Trump admin’s 3,000 ICE arrests per day quota is taking focus off criminals and ‘killing morale’: insiders

[essentialsaltes]

The Trump administration’s mandate to arrest 3,000 illegal migrants per day is forcing ICE agents to deprioritize going after dangerous criminals and targets with deportation orders, insiders warn.

Instead, federal immigration officers are spending more time rounding up people off the streets, sources said.

And the agency is burning through its budget at a break-neck pace — with ICE already $1 billion over budget, Axios reported Monday.

The quotas force ICE agents to let illegal migrant gangbangers and criminals fly under the radar because the feds no longer have the time for the days-long investigations it takes to hunt them down, said ICE insiders and [former ICE insider] Sandweg.

“The transnational gang members, the convicted felons, the bad actors make it hard on ICE find them. They don’t just sit there and make it easy, they don’t show up in a Home Depot parking lot, hanging around,” said Sandweg.

Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told The Post that the agency is “delivering on President Trump’s and the American people’s mandate to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens to make America safe.”

“Secretary Noem unleashed ICE to target the worst of the worst,” she said.

 

[Vambram]

I would be willing to believe this reporting if the "insider" source for the NY Post was NOT an anonymous person.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

I would be willing to believe this reporting if the "insider" source for the NY Post was NOT an anonymous person.

It makes sense if they are pulling agents from all across the country to come arrest day laborers in So Cal that they are being pulled away from other cases across the country dealing with much harder to track and arrest hardcore criminals.

 

[Fantine]

I agree. Indiscriminate roundups are not the best way to catch criminals.

 

[Hentenza]

It makes sense if they are pulling agents from all across the country to come arrest day laborers in So Cal that they are being pulled away from other cases across the country dealing with much harder to track and arrest hardcore criminals.

That makes sense. Also, since they are broadcasting that ICE is going to primarily blue cities and states they are making it easy for the gangbangers to hide.

 

[essentialsaltes]

65 Percent of People Taken by ICE Had No Convictions, 93 Percent No Violent Convictions​

New nonpublic data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) indicate that the government is primarily detaining individuals with no criminal convictions of any kind. Also, among those with criminal convictions, they are overwhelmingly not the violent offenses that ICE continuously uses to justify its deportation agenda. ICE has shared this data with people outside the agency, who shared the numbers with the Cato Institute.

And arrests of noncriminals are on the rise

and we're paying to house thousands of these non-criminals:

 

[Fantine]

When the quota is that high of course they go after the low hanging fruit. Just like when traffic cops have a sting near the end of the month. All of a sudden they're giving tickets to people who aren't wearing seat belts or who are driving 2 miles above the speed limit. They know they couldn't meet their quota if they restricted their search to dangerously reckless drivers.

 

[essentialsaltes]

ICE Attorney Quits: 'Had To Make a Moral Decision'​

Adam Boyd, a 33-year-old attorney, quit the ICE legal department last month, The Atlantic reported.

"We still need good attorneys at ICE. There are drug traffickers and national-security threats and human-rights violators in our country who need to be dealt with. But we are now focusing on numbers over all else," Boyd told the outlet.

oyd said he ultimately felt he "had to make a moral decision" to leave after watching the agency's priorities change under mounting political pressure.

"It became a contest of how many deportations could be reported to [White House Deputy Chief of Staff] Stephen Miller by December," Boyd said.

According to Boyd, ICE lawyers were increasingly frustrated as legitimate cases were dismissed so that officer teams could arrest immigrants in courthouse hallways and push them through fast-track deportations—tactics that he says padded statistics at the expense of due process.

 

[Fantine]

Thank God for honest whistleblowers who call out Injustice and fight for the truth

 

[ralliann]

Thank God for honest whistleblowers who call out Injustice and fight for the truth

It is great they are getting illegals out period.....

 

[Fantine]

It is great they are getting illegals out period.....

Whistleblowers are insiders exposing corruption and criminality in government.

 

[Hentenza]

Whistleblowers are insiders exposing corruption and criminality in government.

Or deep plant democrats making crap up. I think you guys call it “resist”.

 

[ralliann]

Or deep plant democrats making crap up. I think you guys call it “resist”.

It is amazing this is going on for over ten, eleven, years with Trump. No wonder the dems have such a low rating. They just cannot seem to stop.

 

[wing2000]

"We still need good attorneys at ICE. There are drug traffickers and national-security threats and human-rights violators in our country who need to be dealt with. But we are now focusing on numbers over all else," Boyd told the outlet.

