ICE is making a point of widely publicizing its immigration enforcement efforts, sharing regular social media updates detailing daily numbers of arrests, along with names and images of those arrested.
The administration is aiming for each of ICE’s 25 field office to make at least 75 arrests a day, “but hopefully many more” as part of its crackdown on immigration, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller
ICE teams are continuing to carry out routine enforcement operations. And officials have said targeting criminals is a priority. A key difference now is that if ICE targets a criminal and that person is with another undocumented immigrant, they, too, could be arrested.
White House officials are also playing a key role in immigration policy and frequently speaking out about immigration enforcement, including deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and former acting ICE chief Tom Homan, now designated as President Trump’s “border czar.”
Editorial cartoon by Paco Baca.