President Trump's plan to carry out mass deportations faces numerous obstacles, including pushback from local law enforcement, budget and staffing shortages at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), lawsuits from advocacy groups, and questions about international cooperation. Experts say it will be difficult to deport the entire unauthorized immigrant population and note that previous attempts under Trump's first term were hindered by similar challenges. Trump officials have threatened to withhold federal police grants from localities that resist his plans, but legal experts question the legality of such actions.
in U.S. history on Day 1 of his presidency, with one aide saying enforcement will begin “the moment that President Trump puts his hand on that Bible and takes the oath of office” on Monday.
and positioned itself to be a key player in Trump’s immigration agenda as other conservative states have passed anti-sanctuary policies. If the courts rule in favor of Trump’s ability to mobilize federal resources and push states and localities to comply, “residents may start turning against these things pretty dramatically,” he said.
ICE and Homeland Security Investigations conduct a criminal search warrant at an agricultural processing plant in Mississippi on Aug. 7, 2019. Outgoing ICE Director P.J. Lechleitner told NBC News earlier this month that the agency has nearly 8 million people on its nondetained docket, with one officer for more than every 7,000 cases. Of those, 435,719 are known to have a criminal background as of September 2024, according to a He also said that with ICE’s current resources, it would not be possible to increase the number of deportations.
Most people deported are from Mexico and northern Central America because those countries accept large numbers of returns of their own nationals, she said. But there has a been a major increase in migrants from Venezuela and Cuba in recent years, and those countries do not accept returns of their citizens.
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