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President Trump says he wants to hire 10,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and 3,000 Border Patrol agents. The Department of Homeland Security says it’s already making progress on new hires, but experts and the history of past hiring sprees suggest reaching that goal will be difficult.
As the Trump administration has carried out mass deportations, leaders have flip-flopped on whether to exempt some industries, including agriculture, from raids.
Republicans are seeking to inject roughly $150 billion in immigration and border spending.
The ruling does not decide on the constitutionality of Trump’s plan to limit birthright citizenship.
Afraid to leave their homes, some immigrants are digitizing major aspects of their lives while others attempt to go off-grid.
Data from the initial days of the immigration operation suggest a majority of those arrested were not convicted criminals. Most were working-age men, nearly half Mexican.
Members from California, Illinois and New Jersey have been denied access in recent weeks to immigrant detention facilities in their states. Oversight experts say that’s a substantial departure from past practice.
The White House, unhappy with the number of deportations so far, says operations to apprehend undocumented residents in sanctuary cities will only increase.
Community organizers say at least 35 people were arrested as federal immigration agents swept through Ventura County farms and packinghouses this week.
During a press briefing Wednesday, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt also said that 157 people have been arrested for assault and obstruction-related charges.
