"If you think last year's historic number is good, wait till next year and we have 10,000 more agents on the border. You ain't seen s*** yet. This year will be a good year. Mass deportations are coming."
"Immigration officers arrested more than half a million undocumented immigrants last year, according to officials speaking at the Expo, and are now making about 1,200 arrests a day; President Trump had campaigned on a promise of a million deportations a year."
"Polling at the start of the year showed declining public support for aggressive enforcement tactics against all immigrants who entered the country illegally, with more than half of respondents saying tactics had gone too far. At the same time, nearly three-quarters of Republicans approved of the job ICE was doing."
Trump administration officials reinforced their commitment to mass deportations as a central immigration strategy during the Border Security Expo in Phoenix. White House border czar Tom Homan announced that immigration enforcement will accelerate, with plans to deploy 10,000 additional border agents. Immigration officers arrested over 500,000 undocumented immigrants last year and currently make approximately 1,200 arrests daily. Homan's aggressive rhetoric contrasts with earlier promises of a softer approach following deaths of U.S. citizens during a January enforcement operation in Minneapolis. Despite public polling showing declining support for aggressive enforcement tactics, the administration continues pursuing Trump's campaign promise of one million annual deportations.
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