President Donald Trump ran the bulk of his campaign on fixing the southern U.S. border, and part of that problem includes detaining and deporting millions of illegal immigrants currently roaming the streets of cities and towns across the country.
According to JustTheNews, at its current pace, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is on track to arrest a staggering 1 million illegals by the end of Trump's second term in the White House.
The estimates were released at the same time the House of Representatives and the Senate work overtime to pass Trump's budget bill, which includes significant boosts for border security issues.
The extra funds could ramp up the ICE arrests to even higher numbers, which would help Trump fulfill his promise to deport all illegal aliens from the United States during his term.
While ICE has stopped posting daily arrest and detainer figures for the public, Border Czar Tom Homan assured the public that the number of arrests are still on pace.
JustTheNews noted:
Prior to Feb. 1, U.S. ICE posted its daily nationwide figures for the arrest of illegal aliens as well as the number of detainers it lodged that day. The agency’s X account notably stopped posting that daily update this week and has instead opted to emphasize the arrest of the most dangerous criminal figures.
Prior to the agency stopping the posting of daily numbers, the number of arrests and detainments per day ranged anywhere from a few hundred to as high as nearly 1,200.
On Thursday, Homan insisted that the numbers are still on pace, saying, "I think the arrest numbers I looked at, I just talked about this morning. I think the arrests are right around over 11,000 so far since day one."
The outlet noted:
Counting Jan. 20 and excluding any Thursday numbers, that 11,000 figure would present an average of nearly 650 arrests per day. Should arrests continue at that rate, however, Trump would be on pace to arrest just under 1 million illegal immigrants over his remaining four years in office.
While the number is no doubt impressive, Trump had vowed to deport many more.
Other factors come into play, including the reduced rate of arrests due to less illegals trying to cross at the border.
"I mean yesterday, at 24 hours, it was less than 50 border arrests. It wasn't too long ago we had 11,000 arrests a day under the Biden administration. We got less than 500," Homan said.
Whether or not Trump hits his original goal really doesn't matter. He's obviously going all out, and the results will likely be profound.
The ball is largely in the court of congress at the moment, as he spending bill will undoubtedly increase capacity to make those arrests.
