The daily standard of 1,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests during the early days of the Trump administration is falling short of an administration goal which is reportedly targeting 3,000 per day.
The stepped-up ICE goals were laid out by White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in a "tense" May 21 meeting at ICE's D.C. headquarters, sources told Axios.
It comes with some challenges, though, because President Donald Trump's border security measures have brought illegal border crossings to record lows, leaving the deportation numbers at roughly Biden administration levels, a concerning political data point for the White House.
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