Overview
- ICE has been ordered to make at least 3,000 arrests each day to support a goal of deporting one million undocumented immigrants annually.
- Kenneth Genalo and Robert Hammer were removed from their posts overseeing Enforcement and Removal Operations and Homeland Security Investigations in the latest shake-up.
- ICE deported over 17,200 people in April, a near 30% increase from last year, but faces limits on detention space and removal flight capacity.
- Congress allocated an additional $150 billion over five years for immigration enforcement and expanded the 287(g) program to enlist state and local law enforcement.
- Legal advocates and community groups have filed challenges to expedited deportations and raised due process concerns over courthouse arrests.