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- news@lemmy.world
Summary
Trump is reportedly frustrated that deportation numbers are lower than expected, pressuring ICE officials to accelerate arrests and removals.
His administration set a goal of 1,200–1,400 daily arrests, but actual figures have fallen short, sometimes below 300 on weekends.
ICE leadership, including “border czar” Tom Homan, has expressed dissatisfaction with the pace.
To meet Trump’s pledge of “millions and millions” of deportations, removals would need to exceed 2,700 per day.
They can’t. ICE doesn’t have the manpower. That is, unless they get military assistance.
Current people in charge of the military won’t go along with it. Trump will need to purge them and put lackies in charge.
lackeys*
(In case you want to use this word somewhere that spelling matters)
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They’re a lot harder to count that way.
Let me introduce you the headache inducing law know as the Posse Comitatus act
Or you know maybe brown shirts.