Sooner or later, a security incident will occur....because this administration chose to prioritize arresting landscapers over high priority security threats.

 

[BPPLEE]

Sooner or later, a security incident will occur....because this administration chose to prioritize arresting landscapers over high priority security threats.

More likely because the flood gates were open the previous 4 years letting everyone come into the country

 

[wing2000]

More likely because the flood gates were open the previous 4 years letting everyone come into the country

*If* that's the case, prioritizing resources on security threats is even more important.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Rising tensions and finger-pointing at DHS amid pressure to ramp up deportations​

White House pressure to ramp up deportations has sparked rising tension and finger-pointing inside the Department of Homeland Security, with the agency’s secretary, Kristi Noem, and her top adviser blaming subordinates for not hitting arrest quotas and undermining their relationships inside the West Wing, according to two DHS officials with direct knowledge of the matter.

Noem and her close adviser Corey Lewandowski have sought to deflect blame from themselves for any White House frustration with the pace and scope of the deportations, pinning it instead on the leaders of the agencies in charge of immigration enforcement — acting ICE Director Todd Lyons and Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, the DHS officials said.

Underscoring the turmoil, Scott recently expressed concern to colleagues that Lewandowski is able to monitor his emails, the two officials and another DHS official said, sparking concern among other top staffers that their messages were being reviewed.

“Everyone in leadership is so worried about what they say in email and text,” one of the top staffers said.

The rising tensions within DHS come as deportation numbers continue to lag behind the administration’s goals, with Trump nearing the one-year mark of his second term.

 

[dogs4thewin]

Rising tensions and finger-pointing at DHS amid pressure to ramp up deportations​

White House pressure to ramp up deportations has sparked rising tension and finger-pointing inside the Department of Homeland Security, with the agency’s secretary, Kristi Noem, and her top adviser blaming subordinates for not hitting arrest quotas and undermining their relationships inside the West Wing, according to two DHS officials with direct knowledge of the matter.

Noem and her close adviser Corey Lewandowski have sought to deflect blame from themselves for any White House frustration with the pace and scope of the deportations, pinning it instead on the leaders of the agencies in charge of immigration enforcement — acting ICE Director Todd Lyons and Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, the DHS officials said.

Underscoring the turmoil, Scott recently expressed concern to colleagues that Lewandowski is able to monitor his emails, the two officials and another DHS official said, sparking concern among other top staffers that their messages were being reviewed.

“Everyone in leadership is so worried about what they say in email and text,” one of the top staffers said.

The rising tensions within DHS come as deportation numbers continue to lag behind the administration’s goals, with Trump nearing the one-year mark of his second term.

Trump was stupid if he thought he could deport tens of millions of people in four years anyway. What he should do is just deport if they get caught otherwise breaking the law, OR if they apply for assistance as long as they are pulling their own weight and being productive let them be.

 

[FAITH-IN-HIM]

Trump was stupid if he thought he could deport tens of millions of people in four years anyway. What he should do is just deport if they get caught otherwise breaking the law, OR if they apply for assistance as long as they are pulling their own weight and being productive let them be.

It’s not four years, but one year. The White House will undergo some reshuffling and restructuring by mid-January next year. It will be interesting to see which side of the political spectrum prevails—whether true believers like Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem succeed, or pragmatists like JD Vence and Marco Rubio, who have ambitions beyond the Trump presidency.

Seventy percent of Hispanic voters disapprove of the Trump administration, reversing Republican gains with this group that have occurred since 1996. This majority of Hispanic voters oppose the current administration’s immigration policy, which they view as affecting them directly in their homes and communities—making it a personal issue unlike economic or other domestic policies. As a result, these voters are unlikely to return to support the GOP in the near future.

Recent Miami mayoral election results indicate that Cuban Americans are shifting away from the GOP for the first time in 60 years, despite historically being steady Republican voters.

In January, three groups within the Republican Party are expected to engage in significant political debate: Trump MAGA supporters such as Stephen Miller, ambitious figures like Vance or Rubio, and Republicans campaigning in swing states.

If Stephen Miller prevails in the debate, it will diminish the GOP's prospects of securing another congressional or presidential victory for at least the next 15 years. This perspective is understood by JD Vance, Marco Rubio, and the majority of Republicans.

If Stephen Miller and MAGA prevail, it won't be another three years; it will be another 13 months. By January 2027, Congress will be controlled by Democrats. Miller and his associates will spend more time appearing before Congress and answering questions than pressuring ICE.