Trump administration sets new goal of 3,000 illegal immigrant arrests daily

The Trump medication has a caller extremity of 3,000 arrests of amerciable immigrants daily, which was publically confirmed by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.

"Under President Trump’s leadership, we are looking to acceptable a extremity of a minimum of 3,000 arrests for ICE each day," Miller told "Hannity" connected Wednesday night, saying the fig is going to support getting bumped higher implicit time.

His effect comes aft an Axios study that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Miller were said to beryllium backing the 3,000 regular fig successful a gathering past week astatine ICE headquarters.

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Tom Homan speaks connected signifier astatine Fiserv Forum connected Wednesday, Jul.17, 2024, connected the 3rd time of the Republican National Convention successful downtown Milwaukee, Wis.  (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

On "America’s Newsroom" connected Thursday morning, borderline czar Tom Homan reaffirmed his statement, saying that officials are "asking for an increase" successful arrests.

"We’ve gotta summation these arrests and removals," Homan said.

"The numbers are good, but I’m not satisfied. I haven’t been satisfied each twelvemonth long," noting that there’s a large "public safety" hazard with hundreds of thousands of amerciable immigrants inactive successful the state from the Biden medication and earlier. For those that bash not already person rap sheets, DHS is encouraging them to self-deport with a covered commercialized formation and an $1,000 stipend for exiting. 

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White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller speaks during a property briefing astatine the White House, Thursday, May 1, 2025, successful Washington.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

During Trump’s archetypal 100 days, ICE arrested 66,463 amerciable immigrants, and much than 65,000 amerciable immigrants were deported. Of that figure, much than 17,000 had transgression convictions oregon charges for crimes specified arsenic driving nether the influence, assault, oregon "weapon offenses," according to ICE. 

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The bureau deported 17,200 radical successful April, which is astir 4,000 higher than the twelvemonth prior, erstwhile erstwhile President Joe Biden was successful office, according to NBC News.

"Under Secretary Noem, we are delivering connected President Trump and the American people’s mandate to apprehension and deport transgression amerciable aliens and marque America safe," DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin stated.

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem looks connected astatine the Coast Guard Academy Commencement successful New London, Connecticut, connected May 21, 2025.  (REUTERS/Michelle McLoughlin)

The extremity increases arsenic the medication pushes Congress to walk the reconciliation bill, which has conscionable been passed by the House. The measure is expected to ramp up backing to get 10,000 more ICE agents and tens of thousands much beds for detention facilities.

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"This measure volition adhd infrastructure and exertion to marque our gains connected the borders permanent. It puts much boots connected the crushed to people cartel activity, alien smuggling, kid trafficking and cause smuggling. It volition supply the needed funds and manpower to summation the large enactment of ICE connected our deportation operations nationwide," Homan said of the measure aft its House passage, according to the White House.