICE told lawmakers there were about 670,000 immigrants on its caseload who had criminal convictions or faced criminal charges. Some are serving sentences in jails and prisons.
Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” border czar Tom Homan said the number of deportations will steadily increase.
“The aperture right now is constrained to public safety threats, national security threats as a smaller population,” Homan said. “We’re going to do the same priority base as President Trump’s promise. But as that aperture opens, there’ll be more arrests nationwide.”
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