Summary
Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, admitted that finding undocumented immigrants with criminal records has been difficult, requiring full ICE teams for field raids.
Arrest numbers, around 14,000 in Trump’s first month, are below the administration’s 1,500-per-day goal.
Homan blamed sanctuary cities for not cooperating with federal immigration enforcement. He vowed to increase enforcement teams and denied mass school or church raids, though ICE may target specific criminals.
The administration has stopped publishing daily arrest figures, despite a drop in immigration arrests since November.
It’s almost like a non-issue.
“Well, we’ll just have to scoop up random brown people, I guess. Gotta keep those numbers up.”
“Papers please.”
I wonder how long before that actually happens - weeks or months?
It has been happening. My Eastern European friends don’t go anywhere without their passports right now and my Latin American friends have shifted all their behaviors. You don’t need to wonder if it will be weeks or months, you need to be wondering how long ago it started
Ugh, I’m sorry to hear that. I don’t live in the US, so I have not seen this.
Well for the Latin American friends it started in the Bush W admin, and for the Eastern European friends it’s a new wrinkle that started when we put a kremlin puppet in the oval office. One of those friends is even a US Citizen who worries about being made stateless if ICE decides to deport her while she’s out and about. With any crisis anywhere else, always assume the crisis is worse than you can see because the people it’s happening to aren’t able to speak on it because they’re desperately trying to survive
It’s been happening for years
And recently in some communities, ICE agents are going door to door and molesting people at schools and churches.
Not sure about molesting, but once in Arizona I was jogging and took a turn through a hilly golf area and someone called the cops. Was not carrying an ID and had to wait for someone from Davis Monthan AFB to vouch for me before I could be released.
I’m definitely using the term broadly, it doesn’t always mean to sexually assault, basically they’re just being fucked with for simply existing or going to church or school. That being said, I wouldn’t put it past them if given the opportunity, ICE is at least that morally bankrupt.
Sorry to hear that you got fucked with for daring to go near “the white land”, they’re pieces of shit like that.
Gotta ask, it sounds like you are a veteran or family of one. Did they even change their attitude towards you once they knew? Or did they get mad because you ruined their fun?
Maybe cause the “crisis” was over inflated to begin with? Also cause people generally don’t like this idea in practice.
ICE: Fixed number of people.
Biden: “Focus on the places that want to work with you, like Texas.”
Trump: “Focus on sanctuary cities and places that will resist deportation at all costs.”
Deportation numbers: Goes down.
Trump: “I don’t understand what went wrong?”
ICE: “If we stop publishing numbers, COVID is over! Er, I mean, all the immigrants are gone!”
“Man I’m having a hard time finding the
JewsMexicans I volunteered to sign up to round up. Was I swindled into obeying a fascist state? Nah, must be the Mexicans who are sneaky, they can cloak!”What’s border czar doing in metropolitan areas? The border is all way over there in the south.
A quick google suggests that there are over 400k non-citizens with criminal convictions in the US. Even with such a large number it seems like it would be really hard to locate and apprehend 1,500 of them each day. It’s not like ICE wasn’t trying before! It’s just more ridiculous theatrics. I feel bad for all the normal immigrant families that are living in fear because of this nonsense.
Daily arrest is a KPI to be gamed soon, rich MAGA people, who profits on this narrative, can just pay Mexico gangs to send some people in to get arrested.
