Summary

Trump is reportedly frustrated that deportation numbers are lower than expected, pressuring ICE officials to accelerate arrests and removals.

His administration set a goal of 1,200–1,400 daily arrests, but actual figures have fallen short, sometimes below 300 on weekends.

ICE leadership, including “border czar” Tom Homan, has expressed dissatisfaction with the pace.

To meet Trump’s pledge of “millions and millions” of deportations, removals would need to exceed 2,700 per day.

  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    Does Trump think there’s a spreadsheet of undocumented workers where you can just go to their house and arrest them? Or that anyone who works for ICE can sort and filter a spreadsheet?

    They did raids on Chicago first, possibly the city least likely have undocumented works.

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      4 hours ago

      Many of those undocumented immigrants file taxes with a TIN instead of an SSN with the hopes that doing so will prove that they’re here to contribute to the country and aid in their case for immigration. Unfortunately, that means they’re on a list.

      Edit: the law does not allow the IRS to share this information with ICE, however we can tell that the laws aren’t working right now… "Section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code states that the IRS is not authorized to release taxpayer information to other government agencies except for providing information to the Treasury Department for investigations that pertain to tax administration, or under a federal court order related to a non-tax criminal investigation. "

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      You’re forgetting he made up “the millions and millions of illegal immigrants crossing the border”

      Which, to him, are all living together in halls and single decrepid buildings and easily picked up.

      He envisioned the numbers and now must make them exist, or at least make the deportations logically match up.

      Ofcourse it’s not going to line up so he’ll find new victims, next targets will be freshly awarded green cards, to be checked for discrepancies like spelling errors or those with recent adress changes, or say any green card holder who committed a small crime like jaywalking in the last 10 years.

      But hey, it is good for the unemployment numbers!

      … Hitler also targeted others besides jews, gypsies, colored, disabled people, all under the pretense of danger to and burdens on the society …

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      18 hours ago

      We checked everywhere in St. Louis and it turns out, it’s not even close to a border. They would have had to take a ferry boat from the Port of New Orleans and win a few poker hands.

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        8 hours ago

        It’s right on the border! Misery on one side and Illinois on the other!

        /s, but not really as I’m sure that they are going to try to lock down interstate travel