Arrests and deportations of undocumented people are lower than what President Donald Trump has promised, and that is “driving him nuts,” one source told NBC News.
  • Gammelfisch@lemmy.world
    1·
    5 hours ago

    The orange stain will not come close to former President Obama’s deportation record. Is ICE in the rural red run welfare counties deporting illegals from the meat packaging and agricultural industries?

    • Dragonstaff@leminal.spaceEnglish
      6·
      6 hours ago

      Turns out undocumented people are difficult to tell apart from documented people. Everyone has the right to due process, the system is only designed to work at a certain pace, and Democrats who Republicans kept yelling were allowing the country to be invaded were actually rooting people out of the country at a breakneck pace. People called Obama the Deporter in Chief for a reason.

  • Melody Fwygon@lemmy.oneEnglish
    16·
    1 day ago

    The shocked anger reaction coming from Trump is priceless as he finds out that there really weren’t as many immigrants as the far-right proclaimed there to be.

    No doubt that number got inflated, much like it would in a game of telephone, when it was making furious rounds through the conservative disinformation machine. I hope he feels just as stupid as anyone who voted for him and are finding out that he really did not represent their ideals nor their best interests after all.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    332·
    2 days ago

    I’d say we’re about a week and a half from him calling for shooting anyone who resists ICE in the head.

    • AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca
      37·
      2 days ago

      Buddy deserves worse than a bullet through the head, but I’d happily settle for that. Piece of shit is, IMO, the worst person on the planet. He’s worth half a fucking trillion dollars and that’s still not enough for him. This sub human scumbag wants to rule the world and siphon every last dollar to himself. I can’t think of a person I hate more than this fucking piece of shit.

      Fucking rich people, makes me wish I was religious so I could at least find comfort in the belief that these fucking scum bags are gonna burn for eternity in hell.

      Eat the fucking rich.

      • Match!!@pawb.socialEnglish
        1·
        7 hours ago

        there comes a point where gaining any more money has diminishing returns so you instead need to make everyone else poorer to increase your capital

  • Cool_Name@lemm.eeEnglish
    501·
    2 days ago

    This is good to hear but we need to do everything we can to make each attempted deportation difficult. It’s a shame that I don’t know any undocumented immigrants to protect, and neither do you.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        221·
        2 days ago

        Hopefully they are talking to people who definitely for sure do not know anyone in the country illegally.

        And maybe also people who definitely for sure do not have an attic and if they do, that door was sealed up years ago, so no one could possibly be up there.

      • ubergeek@lemmy.todayEnglish
        4·
        10 hours ago

        Until it is you, being deported.

        I mean, hell: what happened to initial supporters every time a fascist took power?

        They were all eliminated, to prevent a coup.

        • PlainSimpleGarak@lemmings.world
          18·
          9 hours ago

          I’m sure this imaginary scenario works on most of the boobs that comprise the user base of this platform, but that’s not going to work here. I’m a legal citizen of my country. I’m not a criminal. I’m not going anywhere.

          Furthermore, the fAsCiSm boogie man is old, tired, and trite.

          • ubergeek@lemmy.todayEnglish
            6·
            9 hours ago

            Jews were legal citizens of Germany. Indigenous people are citizens of the US.

            Both have been, and we’re deported.

            And, chances are, you are a criminal. Most citizens commit one felony a day, on average.

            • PlainSimpleGarak@lemmings.world
              12·
              7 hours ago

              Well I’ll tell ya what. When the government comes to take me away for doing nothing, and I manage to get my hands on an internet connected device, you’ll be my first contact, just so I can say, you were right. But I wouldn’t hold my breath if I were you, especially if you’re a member of a species that requires the inhalation of oxygen.

              Also, BRB, gotta go commit my daily felony.

              • ubergeek@lemmy.todayEnglish
                1·
                7 hours ago

                Go for it. I’ll laugh, at you, probably.

                Let me guess? You think the Cardassians were the good guys?

  • someguy3@lemmy.world
    42·
    2 days ago

    Meanwhile at ICE, Vitello told agents in January to aim to meet a daily quota of 1,200-1,400 arrests. According to numbers ICE has posted on X, the highest single day total since Trump was inaugurated was just 1,100, and the number has fallen since that day. On Tuesday of this week, arrests of immigrants were over 800, according to a source familiar with the numbers. But last weekend, there were only about 300 arrests, another source told NBC News.

    And, as NBC News has reported, arrests do not always equal immediate detentions, much less deportations. Of the more than 8,000 immigrants arrested in the first two weeks of the Trump administration, 461 were released, according to the White House.

    I still chuckle at the user that told me deportation was not Trump’s point.

  • overload@sopuli.xyz
    23·
    2 days ago

    At a rate of 1100 per day, they would have deported about 1.6 million by the end of Trump’s 4 year term, which is a little more than 10% of the undocumented immigrants in the USA. Thats assuming a 100% deportation rate and assuming every single day is on par with ICEs current best day.

    I think it’s likely that Trump will increase the spend on ICE to increase these numbers if he hopes to make a significant dent.