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WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — President Donald Trump's “border czar” Tom Homan said Monday that helium is "not satisfied" with the fig of Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests.
When asked by NewsNation's Kellie Meyer if Trump is unhappy with migration crackdown efforts since returning to office, Homan responded, "I'm not."
If you look astatine the remainder of interior enforcement 3 times higher than it was a twelvemonth agone today. Three times higher is good, but I'm not satisfied. There are much transgression aliens that request to beryllium arrested, hundreds of thousands," helium added. "Sanctuary cities are putting roadblocks up. We've got leaks. So we request to summation the arrests of amerciable aliens, particularly those with transgression convictions. So we're going to continue."
His remarks followed NewsNation's confirmation that Trump is frustrated with the number of arrests made by immigration officials in the U.S.
Trump: Immigration numbers are excessively low
When asked astir the gait of deportations Sunday, President Trump took the accidental to accidental his borderline officials are doing an “incredible job” and acknowledged it is hard to find migrants who cognize they are being sought.
However, a root with cognition of the substance told NewsNation that the president told aides “the numbers are excessively f—— low,” adding that Trump wants more.
Asked past week if ICE needs to bash more, Homan said, “They’re doing a large job, but they’ve got to bash more.”
ICE averaged 787 arrests per day between Jan. 23-31, and astir 11,000 arrests person been made successful the past 18 days. The White House has reported 461 undocumented migrants were released from custody owed to wellness concerns, insufficient detention abstraction and different factors.
Homan said NewsNation that helium spoke with ICE Acting Director Caleb Vitello and that nary 1 should beryllium released backmost into the assemblage "without the clearance of headquarters." He added that helium understands determination volition beryllium some, but the fig of releases was "unacceptable and that’s been fixed.”
IRS could assistance with migration crackdown
Trump has requested the Department of Homeland Security send Internal Revenue Service agents to assistance with migration enforcement astatine the U.S.-Mexico border.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sent a missive to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent connected Friday requesting transgression investigators agents assistance with investigating quality trafficking networks and uncovering businesses hiring amerciable migrants.
The petition is portion of Trump’s efforts to ramp up mass deportations.
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